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The Job Demands-Control-Support model is probably the most influential model of stress in the workplace of
the last 2-3 decades. Indeed much literature has been produced on the subject and wide-ranging studies have
found strong associations between lack of Control and negative health outcomes. Despite this, the presented
study found that Control had relatively little impact on the three factors implicit within Burnout. Indeed in Survey 1
(see Chapter VII, Sections 1 and 2) Control had a significant association with Exhaustion alone, although the
impact of Control was relatively minor. Similarly Control was found to be significantly associated with Professional
Efficacy although with no firmer impact than any of the other associated factors. Finally, Control was found to play
no significant part in Cynicism outcomes. It is therefore suggested that the impact that Control has on the implicit
burnout factors is investigated in more depth. Similarly a wide-ranging investigation of the impact of Control on
stress-related outcomes should be conducted in order to ascertain the strength of impact Control has on stressrelated
outcomes when compared to the other factors implicit within the MSIT.
It is presumed that daily hassles have the potential to have as much impact on the experience of stress as
major life events (McIntyre, Horn & Matsuo, 2008). However the long-term nature of daily hassles, and whether or
not they remain stable over time or are dynamic and changeable, and whether daily hassles have the potential to
develop into major life events, is vastly under reported. Therefore a longitudinal study into the durability and
nature of daily hassles is required among an occupational sample. Similarly, a long-term investigation as to the
associated antecedents of chronic daily hassles is required – do individuals who encounter chronic daily hassles
exhibit more stress-related outcomes than those who encounter fewer, or the proportionate impact of daily hassles
in comparison to major life events.