I have been posting items that I come across on management professors in the news for some time, though in various forums rather than just one AOM list. I came across in the Washington Post's "Working" column the following called "Job Stress Rankings", reported by journalist Vickie Elmer at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/25/AR2009022503669.html
She is focused on a ranking of stressful jobs at http://www.careercast.com/jobs and suggests "If you want a mellow job, figure on working with numbers". She notes that "Actuaries, who evaluate risk, have the least stressful jobs" as do statisticians and astronomers. However, "Dietitians and computer systems analysts don't have to do as much math, but they also make that list." .... "The most stressful jobs were surgeon, pilot and photojournalist. Real estate agent and advertising account executive filled out the top five -- in part, the site said, because of economic pressures on those careers."
Then, enter our colleague to join the fray: "DePaul University management professor Erich Dierdorff's edierdor@depaul.edu list of low-stress jobs includes cook, cashier, waitress, insurance adjuster and bank teller. Engineers, administrative assistants and artists also don't have as much work-life conflict as others -- professors and other teachers are in the medium to high range, he said. 'Teachers are not that high compared to homicide detective.'"
I wonder if teaching freshmen is closer to the stress of homicide detective than mentoring doctoral students?
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Charles
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