The Nature and Predictors of Job Related Tension in a Crisis Situation: Reactions of Nuclear Workers to the Three Mile Island Accident

Abstract

This study examines the nature of job tension among nuclear workers (N= 622) at Three Mile Island and a control plant during the TMI accident. Findings reveal three tension components (quantitative overload, role conflict, qualitative overload) and much higher levels of tension at TMI. The largest interplant difference occurs on conflict.