Are women overworked on the job?

According to recent research, women are more likely to be overworked than men, even though men work longer hours. The crucial difference may be that women report that their jobs more often require mutli-tasking much more often than is the case with men. When women and men with equal multi-tasking jobs were compared, gender differences disappeared, suggesting that more multi-tasking may explain the greater liklihood for women to be overworked.

Full report at The American Institute of Stress.