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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Social class; person who performs intellectual labor</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OpenPlanRedBalloon1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/OpenPlanRedBalloon1.jpg/260px-OpenPlanRedBalloon1.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/OpenPlanRedBalloon1.jpg/390px-OpenPlanRedBalloon1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/OpenPlanRedBalloon1.jpg/520px-OpenPlanRedBalloon1.jpg 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White-collar work may be performed in an <a href="/wiki/Office" title="Office">office</a> or other administrative setting. White-collar workers include job paths related to <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a>, <a href="/wiki/Consulting_firm" title="Consulting firm">consulting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Academia" class="mw-redirect" title="Academia">academia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accountancy" class="mw-redirect" title="Accountancy">accountancy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Business_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Business management">business</a> and <a href="/wiki/Executive_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive management">executive management</a>, <a href="/wiki/Customer_support" title="Customer support">customer support</a>, <a href="/wiki/Designer" title="Designer">design</a>, <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Engineer" title="Engineer">engineering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Market_research" title="Market research">market research</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finance" title="Finance">finance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_resources" title="Human resources">human resources</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operations_research" title="Operations research">operations research</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marketing_management" title="Marketing management">marketing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations">public relations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Real_estate" title="Real estate">real estate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Information_technology" title="Information technology">information technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Network_science" title="Network science">networking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medical_professional" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical professional">healthcare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Architects" class="mw-redirect" title="Architects">architecture</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Research_and_development" title="Research and development">research and development</a>. </p><p>In contrast, <a href="/wiki/Blue-collar_worker" title="Blue-collar worker">blue-collar workers</a> perform <a href="/wiki/Manual_labor" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual labor">manual labor</a> or work in <a href="/wiki/Tradesperson" title="Tradesperson">skilled trades</a>; <a href="/wiki/Pink-collar_worker" title="Pink-collar worker">pink-collar workers</a> work in care, health care, social work, or teaching; and <a href="/wiki/Grey-collar" title="Grey-collar">grey-collar</a> jobs combine manual labor and skilled trades with non-manual or <a href="/wiki/Management" title="Management">managerial</a> duties. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=White-collar_worker&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term refers to the white <a href="/wiki/Dress_shirt" title="Dress shirt">dress shirts</a> of male office workers common through most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Western countries, as opposed to the blue overalls worn by many manual laborers. </p><p>The term "white collar" is credited to <a href="/wiki/Upton_Sinclair" title="Upton Sinclair">Upton Sinclair</a>, an American writer, in relation to contemporary <a href="/wiki/Clerk_(position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Clerk (position)">clerical</a>, administrative, and management workers during the 1930s,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though references to white-collar work appear as early as 1935. White collar employees are considered highly educated as compared to blue collar. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_effects">Health effects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=White-collar_worker&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Health effects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Less physical activity among white-collar workers has been thought to be a key factor in increased life-style related health conditions such as <a href="/wiki/Fatigue" title="Fatigue">fatigue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obesity" title="Obesity">obesity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diabetes" title="Diabetes">diabetes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hypertension" title="Hypertension">hypertension</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Heart_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart disease">heart disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, working at a computer could potentially lead to diseases associated with monotonous data entry such as <a href="/wiki/Carpal_tunnel_syndrome" title="Carpal tunnel syndrome">carpal tunnel syndrome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Workplace interventions such as alternative activity workstations, <a href="/wiki/Standing_desk" title="Standing desk">sit-stand desks</a>, and promotion of stair use are among measures being implemented to counter the harms of <a href="/wiki/Sedentary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedentary">sedentary</a> workplace environments.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The quality of evidence used to determine the effectiveness and potential health benefits of many of these interventions is weak. More research is needed to determine which interventions may be effective in the long-term.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Low quality evidence indicates that sit-stand desks may reduce sitting in the workplace during the first year of their use; however, it is not clear if sit-stand desks may be effective at reducing sitting in the longer-term.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An intervention to encourage office workers to stand and move reduced their sitting time by 22 minutes after 1 year; the effect was 3-times greater when the intervention included a sit-to-stand desk. The intervention also led to small improvements in stress, wellbeing and vigour.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=White-collar_worker&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Formerly a minority in the <a href="/wiki/Agrarian_society" title="Agrarian society">agrarian</a> and early <a href="/wiki/Industrial_society" title="Industrial society">industrial</a> societies, white-collar workers have become a majority in <a href="/wiki/Developed_country" title="Developed country">industrialized countries</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Modernization_theory" title="Modernization theory">modernization</a> and <a href="/wiki/Outsourcing" title="Outsourcing">outsourcing</a> of manufacturing jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-M-Z_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M-Z-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Blue-collar_worker" title="Blue-collar worker">blue-collar</a> and white-collar phrases may no longer be literally accurate, as office attire has broadened beyond a white shirt. Employees in many offices may dress in colourful casual or <a href="/wiki/Business_casual" title="Business casual">business casual</a> clothes. In addition, the work tasks have blurred. "White-collar" employees may perform "blue-collar" tasks (or vice versa). An example would be a <a href="/wiki/Restaurant_management" title="Restaurant management">restaurant manager</a> who may wear more <a href="/wiki/Formal_wear" title="Formal wear">formal clothing</a> yet still assist with cooking food or taking customers' orders, or a construction worker who also performs desk work. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=White-collar_worker&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Designation_of_workers_by_collar_color" title="Designation of workers by collar color">Designation of workers by collar color</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knowledge_worker" title="Knowledge worker">Knowledge worker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salaryman" title="Salaryman">Salaryman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White-collar_crime" title="White-collar crime">White-collar crime</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=White-collar_worker&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i>, 3rd edition. 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ruling_class" title="Ruling class">Ruling</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aristocracy_(class)" title="Aristocracy (class)">Aristocracy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aristoi" title="Aristoi">Aristoi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanseaten_(class)" title="Hanseaten (class)">Hanseaten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnate" title="Magnate">Magnate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oligarchy" title="Oligarchy">Oligarchy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_oligarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian oligarch">Russian</a></li></ul></li> <li>Patrician <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrician_(ancient_Rome)" title="Patrician (ancient Rome)">Ancient Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrician_(post-Roman_Europe)" title="Patrician (post-Roman Europe)">Post-Roman</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%">Willingness</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boreout" title="Boreout">Boreout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Careerism" title="Careerism">Careerism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_conscription" title="Civil conscription">Civil conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Critique_of_work" title="Critique of work">Critique of work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dead-end_job" title="Dead-end job">Dead-end job</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_satisfaction" title="Job satisfaction">Job satisfaction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McJob" title="McJob">McJob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organizational_commitment" title="Organizational commitment">Organizational commitment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refusal_of_work" title="Refusal of work">Refusal of work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">Slavery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Debt_bondage" title="Debt bondage">Bonded labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking" title="Human trafficking">Human trafficking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_camp" title="Labor camp">Labour camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penal_labour" title="Penal labour">Penal labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peon" title="Peon">Peonage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truck_wages" title="Truck wages">Truck wages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unfree_labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Unfree labour">Unfree labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wage_slavery" title="Wage slavery">Wage slavery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Work_ethic" title="Work ethic">Work ethic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Work%E2%80%93life_interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Work–life interface">Work–life interface</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Downshifting_(lifestyle)" title="Downshifting (lifestyle)">Downshifting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slow_living" title="Slow 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