Sources of stress
There is no shortage of factors within the organization that can cause stress .The term stress is now found to be the regular vocabulary of managers and employees while some stress is normal to life. If stress is repeated or prolonged individuals experience physical and psychological discomfort. There seems to be a strong relation between stress and illness.
Often 30% of workers complain that they are under stress at work. Some studies have found that massage therapy, meditation yoga at intervals during working hours relieve stress when used on a regular basis. The effects of stress have found to be widely spread, implicating changes in behavior, moods, and neuropsychological functioning. Stress is associated with demands and resources. Task demands are responsibilities, pressures, obligations. managers and employees sources are things within an individual‘s control that can be used to resolve demands.
Occupation
No control
Time pressure
Responsibility
Career development
Physical conditions | Personal environment
Family difficulties
Financial difficulties
Poor relationships
Health problems |
Job role
Overload
Role ambiguity
Role conflict
Responsibility for others
Under participation
| Job environment
Poorworking conditions
Politics
Poor peer relations |
Personality
TypeA personality
Low self esteem
External LOC
introversion | |