1000 Search Results for Study of Workplace Stress Factors
Stress in the Workplace
The research topic under discussion is Stress at Workplace. Stress comes with different definitions, one of which is that stress is a 'physical, chemical or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension.' Emotional st Continue Reading...
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Someone interfered with your work activities (Kowalski, Harmon, Yorks & Kowalski, 2003, p. 39)
One can see from this list that there is a significant development of aggression, in relatively mild forms that probab Continue Reading...
The person no longer finds it possible to perform their job or manage their personal life. Withdrawal from others, anger, grief and rage are some of the emotions felt. There are often suicidal or homicidal thoughts and over-reaction to minor events, Continue Reading...
9. Supporting organizational teams provides employees with a medium to discuss concerns and problems as well as an opportunity to help discharge emotional pressure. Sharing in a group serves as a catharsis and stress release system.
10. Guarantyin Continue Reading...
For instance, stress due to the change of working systems is a problem caused by the employer. Therefore, it is the employer's duty to ensure that employee learn and adapt to the new systems or machines and be able to work stress-free to meet the d Continue Reading...
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Stress Management in the Caregiver Setting
An increasing body of evidence points to the intensity of the labor involved in caring, and the impact it has on the caregiver in a healthcare setting. Whether lay or professional, it seems that the potenti Continue Reading...
Workplace violence (Bullying)
Workplace violence can be defined as an action that manifests itself in threatening behavior, physical assault, aggression or any other violent form that may be displayed at work setting and may be directed towards cowo Continue Reading...
Stress: Concept Analysis
Concepts are the fundamental building blocks of a theory. Nursing theory refers to a blueprint formed to organize skills, interpret occurrences in nursing at a more specific, and concrete level. Nursing theory entails a set Continue Reading...
Workplace Violence
Violence in the workplace is an everyday event that affects employees throughout the nation. It must be addressed, clearly defined, and possible solutions presented that will eventually identify the potential aggressor and victim. Continue Reading...
This may be because the environment may be either polluted, or too noisy, or too crowded, or there may be too much crowding, or it may be too cold, or too warm. The weather too plays an important part in creating stress in an individual, especially Continue Reading...
Workplace violence is a major threat to American companies, and costs billions of dollars each year is lost wages, health care, and legal fees. In light of current trends towards company downsizing and higher levels of job stress, these acts of viole Continue Reading...
Health Risks from Stress-Heart Disease, Hypertension, Cancer, and Diabetes
Many health risks are associated with stress and health experts believe that extended stressful situations are the cause many health related issues. Michael Olpin and Margi Continue Reading...
Current training paradigms have been found to create to relationship between traditional handgun training, for example, and the necessity of using handguns in the line of duty itself. Indeed, the authors provide excellent literature support for the Continue Reading...
Stress Environment has to be 'wiped out' (Net-Working Survival Guide), if not than employee has to be trained to handle stressful situations. But expecting a lot out of employee's limited resources and restrictions is unfair. Deterministic view has Continue Reading...
Stress is an unavoidable fact of life, yet, what precisely is stress? It is essentially one of those things that we all have but that we all have difficulty defining and explaining. The one unarguable fact is that we all have it in our lives and, wit Continue Reading...
Stress Management
Stress is an inevitable part of life, occurring as it does in all its aspects. Indeed, the almost omnipresent nature of stress is indicated in its very definition as "the nonspecific response of the body to any demands made upon it Continue Reading...
Stress on Human Memory and Cognitive Capabilities
Types of Stresses on Short-Term Memory
Symptoms of Short-Term Memory
Stress weakens a human's ability to be able to pass proper chemicals through the blood-brain barrier. The blood-brain barrier i Continue Reading...
The first step in project management involves identifying the requirements. The second step is establishment of a clear and achievable objective. The third step is finding a balance for the competing demands for quality, scope, time and cost. Finall Continue Reading...
Assigned Reading II (20%)
1. (20%)
Briefly explain the following concepts with an example each:
i. Fight-or-flight response
Fight-or-flight response refers to the dynamics that encompass the physiological arousal of the body to survive a threat. In p Continue Reading...
The Need to Rein in Stress at the Workplace
Introduction
Human capital is a key component in the organizational success equation. For this reason, an organization ought to adopt the appropriate strategies with an aim of protecting and promoting thi Continue Reading...
Workplace Stress
Work-related stress is a prevalent concern that affects both workplace performance and the overall health of workers. Workplace stress is a major source of complaint for the millions of workers experiencing the physical, emotional, Continue Reading...
Stress in Law Enforcement
Stress and Law Enforcement
Professionals of law enforcements are responsible for some crucial and informative decision-making in their offices and fields which requires a standard operating procedures or codes to find the Continue Reading...
Stress Reduction & Workplace Wellness Program
Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
This is a 100% free online MBSR training course, developed by a fully licensed MBSR tutor, and modelled based on the Jon Kabat-Zinn program founded a Continue Reading...
Stress, Social Support, And Social Relationships
Social relationships are basically regarded to have positive and negative effects on the capability of human bodies to resist infection. However, these relationships and support sometimes contribute t Continue Reading...
e., Americans are generally not 'timid' and avoid confrontations), it would be unlikely that the Chinese workplace environment would have a good fit with American workplace environments.
3. Leung's article on workplace conflict among Hong Kong emplo Continue Reading...
The answer is all of them. They all hold true at some time for certain individuals.
As an industrial psychologist the key task at hand is deciding which theory to apply in order to improve motivation at one's own workplace, or if working as a consu Continue Reading...
Receive feedback and use the feedback to better cope with the situation.
Week Four: The stressed female should be able to better cope with the situation and would have developed coping strategies that will assist him in the future.
It is important Continue Reading...
This researcher obtained a majority of the relevant, scholarly research through Questia, which advertises itself as the world's largest online library.
During the third chapter of this research effort, the methodology segment, this researcher relat Continue Reading...
The classic example of this type of conditioning is the feeding of Pavlov's dog, in which the dog is provided with two unrelated stimuli (food at the sound of the bell). After a time, the dog, upon hearing the bell, begins to salivate, even though f Continue Reading...
The work environment, for example, could be conducive to this type of stress, as can the relationship with other employees and with supervisors.
This type of fatigue is vastly different from the mental or physical fatigue of direct work overburden, Continue Reading...
Human Resources
THE CONNECTION
Workplace Race Discrimination and Health
Employment Discrimination, Segregation and Workers' Health
A recent study explored the effects of exposure to joblessness on the volunteers' emotional well-being as affected Continue Reading...
Human Factors and Interior Space Design
The objective of this work in writing is to summarize the article entitled "The Relation of Human Factors and Interior Space Design." This article begins by noting the importance of the human having tools tha Continue Reading...
Reflex Systems, Critical Analysis of Human Behavior Under Stress Case Study
The scenario presented in the case study titled Reflex Systems concerns an all too common managerial dilemma encountered by Henry Rankin, a project leader in the company's i Continue Reading...
Workplace Violence
Everyday in the United States millions of Americans leave their homes and enter the places of their employment. Captain Among these millions, most report to work unaware of the prevalence of workplace violence or fully understand Continue Reading...
One of the crucial elements towards the realization of organizational success and profitability is creating a suitable working environment for all employees to thrive as they carry out their respective responsibilities. In essence, employees' con Continue Reading...
American today, works more that an American worker of even a generation ago. A 1999 Government report stated that workers worked 8% more hours than the previous generation. This translates to an average workweek of 47 hours. Twenty percent of worker Continue Reading...
A surprising exclusion by the OSH happens to be a certain area of paid domestic work, which is largely dominated by female workers. Several occupational safety and health standards and exposure limits to hazardous substances are founded on male popu Continue Reading...
The problems faced by gays and lesbians are multiplied or intensified because stress cannot be reduced in the way it can be by other minority groups. In other words, while other minority groups would find support from families, the same is not true Continue Reading...
Management of Stress and Tension
Goals-- What do you wish to complete?
The answer to attain a postgraduate degree can develop into a very long journey. For me, the contending aspects of time and financial resources constantly appeared to present pr Continue Reading...