of the organization.
Discussion
There are many strategies that organizations could adopt in an attempt to manage workplace stress. To begin with, they could facilitate and promote employee exercise programs. This could be done by enrolling employees in gyms or having an in-house gym at work that employees can use after work hours for free. According to Alters and Schiff (2011), “physical activity can metabolize the extra energy released during the stress response, lessening the impact of stress on the body” (70). Secondly, an organization could have in place what are commonly referred to as Employee Assistance Programs (Leong, 2008). Such programs “may offer different types of… Continue Reading...
of discovering how stress affects employees and the ways it can be reduced.
4. Research Questions and Hypotheses
This research tries to answer these questions;
· What causes work stress?
This paper hypothesizes that workplace stress is caused in a variety of ways for each individual, as it is such a complex problem. Workplace stress can be caused by poor management and leadership, poor organizational skills of those in supervisory positions, poor or non-existent communication between supervisors and employees, and unarticulated expectations for employees. However, other times workplace stress is simple: it can be caused by overworking and overburdening employees with tasks or high-stakes scenarios.
H1a: Work-related stress is caused by a variety of factors that differ for each individual.
H1b: Some common factors… Continue Reading...
