JOB STRESS Bagya. D M.A.‚M.ED.‚D.T.E. PONDICHERRY CENTRAL UNIVERSITY. INDIA. Stress is derived from the Latin word "Stringere" which means to draw tight. Stress is a dynamic condition in which an individual is confronted with an opportunity‚ demand or resource related to what the individual desires and for which the outcome is perceived to be both uncertain and important (Cooper et. al. 2002). Stress has been a focus of study in medical science where it has been defined as a perturbation of
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Occupational Stress theories They evolved from transnational stress theory Work demand perceived by the individual When stress was first defined‚ it was measured with stimulus and response. However‚ now‚ we are more concerned with the emotions of it. So stress theories is now about the “components to the stress transaction operating within a relational process.” (Lazarus 2001) Person- Environment Fit Described by French et al. (1982) The relationship between P-E Fit (or misfit) and strain
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Myer and Allen (1997). Job satisfaction and employees’ attitude have an effect to the capacity and productivity at the workplace directly. People who are very satisfied with their job often work greater effective or lack of absenteeism‚ quitting job and late for work or lethargy. In Vietnam‚ thank to profound globalization‚ people has especially cared about diversity in organization’s culture and doing many researches to understand more about the level of job satisfaction and attitudes toward work
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What Factors Are Most Important to Your Job Satisfaction? Gilberto Carreras Kaplan University Introduction Now days everyone needs a job‚ Men‚ Women‚ Teens and everyone has different opinions on their job satisfaction. Based on my opinion and my research I will present what five factors that are important to me in the job force. There is so much that people wants from their jobs‚ however every day employers are cutting benefits and the employee does not have a choice‚ just to accept it. What
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Australia’s productivity performance over the past decade woeful. He says the solution is for employers to stop blaming unions and labour laws and look instead at increasing the happiness of their staff. "I’m not naive. Not everyone can go to work everyday and be happy‚" he told The World Today. "But what I do know is that the happier your workers‚ the better your business is performing. "It is not unreasonable to aspire to‚ if you are a worker‚ to want to have a good job where you don’t feel like
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about job related stress. With many households depending on duel incomes‚ people are working more and having less leisure time. Many claim that job stress has contributed to such illnesses as heart disease‚ depression‚ gastric problems‚ exhaustion‚ and many other related illnesses. This paper will focus on the background issues surrounding stress; as well as‚ the steps that need to be taken by one’s self and the employer. According to The Random House Dictionary‚ stress is defined
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her environment. Nurses provide presence‚ comfort‚ help and support for the people confronted with loneliness‚ pain‚ incapacity‚ disease and even death. The fact that nursing has been extensively and unfailingly recognized worldwide as a stressful job is therefore not surprising (Farrington 1995:574). Nurses who are stressed are more likely to have an increased incidence of absenteeism (Easternburg‚ Williamson‚ Gorsuch & Ridley‚ 1994:1233)‚ which in turn not only results in a lack of continuity in
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evidence in previous research suggests that jobs that have high degree of skill variety‚ task significance‚ task identity‚ autonomy and feedback result in higher intrinsic rewards among job incumbents. The theory has been tested in recent studies conducted within contemporary work settings and the outcomes are still consistent with the prior findings (De Varo‚ et.al. 2001). All these research found that job incumbents tend to experience improved job performance resulting in positive internal reinforcement
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the University of Minnesota and to the second author from the Darla Moore School of Business research grant program. 3 Although the idea of brand concepts has been around for a while‚ very little research addresses how brand concepts may influence consumer responses to CSR activities. Four studies reveal that communicating the CSR actions of a luxury brand concept causes a decline in evaluations‚ relative to control. A luxury brand’s self-enhancement concept (i.e.‚ dominance over people
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Related Literature Stress and Your Performance So far‚ we have seen that stress is a negative experience. We have seen the short-term negative effects that stress hormones can have on your performance‚ and have seen how stress can contribute to burnout. The Positive Effects of Pressure Sometimes‚ however‚ the pressures and demands that may cause stress can be positive in their effect. One example of this is where sportsmen and women flood their bodies with fight-or-flight adrenaline to power
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