Causes and Effects of Job Stress among Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) Employees in Runde Catchment WRITTEN BY LESLEY BOBO 1 ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the causes and effects of stress among ZINWA employees in Runde Catchment.The purpose of the study was to find out whether poor working conditions‚ leadership styles‚ or the issues of occupational health and safety were causing stress among the employees. A sample of 83 employees comprising of people from all sections
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and our jobs can cause a great deal of stress. Not everyone deals with the same level of stress and there are several factors that can impact our lives and cause us to have higher or lower stress levels. We can have stressed caused by Cataclysmic events which according to Feldman (2009) are events that can affect many people at the same time and are “disasters such as tornado and plane crashes‚ as well as terrorist attacks”. (p418). Other factors are personal stressors and can be caused by events
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Stress and Coping Stress is the combination of physiological‚ psychological and behavioural effects when people are responding to any challenges or threatening situations. Long term stress reduced the capacity of our body to adapt. Stress influence conception‚ development and result of an illness. The source of stress has to change or adapt to balance our body system (Potter & Perry‚ 1997). Overton (2005) illustrates a good example that when our body is stressed due to the exposure
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I’m often told by those around me that stage management sounds like an awfully complicated and demanding discipline. Yet I instinctively smile‚ as I know I love and continue to pursue roles in it for that very reason. It is this innate feeling that tells me that I want to work professionally in this industry‚ and I believe that this course will provide me with the necessary skills‚ opportunities and contacts to help make that happen. Over the past five years‚ I’ve spent a large portion of my free
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Strategies to Cope with Stress Ways to Master Stress a) Change lifestyle habits -care for yourself -well-balanced diet -regular exercise -adequate sleep -decrease intake of caffeine (coffee‚ tea‚ colas‚ chocolate) -decrease intake of junk food -balance school/work with leisure time -build a support system of people with whom you can talk freely -seek out activities and situations‚ which affirm your strengths b) Change stressful situations -communicate your needs and concerns with assertion
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Personal Selling and Sales Management Scope and Importance of Personal Selling In the US‚ 14 million people are employed in sales positions‚ according to the department of labor. Sales personnel include stockbrokers‚ manufacturing sales representatives‚ real estate brokers etc. Most students in this class will have been employed as a sales person. Nature of Personal Selling Gives marketers: * The greatest freedom to adjust a message to satisfy customers informational needs‚ dynamic.
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Abstract Stress is a common condition‚ a response to a physical threat or psychological distress‚ that generates a host of chemical and hormonal reactions in the body. In essence‚ the body prepares to fight or flee‚ pumping more blood to the heart and muscles and shutting down all non-essential functions. As a temporary state‚ this reaction serves the body well to defend itself. However‚ when the stress reaction is attenuated‚ the normal physical functions that have been either exaggerated or shut
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COLLEGE STRESS : THE MAIN REASON FOR SUICIDE Many of us have seen our parents idealizing their college experience and remembering it as that idyllic time when they had few worries or responsibilities. However‚ to most of u sitting here and to all those currently attending college‚ the process is often extremely stressful and frustrating. The feeling of intense pressure to obtain high grades‚ taking final exams‚ trying to establish a social life and dealing with costs of college and possibly giving
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cw/-/1510922/index.html WHAT IS STRESS? Stress is a psychological reaction to the demands inherent in a stressor that has the potential to make a person feel tense or anxious because the person does not feel capable of coping with these demands. All stress is not intrinsically bad since moderate levels of stress can serve as stimulation. However‚ stress does become a problem when it leads to especially high levels of anxiety and tension. Personality and Stress Personality can affect both the
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Abstract Stress is what one feel when you have to handle more than one is use too. Many things can cause stress. Stress can lead to chronic health problems. Stress can also affect you entire body‚ mind and behavior in many different ways. Stress can affect ones family and even ones marriage or relationship. Listed are several ways that you can deal with stress. These stress problems also intervene in the work place. I am only going to discuss three and I am also going to give ways to reduce those
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