Work-Related Stress and Stress Management Stress can be defined as an adaptive response to a situation that is perceived as challenging or threatening to a person’s well-being and usually described as a negative experience. Most people feel some type of pressure from their daily duties in the work place. This pressure can be positive and motivating but sometimes this pressure can be excessive‚ leading to a stressful feeling. Stress can also result from being over worked. Work-related stress affects
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Stress Management in the Workplace What I Learned about Stress Management and How to Manage the Stress in the Workplace Johnny Redone MGT 301 – CL01 Elizabeth Woodard April 24‚ 2012 It is three o’clock on a Friday‚ and it will be three-day weekend and you plan on going to a vacation resort with your family when your supervisor comes into your office and tells you that they have an emergency project and that you and your team need to come in over the weekend and work on this project that
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INTRODUCTION: Pressure is part and parcel of all work and helps to keep one motivated. But excessive pressure can lead to stress‚ which undermines performance‚ is costly to employers and can make people ill. Stress is ubiquitous and has become an integral part of everyday living‚ an unavoidable consequence of modern living. Stress is a condition of strain that has a direct bearing on emotions‚ thought process and physical conditions of a person. During the past decade‚ the banking sector
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HOW TO COPE WITH STRESS UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX GEN/200 JULY 29‚2010 Stress Management “LOOK AT THE POSSIBLE REASONS WHY SOMETHING HAPPENED (POSSIBLE CAUSES) AND ITS CONSEQUENCES(EFFECTS ‚BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE)”(Carter‚ Bishop‚ Kravitz‚ 2007) What are the Causes and Effects of Stress ? Everyone has experienced stress at some time in their lives and the cause of some of the most common causes of stress would be Bereavement‚ Family problems‚ Financial matters ‚Illness Job
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CHP:1 INTRODUCTION What is Stress? Stress is a complex phenomenon. It has been defined in many ways‚ but simply put; it is the wear and tear of everyday life. In everyday’s life people are subjected to a wide range of pressures. Similarly there are also a wide range of resources and strategies for coping with pressure. Sometimes people cope well and will not feel that the pressure is having any adverse effect upon them. At other times they will have difficulty in dealing with the
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TO GO FROM STRESSED ~ TO UNSTRESSED! FEELING STRESSED? YOU’RE NOT ALONE “Stress” is our body’s normal‚ automatic response to change in our lives. The change may be negative‚ positive‚ or imagined. When we feel unable to cope with a new demand‚ we begin to feel stress. Stress is highly individual ~ what may be very relaxing to one person may be stressful to another. Not all stress is bad. We need a certain amount of stress in our lives because it stimulates and energizes us. At low levels‚ it motivates
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salary; what they fail to consider is the stress factor. A fact that is not taught in school is that different types of careers involve different levels and types of stress. However‚ not all stress is bad‚ some stress is actually good‚ and the human body requires a certain amount of stress to get motivated. The bad stress is called distress when it reaches dangerous levels. The good stress is called eustress; the difficult part is finding the perfect amount of stress in order for your body to utilize the
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Work-Related Stress and its Management Peter S. Carlson MGMT 305 Dr. Peter H. Antoniou December 6‚ 2012 Abstract This paper will discuss the topic of work-related stress and its management. It will present a general introduction or definition of stress and will discuss several subtopics related to work stress. This paper will present several subtopics including a model of stress known as the General Adaptation Syndrome‚ the causes of stress‚ the consequences of stress‚ and how to manage work-related
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In the present day‚ stress is widely recognized as a major problem for many employees in their daily life. According to Lawrence（2010）：The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have defined stress as the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed on them at work. This definition suggests that when people experience excessive stress‚ there is a high risk. And this phenomenon also contributes to some bad consequences‚ such as mental illness，heart and circulatory
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Stress is something that has become prevalent in our society‚ more so now than ever before. Demands from everyday life have certainly increased‚ creating more stress in our lives and potentially affecting our health and wellbeing. The purpose of this essay is to discuss stress and the effects it can have on our behavioural responses. Firstly‚ it will give an overview of stress‚ as well as discuss physical and mental concerns bought about by excessive stress and factors that contribute towards it
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