Stress in Business Date 24 October 2013 In the fast pace environment we live‚ stress is built in our daily routines. Growing evidence suggest that high level of stress adversely affect physical health‚ psychological well-being and many aspects of task performance. Of course a certain level of pressure in a business environment is desirable. Pressure helps to motivate people and will boost their energy and productivity levels but‚ when the pressure individuals are under exceeds their ability
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Stress and everyday Life Everyone has used the word “stress” before‚ what is it‚ and why is it a commonality upon the population in the western world. The word stress is defined “Physical‚ mental‚ or emotional strain or tension”. 1 Has Selye‚ a pioneering endocrinologist‚ coined the original definition of the word stress‚ in the mid-twentieth century. 2 But why do we get stressed? It seems that the modern worlds business culture is the main feed for stress. The long hours working in a office‚ not
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Stress and Burnout There is a lot to be said about occupational stress‚ burnout and work satisfaction. However‚ finding the ideal career field can be a challenging task all by itself‚ and even more difficult with the pressures of financial hardships. As a result‚ some people may not have the luxury to concern themselves with obtaining employment that offers work satisfaction. Then again‚ a person may only be interested in making a good honest living‚ getting the bills paid and enjoying a reasonable
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INTRODUCTION Employee stress will cost the business and its magnitude will be large in a long run. * The total health and productivity cost of worker stress to American business is estimated at $50 - $150 billion annually. * Forty percent of job turnover is due to stress. Experts estimate it costs approximately 150 percent of a position’s salary to replace a worker. People get sick from stress at work and the cost associated with stress is hence significant to the employer. Stress is associated
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The Main Body Tissues Introduction Tissue just means a group of cells that together carry out a particular job in your body. There are four different types of tissue within the human body. This consists of the connective tissue‚ the epithelial tissue‚ the muscle tissue and the nervous tissue. Each of these tissues are vital for our bodies and each tissue has a very important role to fulfil. Epithelial tissue Epithelial tissue protects your body from moisture loss‚ bacteria‚
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correlation between stress and behaviour. Stress may well be of epidemic proportions in the 21st century‚ however‚ research conducted over the latter part of the 20th century indicates that at least the beginnings of a stress epidemic was evident in those later years. An accepted definition of stress is “any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one’s wellbeing and thereby tax one’s coping abilities”. (Weiten‚ Lloyd‚ Dunn & Hammer‚ 2009)’. Research into stress epidemiology started
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changes as part of the main aspect of organizational life since the 1980s. Examples of organizational changes includes the downsizing‚ innovations in management and technology‚ mergers and acquisitions‚ shifts in terms of time‚ location‚ duration‚ quality and also the quantity of task and responsilibities (Vecchio & Appelbaum‚ 1995). All these changes have drastically affected work life of stakeholders in the organizations. According to Gibbsons (1998)‚ the level of stress increased among managers
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behaviour of a beam subjected to increasing bending moments and to discover the stress distribution in the beam for both the direct and shear stresses. This was done by applying a known load to the beam and recording the deflection of the loading points. These readings were then analysed to give the axial direct strains and stresses as well as the shear strains as stresses at the sites of the strain gauges. As a result‚ the stress distribution of the beam can be calculated. The aluminium alloy beam
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Stress among Teenagers Nowadays‚ stress has become one of the biggest problems among teenagers. It comes in many ways that could be a challenge to our well-being but sometimes can lead to serious diseases. Stressful work condition‚ whether caused by individual or situational factors‚ can lead to health problem and risk injury (Arrington‚ 2008). Hence‚ we have to avoid from all the stress sources in order to succeed. In general‚ stress can be divided into five main of categories: personal stress
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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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