Workplace Stress

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the causes and types of stress an employee may experience in the workplace. The author differentiates between harmful stress and stress resulting from manageable challenges and other positive factors. The role of managers in delegating appropriately to maintain environments with normal stress levels is also explored. Several well known CEOs are given as examples of how to cope with stress and appoint good managers to handle work-flow. The paper also includes a discussion of how those outside of the US handle stress in the workplace. The paper concludes with symptoms of stress and how to recognize if one needs intervention. Suggestions for wellness are also given.

Outline:
Define Workplace Stress
Successful CEOs
Workplace Stress and How Employees in Other Countries Cope
What Happens When Stress Gets the Best of You?
Methods of Dealing With Stress
Five Most Stressful Jobs
Wellness Strategies
Works Cited

From the Paper:

"In the area of one's career, one may be under- or over-promoted. Too much responsibility creates as much stress as not enough. Job security, from fear of redundancy either from the state of the economy, or a lack of tasks or work to do, lack of career development opportunities and overall job satisfaction, may be factors that create stress about one's career."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Canadian Mental Health Association, Sources of Workplace Stress. Richmond, British Columbia
• Workplace Safety and Insurance. Board of Ontario Basic Certification Training Program: Participant's Manual, Ontario, Canada.1999.
• Anschuetz, B.L. The High Cost of Caring: Coping with Workplace Stress. Sharing: Epilepsy Ontario. Posted 29 November 1999.
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Occupational Safety and Health Answers. 1996. <http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/psychosocial/stress.html>.
• Sisco, Michael, Eleven Traits that Distinguish Successful IT Managers. Tech Republic, CNET, 2006. <http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-1057818.html>.

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