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Job stress has become a common and costly problem in the American workplace, leaving few workers untouched. Ⅰ. General introdu
Job stress has become a common and costly problem in the American workplace, leaving few workers untouched. Ⅰ. General introdu
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2011-02-11
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Job stress has become a common and costly problem in the American workplace, leaving few workers untouched.
Ⅰ. General introduction to job stress
1)definition: harmful physical and 【1】______ responses that occur when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources or needs of the worker.
2)difference between challenge and job stress
--Challenge 【2】______ us psychologically and physically and when a challenge is met, we feel relaxed and satisfied.
-- In the case of job stress, the stage is set for illness, injury and job failure.
3)prevention strategies for job stress: individual and 【3】______ factors
-- 【4】______ between work and family or personal life
-- a support network of friends and coworkers
-- a relaxed and positive outlook
Ⅱ. Influences of job stress
1)early signs
-- mood and sleep disturbances
-- upset stomach and headache
-- 【5】______ with family and friends
2)【6】______ diseases
-- cardiovascular disease
-- musculoskeletal disorders
-- psychological disorders
3)inadequate job performance like absenteeism which has 【7】______ on the bottom line
Ⅲ. Measures to reduce job stress
1)stress management training, such as employee assistance programs to provide 【8】______.
______ for employees with work and personal problems
-- inexpensive
-- easy to implement
-- reducing rapidly stress symptoms like anxiety and sleep disturbances
--beneficial effects on stress symptoms are 【9】______, because of focus on worker rather than environment
2)organizational change, that is, to bring in a consultant to improve 【10】______
-- identification of stressful aspects of work
-- design of strategies to reduce or eliminate the identified stressors
3)the most useful approach: a combination of organizational change and stress management
【4】
Job stress has become a common and costly problem in the American workplace, leaving few workers untouched. For example, studies report the following:
One-fourth of employees view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives.
Three-fourths of employees believe the worker has more on-the-job stress than a generation ago.
Problems at work are more strongly associated with health complaints than any other life stressor --more so than even financial problems or family problems.
Job stress can be defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses that occur when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker. Job stress can lead to poor health and even injury.
Job stress is often confused with challenge, but these concepts are not the same. Challenge energizes us psychologically and physically, and it motivates us to learn new skills and master our jobs. When a challenge is met, we feel relaxed and satisfied. But job stress is different -- the challenge has turned into job demands that cannot be met, relaxation has turned to exhaustion, and a sense of satisfaction has turned into feelings of stress. In short, the stage is set for illness, injury, and job failure.
According to one school of thought, differences in individual characteristics such as personality and coping style are most important in predicting whether certain job conditions will result in stress -- in other words, what is stressful for one person may not be a problem for someone else. This viewpoint leads to prevention strategies that focus on workers and ways to help them cope with demanding job conditions.
Although the importance of individual differences cannot be ignored, scientific evidence suggests that certain working conditions are stressful to most people. Excessive workload demands and conflicting expectations are good examples. Such evidence argues for a greater emphasis on working conditions as the key source of job stress, and for job redesign as a primary prevention strategy. Examples of individual and situational factors that can help to reduce the effects of stressful working conditions include balance between work and family or personal life, a support network of friends and coworkers, and a relaxed and positive outlook. In this lecture, we’ll see how stress influences one’s job performance and what can be done to reduce the stress.
Early signs of job stress include mood and sleep disturbances, upset stomach and headache, and disturbed relationships with family and friends. But the effects of job stress on chronic diseases are more difficult to see. Chronic diseases take a long time to develop and can be influenced by many factors other than stress. Nonetheless, evidence is rapidly accumulating to suggest that stress plays an important role in several types of chronic health problems -- especially cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disorders, and psychological disorders. Some studies suggest a relationship between stressful working conditions and suicide, cancer, ulcers, and impaired immune function. Health care expenditures are nearly 50 percent greater for workers who report high levels of stress.
Some employers assume that companies must turn up the pressure on workers and set aside health concerns to remain productive and profitable in today’s economy. But studies show that stressful working conditions are actually associated with increased absenteeism, tardiness, and turnover -- all of which have a negative effect on the bottom line. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, workers who must take time off work because of stress, anxiety, or a related disorder will be off the job for about 20 days.
Recent studies of so-called healthy organizations suggest that policies benefiting worker health also benefit the bottom line. A healthy organization is defined as one that has low rates of illness, injury, and disability in its workforce and is also competitive in the marketplace. In one study, the frequency of medication errors declined by 50 percent after prevention activities were implemented in a 700-bed hospital. In a second study, there was a 70 percent reduction in malpractice claims in 22 hospitals that implemented stress prevention activities.
Then what are the measures adopted to reduce job stress? First of all, nearly one-half of large companies in the United States provide some type of stress management training for their workforce. Some have employee assistance programs (EAPs) to provide individual counseling for employees with both work and personal problems. Stress management training is inexpensive, easy to implement, and may rapidly reduce stress symptoms such as anxiety and sleep disturbances. However, the beneficial effects on stress symptoms are often short-lived. Such programs often ignore important root causes of stress because they focus on the worker and not the environment.
The most direct way to reduce stress at work is bringing in a consultant to recommend ways to improve working conditions. It involves the identification of stressful aspects of work (e.g., excessive workload, conflicting expectations) and the design of strategies to reduce or eliminate the identified stressors. It deals directly with the root causes of stress at work. However, managers are sometimes uncomfortable with this approach because it can involve changes in work routines or production schedules, or changes in the organizational structure.
As a general rule, actions to reduce job stress should give top priority to organizational change to improve working conditions. But even the most conscientious efforts to improve working conditions are unlikely to eliminate stress completely for all workers. For this reason, a combination of organizational change and stress management is often the most useful approach for preventing stress at work. Thank you for listening!
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