Stress In The Workplace
Beat workplace stress by reaching out.
Stress in the workplace. Stress is both physical and mental. Work stress has significant health consequences that range from relatively benign like getting more colds and flus to potentially serious such as heart disease and metabolic syndrome. Everyone feels stress related to work family decisions your future and more. It is caused by major life events such as illness the death of a loved one a change in responsibilities or expectations at work and job promotions loss or changes.
Work related stress is the response people may have when presented with work demands and pressures that are not matched to their knowledge and abilities and which challenge their ability to cope. The ais workplace stress survey was developed in 1998 to serve as a simple screening measure to determine the need for further investigation with more comprehensive assessments. While stress at work is common finding a low stress job is hard if not impossible. Sometimes the best stress reducer is simply sharing your stress with someone close to you.