Research Strategy Paper. Stress
Research Strategy Paper xxxxxxxxxxxxx GEN/200
February 1, 2010
M Eggers
The topic that I have selected to research is work-related stress. Many people wish that they could relax more and forget about the troubles and responsibilities that they experience which are related to work or their work environment. Additionally, work related-stress poses many significant health risks such as high blood pressure, digestive problems, sleep deprivation and depression.(1) This topic is particularly interesting to me because I, as well as many of my co-workers, tend to have a lot of work-related stress and stress-related symptoms resulting from my job. A vast amount of information about work-related stress is readily available. After doing a preliminary search of keywords “work related stress,” I found that the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Oxford University’s medical department, the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health all maintain sites which will be useful as sources for me. All of these sites are administered by well-known and legitimate organizations and would be excellent sources of accurate and reliable information. They also include the results of professionally conducted clinical research studies. Additionally, the same keyword search conducted in the University of Phoenix library resulted in 330 sources available for research utilization. By focusing on these numerous sources, I will find relevant and unbiased studies and material directly specific to work-related stress. An overview of my research strategy process is summarized as follows: - Identify and select the problem/topic. I have already decided my topic will be “Work-Related Stress”. - Find and identify the symptoms of the work-related stress that are common to the majority of people affected by work-related stress and not to a specific career field or occupation.
- Find and identify the common
February 1, 2010
M Eggers
The topic that I have selected to research is work-related stress. Many people wish that they could relax more and forget about the troubles and responsibilities that they experience which are related to work or their work environment. Additionally, work related-stress poses many significant health risks such as high blood pressure, digestive problems, sleep deprivation and depression.(1) This topic is particularly interesting to me because I, as well as many of my co-workers, tend to have a lot of work-related stress and stress-related symptoms resulting from my job. A vast amount of information about work-related stress is readily available. After doing a preliminary search of keywords “work related stress,” I found that the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Oxford University’s medical department, the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health all maintain sites which will be useful as sources for me. All of these sites are administered by well-known and legitimate organizations and would be excellent sources of accurate and reliable information. They also include the results of professionally conducted clinical research studies. Additionally, the same keyword search conducted in the University of Phoenix library resulted in 330 sources available for research utilization. By focusing on these numerous sources, I will find relevant and unbiased studies and material directly specific to work-related stress. An overview of my research strategy process is summarized as follows: - Identify and select the problem/topic. I have already decided my topic will be “Work-Related Stress”. - Find and identify the symptoms of the work-related stress that are common to the majority of people affected by work-related stress and not to a specific career field or occupation.
- Find and identify the common
References: * (1) Retrieved from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health website: * http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/workorg/emerging.html