Occupational Stress By: David J. Derro (dderro1@netcarrier.com) Opening Statement: This paper will examine some causes and some of the effects of stress on individuals in the work environment. Role overload will be discussed as a major agent of stress at both work and home. Role Underload‚ Role Conflict‚ Role Ambiguity will be discussed briefly for comparison. Examples of stress in the work place will be used to illustrate the broad ramifications of stress in the occupational setting. Examples of
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THE EFFECT OF STRESS ON THE OFFICE MANAGEMENT JOB PERFORMANCE A SEMINAR PRESENTED BY CHINWENDU BLESSING 07/5424 A SEMINAR WORK PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT IMO STATE POLYTECHNIC UMUAGWO IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE AWARD OF NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT Bankers are under a great deal of stress and due to many antecedents of stress such as Overload‚ Role ambiguity‚ Role conflict‚ Responsibility for people‚
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Job stress has proven to be a difficult issue for the workplaces and the labor movement to tackle. Unlike physical or chemical hazards‚ there is not an obvious tangible hazardous agent. This issue has also been preempted by corporate stress management‚ health promotion‚ or employee assistance programs‚ which explain stress as a purely personal reaction‚ and often treat the symptoms‚ not the causes‚ of job stress. The occupational stress field also has been plagued by a variety of definitions and
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pressure from work‚ family‚ emotional stress‚ financial stress‚ interpersonal pressure‚ and psychological pressure；especially‚ the occupational stress. It becomes one of the hot issues all over the world. Nowadays‚ harm of occupational stress has been a serious and social problem of individual health; people pay more attention to the issue of work-related stress. There are many theories which have been proposed to show the main factors and outcomes of occupational stress. This paper will focus on the main
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Occupational Stress and changes in the procedures of the organization are the two primary research focus in corporate life improvement. This essay aims abstract on the connection between the two variables and seeks to evaluate few arguments on different approaches to achieving the restructuring of an organizational behaviour. In order to identify the linkage between anxiety and organizational alterations primary focus should be the variables sourcing the resistance to changes. As the organization
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Job stress is a common problem across occupations and it impacts job performance. Although most contemporary studies highlight the negative effect of stress on job performance (distress)‚ mild stress is known to enhance an employee ’s performance (eustress). It is necessary to take a holistic picture of antecedents to job stress by including the effects of personality‚ organisational factors and the work- family interaction in the perception of job stress. This article defines stress‚ examines whether
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American Journal of Business and Management Vol. 1‚ No. 4‚ 2012‚ 202-207 Impact of Leadership Style on Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Nigerian Banks Ojokuku R. M1‚ Odetayo T. A2* and Sajuyigbe A. S3 1 Department of Management and Accounting‚ Ladoke Akintola University of Technology‚ Oyo State‚ Nigeria 2 Department of Accountancy‚ Osun State Polytechnic‚ Iree‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria 3 Department of Business Administration‚ Osun State Polytechnic‚ Iree‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria The
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that management style plays an important role‚ and they tend to take it into account while recruiting a manager. Currently‚ there is no one persuasive definition about management styles. A common definition on the internet is “a management style is an overall method of leadership used by a manager. There are two sharply contrasting styles that will be broken down into smaller subsets: Autocratic and Permissive”(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute‚ 2000).This definition demonstrates that management styles
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Organisational communication is a vast‚ fast growing and multifaceted discipline‚ combining aspects of psychology‚ sociology‚ communication studies and management theory. The focus of academic and professional literature has shifted significantly over the decades but has predominantly concentrated on
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and Business Review – Vol. 5‚ No. 3 89 MANAGERIAL INVESTMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL STRESS Iulian Mituţ Abstract In a society affected by the economic and financial crisis and in the increasingly competitive environment it is important for any organization to adopt an organizational strategy to reduce costs without affecting its performance and market competitiveness. Human resources in a knowledgebased organization are increasingly affected by occupational stress‚ a phenomenon that generates lack
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