Stress Evaluation And Management Management Term Paper (Term Paper Sample)

STRESS EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Causes of Stress in the Workplace
Workplace setting may create stress among employees due to its inability to provide a suitable environment for effective performance of tasks. Factors such as noise, lack of privacy, poor ventilation, and inadequate sanitary facilities, and poor lighting, among others can cause physical stress to employees. In his studies about employee motivation, Fredrick Herzberg found that ‘hygiene’ factors (physical workplace situation) play a significant role in influencing employees’ effectiveness in the workplace. Factors such as serenity, cleanliness and security occupy a lesser position in motivating employees but their absence impact negatively on the efficacy of the workforce. For instance, noise can disrupt communication between the employees as well as reduce their concentration while performing daily tasks. As a result, they may fail to deliver on their daily expectations which predispose them to apprehension for failure to accomplish duties within the specified deadlines. Similarly, inadequate sanitary facilities may interfere with the work schedules as workers feel strained for failure relieve themselves in a comfortable environment and also and in a timely manner.[American Psychological Association, "Stress in the workplace," last modified 2016, http://www.apa.org/.] [John B. Miner, Organizational Behavior 4: From Theory to Practice (Routledge, 2015)]