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6 pages in length. Job stress is nothing to ignore. Not only does it dampen spirits, decrease profitability and lessen the drive to achieve, but it also has a detrimental effect upon the worker's physical and emotional condition. When attempting to eliminate the stress factors that have overtaken a particular work environment, employers only stand to gain with regard to company morale and bottom line profits if they approach it in such a manner that embraces the situation rather than opposes it. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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upon the workers physical and emotional condition. "The new corporate expectation is to do everything better, faster and cheaper... and its being felt" (Dutton, 1998, p. 11). When attempting
to eliminate the stress factors that have overtaken a particular work environment, employers only stand to gain with regard to company morale and bottom line profits if they approach it
in such a manner that embraces the situation rather than opposes it. "The accelerated and hectic pace of modern lifestyles has subjected us to frequent and intense stress.
Researchers have shown that such stresses can in turn produce illness through their impacts on the physiological functioning of the body. Organizations that ignore the impact of stress on
their employees and their productivity do so at their own peril" (DeFrank et al, 1998, p. 55). Because people are not able to avoid work-related stress, they have to
learn to address and manage it. It can be argued that stress management plans must take "top priority" (Anonymous, 1999, p. PG) if an organization is going to run
smoothly and have the least amount of frenzied workers. The initial step in implementing such a stress management plan is to first identify the factors that are causing the
stress, followed by establishing a plan of action and then putting forth the solutions. Indeed, without having a firm grip on what the problem actually is, solving it will
be virtually impossible. There are myriad possibilities when it comes to the various stress factors, including -- but not limited to -- a hostile environment; work overload; boredom; lack
of communication; unclear job definition; no room for advancement; little or no input; schedule inflexibility; and personal problems. When people are in the throes of work-related stress, these dissatisfactions manifest
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