STRESS AND WORK LIFE

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body’s response to a certain physiological, environmental or psychological change.

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Stress

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Coined by Hans Selye which literally means “good stress”

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Eustress

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stress from being promoted or having/landing on a new job.

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Eustress

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Literally means “bad stress” that is experience through anxiety, sorrow or pain.

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Distress

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usually occurs in a short period of time that maybe caused by deadlines, work pressure, or minor accidents.

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Stress

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different types of stress according to its severity:

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Acute Episodic

Chronic Stress

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a more serious type of distress that occurs usually to people that are constantly exposed to a state or disorganization. They tend to be constantly late, worried, and under pressure.

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Acute Episodic

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considered to be the most serious type of distress for is exists for weeks, months, or even years. This due to poverty, illness, family and marital problems.

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Chronic Stress

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Individual Differences in Vulnerability to Stress

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Social Support System
Physical Condition
Ability to Perform
Personality

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involves one’s network within the society which includes his family, friends, neighbors, and other community extensions

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Social Support System

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people with better physical conditions may suffer fewer effects of stress than those who have poor physical condition.

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Physical Condition

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an individual’s perception about his ability and the difficulty of the task assigned to him/her may affect one’s vulnerability to stress.

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Ability to Perform

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personality types canals to be related to one’s ability to tolerates tress.

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Personality

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described to have a very high competitive spirit with a constant sense of urgency for almost everything.

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type a personality

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acts as the opposite of type A personality for they are more relaxed and calm.

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type b personality

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it involves that difficulty of tasks or jobs assigned to a particular employee.

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Qualitative Overload

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refers to the number of tasks or jobs assigned for an individual.

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Quantitative Overload

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the overall design of an individual’s job which includes the working conditions and physical layout.

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Task Demands

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includes the functions of a particular job or role.

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Role Demands

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experienced when some management expectations are hard oral most impossible to reach or satisfy.

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Role Conflict

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experienced when an employee is expected to finish tasks more than what time permits him to do.

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Role Overload

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experienced when roles were unclear and employees don’t fully understand what they should do.

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Role Ambiguity

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Other sources of stress within the organization may stem from the following:

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Task Demands
Role Demands
Interpersonal Demands
Organizational Structure
Organizational Leadership
Personality Types

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includes pressures and stress generated by interpersonal relationships or other employees.

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Interpersonal Demands

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since different employees have different personality types each of them may influence each other to experience stress.

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Personality Types

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this is due to in appropriate and successive rules which demolish the employee’s free will and decision making.

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Organizational Structure

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the type of supervisors or managers each employee are dealing with.

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Organizational Leadership

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experienced usually due to excessive stress when employees become less energetic and less interested in the job. Employees are physically, emotionally, and psychologically exhausted with the job

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Burnout

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burnout occurs in three stages

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Emotional Exhaustion Cynicism Futility

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feeling of being drained and empty.

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Emotional Exhaustion

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lack of sensitivity towards others.

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Cynicism

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feeling that all efforts exerted previously was wasted and worthless

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Futility

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Organizational Approaches to Manage Stress

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``` ●Emotional Climate Control ●Provision of Social Support ●Redefinition of Employee Roles ●Elimination of Work Overload and Work Underload ●Provision to Stressed Employees ```

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organizations must develop programs that would provide sufficient support to enable employees to adapt change.

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Emotional Climate Control

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organizations should enhance social support systems by facilitating the cohesiveness of workgroups to improve each other’s supportiveness to coworkers.

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Provision of Social Support

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organizations must redefine roles to avoid role ambiguity and provide precise scope and responsibilities for each employee.

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Redefinition of Employee Roles

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provide counseling programs and trainings for stress-control techniques and providing facilities for physical exercises

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Provision to Stressed Employees

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providing proper selection and training for a more equitable promotion decisions and fair distribution of works.

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Elimination of Work Overload and Work Underload

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What are the individual approaches for stress and work life?

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``` ●Relaxation Training ●Biofeedback ●Behavior Modification ●Removal of Stressors ●Positive Self talk ●15-20 Minutes Break ●Regular Physical Activity ●One Enjoyable Activity Everyday ```

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employees should learn how to reduce stress through systematically concentrating to tense and relax one body part at a time.

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Relaxation Training

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involves the electronic measurement of internal bodily processes to let the person understand more and learn to control these internal processes.

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Biofeedback

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done through modification of behaviors in dealing with certain situations that may be stressful

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Behavior Modification

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elimination of stressor through distance or removal.

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Removal of Stressors

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make sure to at least do one personally enjoyable activity everyday.

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One Enjoyable Activity Everyday

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maintain regular physical activities like exercise, sports or yoga.

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Regular Physical Activity

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provide enough and reasonable breaktimes for one’s self.

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15-20 Minutes Break

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transforming negative statements into positive ones.

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Positive Self talk

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different approaches in order to avoid stressful experiences.

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Disciplines that Supports Work-Life Balance

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Disciplines that Supports Work-Life Balance

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``` ●Self-Management ●Time-Management ●Stress Management ●Leisure Management ●Change Management ●Technology Management ```

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managing one’s self by getting enough sleep, exercise and nutrition. Being the captain of your own sheep.

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Self-Management

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maximizing time use everyday. And supporting different resources to keep pace all throughout the day.

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Time-Management

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the ability to work ourselves out of stressful and pressure filled situations.

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Stress Management

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acknowledging the importance of rest, relaxations and enjoyment.

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Leisure Management

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continuous adaptation on new scenarios, methods, and environment to avoid stress.

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Change Management

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Adaptations to new technological advances and ensure that these technologies serve us well rather than abuses us.

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Technology Management