Job insecurity causes stress
Taking into consideration the continued rise in the cost of living, house prices, and budget changes, more than ever employees want to feel that their jobs are secure with a steady income to support them and their families.The era of downsizing and re-engineering in all around the globe has done more than make corporations "leaner and meaner"; it is literally making employees sick. Surprisingly, the effect is worse than actually losing your job, the research suggests.
Based on how participants rated their own physical and mental health, Burgard (2009), a sociologist at the University of Michigan, found that people who were persistently concerned about losing their jobs reported significantly worse overall health in both studies and were more depressed in one of the studies than those who had actually lost and regained their jobs recently. She also highlights the fact that chronic job insecurity was a stronger predictor of poor health than either smoking or hypertension in one of the groups.
It's important that all times the major decisions which affect the company's direction or fate should be communicated before the rumors cause panic. HR should intervene and prevent miscommunication to avoid employees loosing faith in the organization completely and be a demotivating factor for others.
Stress is essential tropic to discuss in modern world.since this is increasing problem in organisations. the Stress is mainly effect to the employee performance. In fact this is personal inability to meet the job demand due to some factors. The management must be able to manage the factors which are creating stress to the employees.though stress is having positive side also.Perhaps stress will help to bring out the hidden skill of employee to achieve given task.
ReplyDeleteYes, If the stress management is effective there is a possibility of higher performance than the average. According to stress response curve created by Nixon P. in 1979, having improved permanence given that the stress is managed effectively and also given that the employee has like you mentioned, the capacity to perform better, the company can take advantage of the situation.
DeleteBut exposed to prolonged stress will have negative impact on the employee and also will make him/her question weather to continue with the organization or not. Also it will cause fatigue and later result in less than average performance. It's always good to access the capacity of the employee and provide tasks.
It will encourage employees to work more if they feel challenged and/or compensated for the extra effort put. It's highly debatable.
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These suggestions talked above can greatly help to reduce the work related stress.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good theme to talk about, because work related stress could lead to depressive disorders and other mental complications in long term(Tennant,2001, Kahn & Byosiere, 1992). Not to mention the potential legal costs incurred to the organization HR.
So of long term effects of work related stress also a note worthy topic to speak separately.
Kahn, R.L. and Byosiere, P., 1992. Stress in organizations.
Tennant, C., 2001. Work-related stress and depressive disorders. Journal of psychosomatic research, 51(5), pp.697-704.
Correct. I agree with Tennant and Kahn & Byosier. Thank you for pointing them out. In the post under the Excessive Workloads and Stress I have mentioned that prolonged stress will affect the overall performance of the employees and it will tend to drop even below average overtime.
DeleteIt's difficult to prove that stress itself has cause such problems legally but stress increases workplace accidents which can be then used to sue the company.
Workplace stress is a growing problem around the world that affects the overall health and well-being of the employees and also the productivity of the organizations.
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ReplyDeleteYes agreed to what you have said, job security stems from the subjectivity of a threat perceived by an employee. stress postulate this perception of a threat or additional demands has the potential to become a source of stress towards the employee. Losing one’s job has serious economic consequences on the person , and consequently employees who face the prospect of job loss may also experience much ambiguity and uncertainty about losing these economic privileges and stability. Workers who face an uncertain future may not be able to effectively cope with the situation which leads to experiencing a higher level of stress.
This has more impact in employees personal and office life, therefore treating this properly will help both the organization and employee to achieve end results
According to Cox (1993), ‘stress is now understood as a psychological state that results from people’s perceptions of an imbalance between job demands and their abilities to cope with those demands’.
ReplyDeleteA further definition is ‘work stress is a psychological state which can cause an individual to behave dysfunctionally at work and results from people’s response to an imbalance between job demands and their abilities to cope’.
Reference
Cox, T. (1993) Stress Research and Stress Management. Putting Theory to Work CRR 61/1993.
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