a study on impact of job stress

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Introduction - Stress Stress: The human

reaction to events in

our environment

Han Selye defines

stress as wear and

tear on the body


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STRESS!!!

Eustress: Good Stress

Provides sense of

challenge

Greater sense of purpose


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STRESS !!! Stress from

bad sources

Difficult work

environment

Overwhelming sightsand sounds

Threat of personal

injury


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Short Term Physical Stress

Symptoms Cool skin

Cold hands and feet

Increased sweating

Rapid breathing

Faster heart rate

Tense muscles

Feelings of nausea

Butterflies in yourstomach


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Long Term Physical Stress

Symptoms Insomnia

Change in Appetite

Sexual disorders Aches and pains

Frequent colds

Feelings of intense

and long-termtiredness

Prone to illness


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BEHAVIORAL STRESS

SYMPTOMS Yawning

Talking too fast

Talking too loud

Fiddling Twitching

Nail biting

Grinding teeth

Drumming fingers

Pacing

Over reacting

Emotional

Defensive

Irritable Irrational

Defensive

Hostile

Critical

Aggressive


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BEHAVIOR STRESS

SYMPTOMS These symptoms will have a negative affect on your

performance

By reducing your effectiveness Causing you to be forgetful

You may make poor judgments

Increasing your absenteeism


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PERFORMANCE STRESS

SYMPTOMS You may not make good decisions

Your fine motor skills are affected

You may no longer enjoy your work

Your attention span may be affected

You may have more negative thoughts

Your self confidence will suffer

You may have difficulty concentrating

All of your positive energy is consumed


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HEALTHY LIVING Rest:

Get a minimum ofsix hours of

continuous rest


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HEALTHY LIVING Exercise:

At least twentyminutes, five times

a week

break a sweat, to

release endorphins


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HEALTHY LIVING

Talk things out withsomeone you trust -

a family member or

a good friend


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HEALTHY LIVING Learn to manage

your anger

Anger affects yourhealth

Anger causes youto over react tomany situations


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HEALTY LIVING We get angry often

because someone

did not do what wethought they should

Rethink the

situation and learn

to be more flexible


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HEALTHY LIVING Take charge of your

life.

Act appropriately -dont simply react tostressful situations

Find balance in allthat you do.


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RESEARCH OBJCTIVES

To identify the factors that leads to stress.

To learn how stress management helps to improve the

performance.

To identify the stress levels of an employee and guide themwith necessary stress management techniques and practices.

To study the measures to reduce stress.

To rank the impact of stress among employees at work.


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Scope of the Study

The study helps in providing guidance to the employeeson how the stress can be reduced, so that they can work

in the company with better effectiveness.

The study also helps in managing the work life with

personal life. The study covers the measures to reduce stress which

will be helpful to the employees.


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Limitations

The attitude of workers changes from time to time.Hence the result of the research may not be applicable

in the long run.

The result of the study would be varying according to

the opinions of the employees. Due to time constraints a detailed study could not be

done and the sample size has to be restricted to 50


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Research Methodology

Based on both primaryand secondarydata.

Total Population:450

Sampling Technique: Random sampling

Sample Size: 50

Research Technique: Descriptive Research

Data Collection: Questionnaire


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Tools to be used

Correlation

Regression

Weighted Average

Chi-square

Percentage Analysis


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