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Introduction
Workplace stress is harmful for physical and emotional responses that can happen
when the job demand of the employee and employee’s satisfaction are not matched. It can
impact on both the employee and the professional productivity of the company. Stress in
workplace can affect physiological and neurological efficacy of a person (Crivelli et al.,
2019). Workplace stress can rise chest pain, nausea, muscle tension, episodes of Fast and
Shallow breathing and other physical problems. It is observed that 50 million people of UK
face workplace stress daily. According to a report, 48% of British population is unstressed in
a week and 12% of them suffered from workplace stress every day (Ajayi, Jones and
Unuigbe, 2019). There are other reports which support the fact of different work stress level
in different level of employees; more than 1 in 10 women have to leave their job for stress.
Almost half of the British population is affected by stress, related to professional lives. This
study will analyze different causes and effects for the workplace stress among the employees
of various organizations in UK (James et al., 2019). This study will also critically analyze the
role of different stress management policies in the lives of employees
Discussion
Low salary, lack of job satisfaction, salary package, gender discrimination, overload
of work, low infrastructure of work environment can be the reason of mental stress in
employees (Boschi, Trenoweth and Sheppard, 2017). There are some stress related hazards of
workplace environments such as monotonous job content, lack of variety, adversative tasks
under stimulating factors present. Long working hours, strict working schedules,
unpredictable and poorly designed shift timings are some predominant causes of workplace
stress in employees. There are some lacks of communication or interaction gap from the side

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of Administration present in the workplace environment. Lack of participation in decision
making, lack of control over work working hours and professional environment hamper
employee’s motivation in workplace(Parker et al., 2017). Different researches have been
observed that excessive work demand and pressure can influence the productivity of a
worker. The massive pressure and professional stress can affect workers knowledge, ability
and skills to provide quality service to the organization. When demand and pressure are
matched with the workers ability and knowledge they can give better production and service
towards the organization. The organizational culture can control quality of work among the
employees. Work stresses are related to the managerial aspects of the organization. If the
aspects of an organization can have the potential to harm individual's ability, then they are
called Stress Related Hazards. Work context is one of the relevant concepts related to
organizational setting which can influence the effectiveness of the employee. Structure of the
company, environmental factors, production, technology, business equipment, marketing
factors and organizational design are some example of work context (Veelen, Sleegers, and
Endedijk, 2017). Status and salary with respect to career development role of employee in
organization, relationships among employee, culture of the organization are some preliminary
factors directly related to work context of an organization. Insecurity regarding job lack of
motivation due to promotional prospects, social value of work, unfair evaluation, and system
having over qualification respect to the job are some barriers for career satisfaction in
worker’s life. In significant role in organization is an absolute factor of the motivation in
employee’s work life. Continuous problem solving of client and conflict with higher
authority affect professional productivity of an organization. Inadequate and unsupportive
approach from leaders would decline the performance of professional team.