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(PDF) Occupational stress and its consequences

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(PDF) Occupational stress and its consequences

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Running head: OCCUPATIONAL STRESSOCCUPATIONAL STRESSName of University:Name of Student:Authors Note:
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2OCCUPATIONAL STRESSExecutive Summary:Stress in the work place can be very detrimental for the work performance of an employee, butmost importantly, it might cause long term mental as well as physical health issues. The casestudy mentions different issues and stressors faced by the employees and a critical analysis ofeach of those factors and possible ways to mitigate the stress sources has been discussed in thefollowing report. Shift timings and fatigue issues is a common factor causing stress in employeesin the aviation industry, environmental stressors or performance shaping factors include noise,illumination, vibrations, weather conditions, and most importantly psychological stressors thatare caused due to work environment issues, conflict between employees, have been discussedelaborately in this report.
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3OCCUPATIONAL STRESSThere are a number of factors, which are associated with Stress at Workplace, especiallyin Industry of Aviation. Environmental factors like the weather, humidity, noise, vibrations;Workplace factors like Shift timings and fatigue and Individual factors like psychologicalwellbeing and job satisfaction issues are few factors within an array of factors that is going to bediscussed in this report. Performance Shaping Factors (PSF) also known as EnvironmentalStressors are those aspects of the surroundings, which might cause cognitive or psychologicaldamage leading to a dip in the performance of the employees (Hooper and O'Hare, 2013). Themost common feature for an individual living in the aviation industry is irregular working hourswhich brings about a lot of stress. In this report the issues brought to light in the given case studyis to be critically analyzed and discussed.According to the scenario presented in the case study, A ramp operation for 24 hours isrequired to cover which employees need to be allotted a shift system. Among workers in theaviation industry, shift working is a common stressor and has a potential to cause bothphysiological as well as psychological health problems. It is not the shift timings that contributeto the ill health of the workers, but the fatigue caused because of it (Health and safety Executive,2006). Although, this issue cannot be eliminated entirely because, an industry like that ofaviation requires 24 hours and 365 days of work, however, if managed efficiently can bereduced. According to HSE (2006 ) fatigue can be reduced if working hours and overtime andshift-swapping can be controlled and limited. Shift systems that are not efficiently thought outcan not only cause fatigue but can also lead to accidents (Health and Safety executive, 2009).Also numerous research suggests that due to frequent changes in the circadian rhythm, a range ofhealth issues like abdominal pain, indigestion, headaches, cardiovascular disorders, irregularmenstrual cycle, susceptibility to illnesses take place (Bannai and Tamakoshi, 2014).
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