Impact of Flexible Work Arrangements on Work Stress: A Research

This report presents a research pre-proposal investigating the impact of flexible work arrangements (FWA) on work stress prevention and management. It highlights the increasing prevalence of workplace stress and its detrimental effects on employee well-being, both psychologically and physically. The report discusses how FWA, including job sharing, compressed work weeks, and telecommuting, can provide employees with greater control over their schedules, potentially reducing stress levels. It also addresses methods for managing stress, both proactively and reactively, such as setting boundaries, managing the work environment, and effective time management. The research emphasizes the significance of this topic for managers, given the far-reaching consequences of employee stress on individuals and the organization, advocating for strategies to mitigate stress and foster healthier coping mechanisms in the workplace. Furthermore, the report touches upon the manifestations of stress, its potential to trigger various health issues, and the importance of understanding and addressing stress to promote overall well-being.

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Introduction
This document outlines the pre-proposal from a research for flexible work arrangements
(FWA) and the impacts on work stress prevention and management. Stress at work is a
phenomenon that many people face. A person who is under stress in the workplace often
experiences not only psychological discomfort, but also physical health problems. Stress has
recently become an increasingly common phenomenon (Ashkanasy, Zerbe, and Hartel, 2016).
The documents outlines two factors
1. Flexible work arrangements and how flexible work management affects stress
management and how flexible work management affects both work before and after work
occurrence.
2. Methods to deal with stress management before it happens and once it happens.
Flexible work arrangements are the arrangements where the employees are given a greater
scheduling program in how they fulfill obligations in their business. it gives a worker far greater
leeway to begin and end the work schedule provided the total number of hours required by the
worker is completed. These helps to reduce stress in the workplace and the effects of stress in the
work place.
Flexible work arrangements involve job sharing, compressed work weeks and
telecommunicating. There are negative impacts of stress in the workplace in emotional and
physical well being. When stressed due to inflexible working environment, the stress can take
toll on the behavioral and cognitive capacity of a person to work. when we feel stressed
mentally, our bodies physically become affected as well. Stress can induce jumpiness,

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irritation, apathy , frustration and a feeling of overwhelmeness and overworking. Under
stress the longe term consequence and learning the effective stress management can help
to control what may feel uncontrollable. The techniques fosters healthy coping mechanisms
for obstacles in life and will increase positivity in the work place.
Methods of dealing with stresses in workplaces
To avoid the stressors in workplace there are several methods to say the following
Don’t hestitate in saying no. to avoid stress, don’t hesitate to say no to additional responsibilities
because taking more will only increase the levels of stress.
Limiting exposure or contact to people who induce stress may also be good. If someone is
draining emotionally, it is good that you may avoid excessive communication with that person.
The third is to be midful of the environment. Taking control of the environment like playing
work politics frequently reduces stress. The other method is to cut down on the to do list and trim
the unnecessary responsibilities and tasks needed to be accomplished.
How to alter stress in workplace
1. Be ready to compromise
2. Express yourself
3. Be assertive in what you do in the workplace
4. Manage your time effectively.

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This topic is especially significant for managers in an organization, because the stresses
experienced by employees can have a devastating effect, both on them and on the organization as
a whole. The purpose of this work is: The study of stress as a concept, the classification of stress
and the ability to manage stress.
Stress at work is familiar to many people. Stress of professional form, like other types of stress,
has its own symptoms and can manifest itself in different conditions. In order to determine
whether this is really the stress of a professional plan, you need to know the specifics of its
symptoms (Brown, 2014).
Physical signs of stress in the workplace: migraine, toothache, pain in the heart, shortness
of breath. Typical symptoms can also be heart palpitations, high blood pressure, pain in the
muscular joints, digestive disorders, increased sweating, irritability and fatigue.
Psychosocial signs of stress in the workplace: anxiety, bad mood with drops and anger, apathy,
depression, anxiety, feelings of helplessness and loneliness. Behavioral signs of stress at work:
poor appetite or excessive consumption of food, anger, inattention, abuse of alcohol, drugs,
smoking, self-isolation and refusal to communicate with others, irresponsibility, poor family
relationships (Freedy, and Hobfoll, 2017).
Reduced performance at constant voltages at work can also adversely affect your
personal life, so you need to take timely measures to prevent a stressful situation. First of all, it is
necessary to focus on the state of emotional and physical health. People whose health is all right
can independently deal with stress and resist it. Low wages with large amounts of work - a
source of constant stress

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On industrial production often occurs such a phenomenon as frustration. This is a specific
psycho-emotional state of a person, which occurs when it is impossible to overcome obstacles
and achieve a certain goal (Lewis, 2015). In general, people working in an industrial enterprise
are physically tired and often cannot comply with the standards established by management.
Therefore, it is necessary to clearly compare the requirements and human capabilities (Quinlan,
Babin, Carr, and Griffin, 2019). This will help to cope with the situation and prevent the
development of emotional stress and frustration at the workplace in the industrial sector (Smith,
2015).
To overcome this problem, there are also modern methods, such as psych diagnostics or
psych correction. In the management sphere, such methods are recommended to be used during
trainings for employees, which will help the manager to be morally stable and correct in relation
to the subordinate. Personnel management is morally difficult work. Example, a teacher's
profession belongs to the group of professions that are exposed to frequent stress situations.
Teachers need to know the basics of psychology, the psychological characteristics of
schoolchildren to be able to manage their psyche, to keep emotions under control when there are
conflicts between children or colleagues in school (Taylor, Bogdan, and DeVault, 2015). In order
to relieve stress, teachers are recommended to undergo psychological trainings, seminars and
other events. Therefore, you need to be able to relieve tension and distract from work, relax.
Employees of security forces are in the group of those people who are under stressful conditions
that cause nervous breakdowns, and sometimes mental disorders. Therefore, it is necessary to
prevent the development of occupational stress among security officials, as the safety of the
population and the atmosphere in society depend on it.

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Conclusion
Stress has many faces in its manifestations. It plays an important role in the occurrence of
not only violations of human mental activity or a number of diseases of internal organs. It is
known that stress can provoke almost any disease. In this regard, the need is now expanding to
learn as much as possible about stress and how to prevent and overcome it. This diagnosis is
made to a person when in private life, in everyday life or at work, there are any problems that
lead to the deterioration of his mental and physical health (Tetrick, and Winslow, 2015).

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