Research on Workplace Stress: Factors, Impact & Management

This assignment focuses on formulating research questions related to stress in the workplace. It begins by identifying the causes of stress, such as a disruptive work environment, lack of leadership, and insufficient teamwork, which can negatively impact employee health and organizational performance. The research questions delve into the factors leading to stress, the physical and mental dangers affecting employee stress levels, the impact on organizational productivity, and the influence of stress on employee performance. The aim is to explore the multifaceted nature of workplace stress and its consequences for both employees and the organization.

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Template for Your Research Question
Instructions: Use this template for developing your assignment for submission to the Unit 4
assignment: Your Research Question.
Title: Firstname.Lastname.Research Question. (e.g., Jane.Doe.Research Question)
Research Topic
Causes of stress and its management within the work place
Research Problem Statement
The health of an employee can be affected in a negative or positive manner due to various
level of stress. The lack of sleep and disruption in the health of the employees may affect
the overall function of the employee in a negative manner (Wan, Downey & Stough, 2014).
The discomfort in the working environment within the organization can also lead to high
amount of stress such as the noise of the heavy machineries, overcrowded environment or
working with chemicals without proper safety measures (Beehr, 2014).
Another common problem is that the lack of proper leadership within the organization often
leads to stress among the employees due to the high level of conflict that may arise. The
lack of teamwork in the organization may result in increasing the work pressure that may
cause stress among the employees. This may also lead to isolated environment for the
employees to work in (Faragher, Cass & Cooper, 2013).
The factors of stress also lead to lack in the control power of the organization, which may
cause ambiguity or may result in low performance within the work place. This may lead to a
poor performance of the human resource management that is present in the organization,
which may lead to the high level of stress among the employees (Anitha, 2014).
Research Question
1. What are the factors that may lead to stress in the work place among the employees?
2. What are the physical and mental dangers that creates an impact on the stress levels
of the employees?
3. How the productivity of the organization does get impacted due to stress among the
employees?
4. What is the impact of stress on the performance level of the employees?
When you have completed the assignment, please submit this document to the Your
Research Question assignment area in the courseroom.
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Anitha, J. (2014). Determinants of employee engagement and their impact on employee
performance. International journal of productivity and performance management, 63(3), 308.
Beehr, T. A. (2014). Psychological stress in the workplace (psychology revivals).
Routledge.
Faragher, E. B., Cass, M., & Cooper, C. L. (2013). The relationship between job satisfaction
and health: a meta-analysis. In From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 1 (pp. 254-271). Palgrave Macmillan,
London.
Wan, H. C., Downey, L. A., & Stough, C. (2014). Understanding non-work presenteeism:
Relationships between emotional intelligence, boredom, procrastination and job stress. Personality and
Individual Differences, 65, 86-90.
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