Open AccessStress Management in Organizations
Author(s) -
Roxana Capotescu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psihologia resurselor umane
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2392-8077
pISSN - 1583-7327
DOI - 10.24837/pru.v6i1.344
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , stress management , work (physics) , intervention (counseling) , stress (linguistics) , occupational stress , public relations , workforce , business , psychology , process management , knowledge management , political science , computer science , engineering , social psychology , mechanical engineering , clinical psychology , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry , law
Employee stress has increasingly become a concern for many organizations. Although it is not possible to eliminate stress entirely, people can learn to manage it. Many organizations have adopted occupational stress management programs to try and reduce the stress levels of their workforce. The high cost of work stress related problems highlights the need to spend more time evaluating work stress interventions and publishing the findings so that other organizations can gain insight into programs of merit. This article explore the three major approaches in stress management - primary, secondary and tertiary prevention and outline the importance of an evidence-based approach to stress management interventions. It is argued that an evidence-based approach will lead to advances in intervention practices. We also outline recommendations regarding planning and interpreting occupational stress management research in order to improve stress management interventions.