Open AccessStress Management Interventions in Polish Companies – Research Results
Author(s) -
Dorota Molek-Winiarska
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
edukacja ekonomistów i menedżerów
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1734-087X
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0009.6301
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , stress management , imperfect , intervention (counseling) , implementation , stress (linguistics) , work (physics) , psychology , applied psychology , quality (philosophy) , knowledge management , computer science , engineering , psychotherapist , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , psychiatry , programming language
Numerous studies on work-related stress and stress management interventions have led to the formulation of some rules and theories. Nevertheless, the methodology of this kind is still imperfect. There is a tremendous need to do comparative research on different kinds of interventions. This article attempts to answer the following questions: Are entrepreneurs familiar with the idea of the stress management interventions? Have their implementations been introduced after taking into consideration the causes, costs and results of stress? Are the interventions effective or not? The results show that 45% of the employers know the idea of stress management interventions (SMI) and about 17% implement them. The most popular intervention is training supervisors in stress management and training employees to cope with stress. The results show also a relatively low quality of interventions of SMIs.