MHR 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Job Design, Employee Assistance Program, Workaholic
2 Apr 2017
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Stress will decrease performance, too focused on the stress than the actual tasks that need to be done. Stress is defined as a psychological response to demands that possess certain stakes and that tax or exceed a person"s capacity or resources. The demands that cause people to experience stress are called stressors. The negative consequences that occur when demands tax or exceed one"s capacity or resources are called strains. Study of 30,000 canadian post-secondary students across 34 colleges/universities: 64% feeling lonely in last 12 months. Should have at least 8 hours, most don"t. Support that you had in high school, are gone in post (like the cost - tuition, textbooks), having to think of grad school (look below) Academic performance likely to suffer due to. Jobs rated from least stressful to most stressful. Why are some employees more stressed than others. When people first encounter stressors, the process of primary appraisal is triggered.
