HRM 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Asthma, Interactional Justice, Organizational Culture

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3400
• Professor: Gary Blake

Document Summary

Q 1: explaining the transactional model of stress and its implications. Though we recognize that estimates of the cost of work stress involve considerable guesswork, it is clear that workplace stress is a large and growing problem with considerable consequences for individuals and organizations. The workplace is replete with factors that contribute to stress, and many canadian workers experience the reality of stress. 47% of working canadians consider their work to be the most stressful part of daily life. Psychological health problems affect mid-career workers the most, lowering the productivity of the canadian workforce. Costs canadian economy to billion annually. Absenteeism and presenteeism costs stemming from work life conflict are about. Only 23% of canadian workers would feel comfortable talking to their employer about a psychological health issue. Q 2: describing and distinguishing among the concepts of stressors, stress, and strain.