The Art of Handling Workplace Stress

Sources of workplace stress

Cara Williams is with the Labour and Household Surveys Analysis Divison. She can be reached at (613) 951-6972 or [email protected]. AN EMPLOYEE SITS AT HER DESK with numerous unread e-mail messages in her inbox, phone ringing, and a report to complete for the next morning. The demands of the job are making her anxious. At a nearby construction site, workers fear layoff as winter approache...

Stress in the Library Workplace

THISARTICLE PROVIDES INFORMATION on organizational approaches to managing stress in the library workplace; defines stress as a person’s psychological and physiological response to the perception of a demand or challenge; develops the concepts of stressors and coping strategies; and emphasizes the importance of library personnel officers, administrators, and managers knowing the dynamics of stre...

Heat stress in the workplace.

BUMC PROCEEDINGS 2000;13:349–350 Many work environments expose workers to extremely hot and humid conditions. The most vivid example of this is the firefighter, who inevitably must tolerate heat stress as part of the risks inherent to his or her job. Whereas the worker is expected to report imminent heat exhaustion before catastrophe occurs, ultimately the employer is held liable by the Occupat...

The effects of long term handling stress on thyroid function in male rats

Inappropriate responsiveness of the stress system may cause numerous alterations in endocrine, metabolic and autonomic systems. Many studies have been carried out on the effects of acute stress on thyroid function but the effects of chronic stress have not been fully investigated. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of long term handling stress on thyroid function. Study was pe...

Workplace-based assessment and the art of performance.