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05-20-2010, 10:15 PM
Due Date 20 May ,2010

Marks 20
Question:
Many people think of stress a simple problem but in reality, stress is complex and often misunderstood. Everyone experiences it in varying forms and degrees every day. List down the organizational stressors and what consequences will be caused in employees’ behaviors at organizational level? (Organizational stressors 10+ Consequences 10, words limit=200).


Answer:

Among the numerous organizational sources of stress, only five variables were investigated in this study namely

Conflict,
Blocked career,
Alienation,
Work overload,
And unfavorable work environment.

The affects of organizational stressors on employee health and withdrawal behavior or non-participation, which includes tardiness, turnover, strikes, work stoppages, and absenteeism, have been studied for decades. While traditional models have purported the resulting stress to be a psychophysical situation, other factors such as cross-generational conflicts may act as antecedents to work stress and the individual stress response

Answer No 2:


The predictor variables in this were represented by five organizational variables
Namely conflict, blocked career, alienation, work overload, and unfavorable work
Environment.
Stress can be influenced by personal factors. Six
Personal variables (age, gender, marital status, number of children,
Working experience, and
Job tenure