Seeking help with my dissertation topic, the topic is "negative impact of workplace stress on health".
Hi Racheal, the answer of your question is definitely 'yes' but, 'Stress' is a vast term as there are numerous factors that play crucial role in the generation of stress, for example, environmental, physical, physiological, social and even psychological and these are all present in any workplace. It would be better if you indicate at least which area of stress you want to look into.
thank you Subhabrata, am looking at the negative effect of workplace stress on health of the employees.
Yes! this is largely psychological in manifestation although it does manifest physically as well. There are physical and emotional stressors at work. being exposed to any of these depends on your type of work, organizational climate and your control over your job. For example, workers in the construction industry are more prone to physical stress, which results in health issues like MSD, chronic fatigue etc. while some office workers develop psychological health problems like anxiety, nervousness, fear, outbursts or breakdowns as a result of being predisposed to psychological stressors like bullyish boss, isolation by colleagues, colleagues playing pranks, job insecurity etc. Cases of these have been recorded
Also remember that health is not only the absence of disease (as defined by WHO). It also also incudes social and mental wellbeing. So if you look at it from the social and mental wellbeing perspective, you will find out that workplace stress do affect health.
But to be on the affirmative, the answer is 'yes'..
Agree with all above. Work stress has been shown to increase the risk of diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal disorders and mental wellbeing. There is a lot of materials that you can find in the internet - juggle the word workplace stress with `job stress' / `occupational stress' / `job strain' in your search. Good luck!
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