The American work ethic has always been one to admired, However, our culture today may be in a crisis of overworked, overstressed employees. The United States workforce has to work long hours to financially support themselves and their families. Employers expectations are high, competition in the job market is tough and job security is weak. The impact of all these factors is gravely affecting the ability to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. Employees who are working too many hours per week will experience social, mental and physical troubles. Sleep disorders rank high among overworked, highly stressed employees. This has a great impact on daily schedules, relationships, and the way people interact with each other. An individual who is
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Mental health issues are common today as Americans struggle to gain balance in their daily lives. People who work long hours are often very unhappy sometimes because of stress they endure at work. There is even a term for this stress, called “desk rage”. Researchers are studying the causes, consequences and possible solutions for this anger. Laura Stack, the CEO and President of Productivity Pro, stated, “Workers are stressed to epidemic proportions,” (Leave Work Earlier, Page 56) because, even though they always have encountered workplace stress, it's more intense currently due to economic and social conditions. The effects of this stressful routine has influenced the productivity and social life of the worker. Employees' stress affects their income and it can be harmful to the companies because workers will not be working to their best ability. Stressed employees often lose their calmness and perspective in dealing with others at …show more content…
Kirkcaldy et al. (2002) conducted a research on managers from Britain and Germany and concluded in their research that there are some reasons behind getting stressed at work which include inappropriate guidance and ==backup from immediate supervisors, lack of proper communication among employees, lack of encouragement from supervisors, feeling of isolation, favoritism and discrimination from higher management and inappropriate training and development from organizations. All of these reasons can cause higher level of stress among the employees which in return harm the individual health. Another study conducted by Manshor et al. (2003) among 440 managers in Malaysia highlighted the fact that the relationships among the employees and management is the major contributor of stress. If these relationships are not strong, then the level of stress among employees can rise. Manshor et al. (2003) also disclosed the importance of giving proper training to employees for handling the tense situations and surviving in the pressure situations. They also highlighted that the working conditions have changed over the period of time and the employees are needed to perform multiple tasks at one time so for this they must be well equipped with all of the
Mental health issues are common today as Americans struggle to gain balance in their daily lives. People who work long hours are often very unhappy sometimes because of stress they endure at work. There is even a term for this stress, called “desk rage”. Researchers are studying the causes, consequences and possible solutions for this anger. Laura Stack, the CEO and President of Productivity Pro, stated, “Workers are stressed to epidemic proportions,” (Leave Work Earlier, Page 56) because, even though they always have encountered workplace stress, it's more intense currently due to economic and social conditions. The effects of this stressful routine has influenced the productivity and social life of the worker. Employees' stress affects their income and it can be harmful to the companies because workers will not be working to their best ability. Stressed employees often lose their calmness and perspective in dealing with others at …show more content…
Kirkcaldy et al. (2002) conducted a research on managers from Britain and Germany and concluded in their research that there are some reasons behind getting stressed at work which include inappropriate guidance and ==backup from immediate supervisors, lack of proper communication among employees, lack of encouragement from supervisors, feeling of isolation, favoritism and discrimination from higher management and inappropriate training and development from organizations. All of these reasons can cause higher level of stress among the employees which in return harm the individual health. Another study conducted by Manshor et al. (2003) among 440 managers in Malaysia highlighted the fact that the relationships among the employees and management is the major contributor of stress. If these relationships are not strong, then the level of stress among employees can rise. Manshor et al. (2003) also disclosed the importance of giving proper training to employees for handling the tense situations and surviving in the pressure situations. They also highlighted that the working conditions have changed over the period of time and the employees are needed to perform multiple tasks at one time so for this they must be well equipped with all of the