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| Kawakami, Norito; Takatsuka, Naoyoshi; and Shimizu, Hiroshi, “Occupational Factors, Smoking Habits and Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms among Male Japanese Employees,” Department of Public Health, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40, Gifu 500, Japan, Industrial Health 1997, 35, pgs. 9-15. It has long been thought that smoking is a popular way to relieve stress. This article studies the popularity of smoking in Japanese employees as a way to relieve occupational stress encountered on a daily basis. It is suggested that those workers who are of a younger age, in a technical or clerical occupation, and are exhausted after work smoke most frequently. This is the category that is at the greatest risk for tobacco withdrawal symptoms. The impact that this information has on managers is great. In a manager’s effort to improve efficiency and efficacy, smoking and tobacco withdrawal symptoms in employees plays a large role. The focus of the employee who is stressed, and therefore depends on cigarettes may not be on the task at hand, whereby decreasing occupational activity and efficiency. Millar, Donald J., Job Stress in a Changing Workforce a book from a conference named “Stress in the ‘90s: A Changing Workforce in a Changing Workplace.” American Psychological Association and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1992. This book is a compilation of research studies and current thoughts and the ways stressors influence workers in an organization. From the 1992 conference on stress, this book expounds on the issues raised regarding workforce diversity (e.g. gender, culture, age, and sex) and how it affects stress on the job. Family topics such as childcare, marital functioning, and the balance between work and non-work roles are discussed. Stress is shown to arise from many sources that may or may not have direct correlation to the workplace, but affects the workplace nonetheless. This book examines these non-traditional sources of stress and offers strategies to combat these forces. Moore, R.S., Improving Organizational Performance Through the Management of Stress Copyright 1995, Richard Moore MBA / Angelia Polytechnic University. http://www.stress.org.uk/occ.htm This article studies the three elements of stress-related illness as defined in 1946 by Hans Selye. These elements include the alarm stage, the resistance stage, and exhaustion. The author provides a heuristic model to illustrate the sources of stress and how they affect symptoms. At the end of the article various jobs are ranked according to the levels of stress encountered by those performing the job. The impact of change as it affects the workplace is emphasized as it can add to stress through a lack of fear and optimism. Randolfi, Ernesto A., “Developing a Stress Management and Relaxation Center for the Worksite,” Worksite Health Vol. 4, No. 3, 40-44. Every organization attempting to improve the overall health and wellness of its employees needs to have a stress management program. This article suggests that the development of a relaxation center is an important part of the entire stress management program. This relaxation center is analogous to a fitness center where the purpose of the facility is to provide employees with equipment and an area where stress management techniques are learned and performed. The author suggests that this will enable employees to release stress in a controlled manner under the organizational structure. This also aids management in recognizing employee stress. Revicki, D.A. and May, H.J. “Occupational Stress, Social Support, and Depression,” Health Psychology, 4 (1), 61-77. This article addresses the issue of emotional distress as an occupational hazard in the workplace. A study of 210 physicians was performed to show the relationship among occupational stress, social support, locus of control, and depression. The article finds that stress in the workplace is directly related to the symptoms of depression. Further research found that this relationship is moderated directly by family rather than peer support. Individuals with a “strong sense of personal control are more able in the presence of stressful situations, to cope effectively than individuals without this characteristic.” Richardson, S.; Wong, Mai Lyn; and Patarapanich, Somsong, “Sex and Managerial Stress: A Singapore Study,” Trends in the Ergonomics of Work Nov. 1986, pgs. 161-169. This article examines the personality traits of male versus female managers. Job factors were derived from factor analysis and considered to be the same between the male and female subjects. It was found that much of the anxiety-prone personality traits (tenseness and emotional instability) had a significant relationship with ill health. This relationship was found to be stronger in the female managers than in the male subjects. The article then goes into specific stress management and social support services for female managers. The study was conducted from one large quasi-governmental enterprise in Singapore and therefore is very specific in its audience. The authors warn against making judgements about female managers based entirely on this research. |
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