Workplace stress — such as long hours, job insecurity and lack of work-life balance — contributes to at least 120,000 deaths each year and accounts for up to $190 billion in health care costs, according to new research by two Stanford professors and a former Stanford doctoral student now at Harvard Business School.
“If employers are serious about managing the health of their workforce and controlling their health care costs, they ought to be worried about the environments their workers are in,” says Jeffrey Pfeffer, a Stanford professor of organizational behavior. Pfeffer, with colleagues Stefanos A. Zenios of Stanford GSB and Joel Goh of Harvard Business School, conducted a meta-analysis of 228 studies, examining how 10 common workplace stressors affect a person’s health.
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In a a review of safety literature stress was found to be the third most prevalent reason why employees get into accidents and are injured. Attending to stress should be an emphasis in a safety first culture. http://renewalgroup.weebly.com/blog/safety-culture-tip-stress
No debemos permitir que nuestro trabajo nos genere estrés, de igual manera, quienes tengan personal a su cargo, deben asegurar tener las mejores condiciones para que el personal no muera poco a poco por angustias que le puede generar su empleo. Asumamos ese liderazgo hacia los demás y cuidemos nuestras personas....
Quest 3- Office Based Worker: Risk #4 Workplace Stress
Workplace stress is becoming more common each year. Long hours, job intensity and lack of work-life balance contributes to at least 120, 000 deaths each year. Imporving the work envirnoment is high on alot of companies agendas. Anytime people feel a lack of control, this creates stress.