Positive And Negative Effects Of Stress

There can be many different factors that can cause different levels of stress. For instance, stress can be a result of a social relationship where a person may suffer from stress because of people in his or her social environment. Other contributing factors can include the following; when a person is concerned with financial burdens and they have a low salary, excessive workloads, work that isn’t engaging or challenging, and lack of social support between others. Stress possesses both positive and negative outcomes. While considering positive outcomes, stress can drive us towards a necessary reaction and solution against the situation that causes the stress. While in the negative sense, stress is an obstacle in which reduces productivity and

Performance is key in any organization, this is what can cause a business to strive or fail, and the lack of performance of an employee due to overload, or occupational stress can ultimately hurt the organization in the long run. It is vital for the organization to understand the different signs in their employees to avoid lack of performance and low levels of productivity. One large concern organizations may have is the different reasons an employee may be absent from work. For instance, absenteeism because of sickness, psychological health problems, unexpected events and many more are outcomes of the stress that is caused by the work environment. The negative outcomes of occupational stress are pushing the government in the direction of making laws in favor of employees due to an increase of the publication and research done. The problems created because of stress in the workplace are not just a particular profession or a particular country; it has caused a long-term effect in the whole world (Mark,

Work stress can be explained as the destructive emotional and physical response that happens when the requirements of the job do not go with the potential, resources, or the necessities of the employee. Work stress can lead to poor health and even injury. Stress sets off an alarm in the brain, which responds by getting the body to the stage of defense. The nervous system incites the hormones necessary in order to protect and prepare for defense, these hormone release into the different senses and also begins to accelerate the heart rate and pulse, it can cause muscle tension, and deepen the respiration. This response is called the fight or flight response. This response is key because it helps defend us against threatening situations. When affected by stress must people can just have a stressful reaction or episode, but ultimately be able to move forward. When a situation keeps going and the stress levels increase the body is kept in continuous state of activation, which increases the degree of damage to the biological systems. At the end, the risk of injury or disease increases.
There are several studies that show that occupational stress has increased rapidly over the past few decades. Intense levels of work stress have been associated with