Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes

Occupational stress may have an impact on the effectiveness of an organisation. Excessive workload or demand, stressful deadlines, long working hours, insufficient number of staff, lack of support from co-workers and supervisors, annoying co-workers, unsatisfied customers, and hazardous working cond...

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Main Authors:	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig, Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan, Kasi, Arun
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	USA Passion Development Sdn Bhd 2018
Subjects:	BF Psychology BF636 Applied psychology K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/68408/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68408/1/icelsi_6.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/68408/7/68408_Occupational%20stress_scopus.pdf

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spelling	iium-684082019-07-16T01:38:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68408/ Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Kasi, Arun BF Psychology BF636 Applied psychology K Law (General) Occupational stress may have an impact on the effectiveness of an organisation. Excessive workload or demand, stressful deadlines, long working hours, insufficient number of staff, lack of support from co-workers and supervisors, annoying co-workers, unsatisfied customers, and hazardous working conditions, among others are some of the underlying causes of occupational stress. Job uncertainty due to impending retrenchment, restructuring or management changes and hostile work environment could also give rise to occupational stress. Occupational stress often results in high dissatisfaction among the employees in terms of job mobility, burnout and poor work performance and less effective interpersonal relations at work. Excessive or unmanageable demands, insufficient support from co-workers and unsatisfactory working conditions may affect staff-motivation and productiveness. Longterm stress or traumatic events at work may have affect the workers physically and psychologically. In light of the above, this paper seeks to deliberate on the causes of occupational stress with reference to unmanageable workload,job insecurity, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination and employer’s unlawful conduct. USA Passion Development Sdn Bhd 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68408/1/icelsi_6.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68408/7/68408_Occupational%20stress_scopus.pdf Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig and Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan and Kasi, Arun (2018) Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes. In: The 1st International Conference of Education, Law & Social Issues (ICELSI 2018), 15th-16th September 2018, Kuala Lumpur.
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description	Occupational stress may have an impact on the effectiveness of an organisation. Excessive workload or demand, stressful deadlines, long working hours, insufficient number of staff, lack of support from co-workers and supervisors, annoying co-workers, unsatisfied customers, and hazardous working conditions, among others are some of the underlying causes of occupational stress. Job uncertainty due to impending retrenchment, restructuring or management changes and hostile work environment could also give rise to occupational stress. Occupational stress often results in high dissatisfaction among the employees in terms of job mobility, burnout and poor work performance and less effective interpersonal relations at work. Excessive or unmanageable demands, insufficient support from co-workers and unsatisfactory working conditions may affect staff-motivation and productiveness. Longterm stress or traumatic events at work may have affect the workers physically and psychologically. In light of the above, this paper seeks to deliberate on the causes of occupational stress with reference to unmanageable workload,job insecurity, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination and employer’s unlawful conduct.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Kasi, Arun
author_facet	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Kasi, Arun
author_sort	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
title	Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
title_short	Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
title_full	Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
title_fullStr	Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
title_full_unstemmed	Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
title_sort	occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
publisher	USA Passion Development Sdn Bhd
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/68408/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68408/1/icelsi_6.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/68408/7/68408_Occupational%20stress_scopus.pdf
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