Following is a brief based on an excellent NIOSH publication. To read the full article about limitation of stress in the workplace, please click here.

Introduction

The nature of work is changing at whirlwind speed. Perhaps now more than ever before, job stress poses a threat to the health of employees and, in turn, to the health organizations. Through its research program in job stress and through educational materials such as this article, NIOSH is committed to providing organizations with knowledge to reduce this threat. 

This brief highlights knowledge about the causes of stress at work and outlines steps that can be taken to help in limitation of stress in the workplace.

Statistics - What Workers Say About Stress on the Job

Some more statistics...

• One-fourth of employees view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives.
  

  -Northwestern National Life
  
  

• Three-fourths of employees believe the worker has more on-the-job stress than a generation ago.

  -Princeton Survey Research Associates
  
  

• Problems at work are more strongly associated with health complaints than are any other life stressor-more so than even financial problems or family problems.

  -St. Paul Fire and Marine Innsuance Co.

Obviously the above statistics point out that stress at work is not an uncommon phenomena. For a significant population sector this is a major degrader of life quality. The need for limitation of stress in the workplace is apparent.