What are the sources of work stress?

Today, the social development trend is very strong, and the competition among major industrial chains is also very fierce. This causes many professional workers to be under great work pressure. Excessive work pressure affects people's physical health and even their emotions. Therefore, decompression has become a must. If you want to decompress well, you must find the source of work pressure. So what are the sources of work pressure? Let me introduce them to you today!

Occupational stress mainly comes from the following four aspects:

The workers themselves: cannot adapt to the job requirements due to various reasons (such as lack of necessary abilities, interpersonal skills, skills, knowledge); feel that they work hard but receive little feedback, input-output imbalance, and a huge gap between expectations and reality.

Working conditions: Harsh working environment, such as temperature, noise, lighting, accidents, air pollution, long working hours, frequent business trips, and frequent shifts. Aggressive behavior at work is also a source of work-related emergencies. For example: A survey by the American Management Association found that nearly 25% of organizations admitted that violent incidents had occurred. In the United States, 30% of female employees have been sexually harassed.

Nature of work: The work requires the individual to work overtime, requires emotional investment, a sense of responsibility or sets a deadline for completion. A survey found that 52% of employees admitted that "too many tasks" are the source of stress; another 55% chose to set a time limit for completing tasks as the cause of stress. Sometimes having nothing to do or the work is monotonous can make people feel bored.

There are three main reasons why a profession brings occupational stress:

Work factors – these include task requirements, workload, and degree of autonomy;

Organizational factors – role demands, management style, job security, interpersonal relationships;

Environmental factors include physical and chemical factors and biological factors.

In addition, there are economic conditions, family situations, social support, and the ability to resist external risks. The combined effect of the above aspects will cause people to feel stressed. The main ones are psychological reactions, physiological reactions, and behavioral reactions. Therefore, many people are now in sub-healthy condition. Often there is no disease, but people feel very tired and exhausted every day. This is also the most obvious aspect of our occupational stress now.

Through the above introduction, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of the sources of work pressure. As long as we can accurately find the source of work pressure, we can relieve it well. It is also a good way for the company to relieve stress if it prepares some group activities appropriately.