Managing stress at the workplace: A perspective

Abstract

In todays’ competitive world, organisations are facing tremendous challenges in terms of effectiveness in a borderless world, unbaiting pressure of increasing customer expectations, knowledge and information explosion and technological advancements. To survive in the present dynamic environment, the employees will have to shift themselves to meet the new challenges confronting them. The challenges encountered by the employees today are numerous such as stress, pressure and uncertainty etc. are also part of our daily life. In this backdrop, the present paper emphasis on discussing the concept of stress, its consequences and strategies for managing stress in organizational context. Also, the research paper aims to make a theoretical unity of thought in studies about stress.