Occupational stress management in managerial employees: an analysis of level and source of work stress

Authors

  • Nindria Untarini Universitas Negeri Surabaya
  • Sayyida Sayyida Universitas Airlangga
  • Sanju Kumar Singh 3Nepal Commerce Campus, Tribuvan University, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26740/bisma.v13n1.p47-68

Keywords:

cause, effect, stress, stress management

Abstract

The sources and effects of stress have been conceptualized from several theoretical and empirical perspectives. This study explores the sources and impacts of job stress in managerial levels in two different countries, namely developing and developed countries. Furthermore, how to deal with and manage job stress for managers are also described. This study reviews the level and source of work stress that researched in academic journals, books, proceedings, reports, and website. After reviewing the literature extensively, it is concluded that managers in each of the two groups of countries experience workplace stress with different work stress sources. Meanwhile, the impact of job stress at the managerial level in the two groups of countries is almost identical. Job stress affects job satisfaction, mental and physical health, high intention to quit the job, and high absenteeism rates. The strategy to ensure employee health and well-being is to provide a stress-free work environment by creating supportive organizational systems, stress auditing, counselling, education and training, and work balance initiatives. It is hoped that the results of this study can be made a role model in managing stress in the work environment, especially at the managerial level, based on the source and impact of work stress so that it can be used as a basis for designing strategies and policies to deal with stress in the workplace. Finally, this study provides guidelines for further research on this topic.

Author Biographies

Nindria Untarini, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia and Student of Ph.D. Program, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

Sayyida Sayyida, Universitas Airlangga

Departemen Manajemen, Fakultass Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Universitas Airlangga

Sanju Kumar Singh, 3Nepal Commerce Campus, Tribuvan University, Nepal

Department of commerce

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2020-10-31

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Untarini, N., Sayyida, S., & Singh, S. K. (2020). Occupational stress management in managerial employees: an analysis of level and source of work stress. BISMA (Bisnis Dan Manajemen), 13(1), 47–68. https://doi.org/10.26740/bisma.v13n1.p47-68

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