What helps employees to perform well and stay healthy under high
levels of stress? What are the factors that distinguish those
employees? What are the best ways to recover from a stressful day
at work? How can employees proactively address stressors they
encounter at work, and how can they move from "coping" to
"thriving"? Can stress even have positive consequences? Most
employees can recall times when they have dealt with the stress
they were under at work, even coming out stronger as a result of
performing well under difficult conditions. Yet many approaches to
stress at work view stress as a toxic experience that should be
avoided at all costs, and do not recognize how stress might be used
to facilitate personal growth, professional development, and higher
levels of performance. In this book, Britt and Jex describe how
stressful working conditions can produce positive outcomes when
employees approach demands in the right way, focus on the meaning
and significance of their work, and recover appropriately from
stressful working conditions, both during the day and when at home.
The book encourages employees to view themselves as active
constructors of their work environment who are capable of
proactively addressing many of the demands they encounter, instead
of being passive recipients of work stressors. To help readers
reach the goal of thriving under stressful work, application
exercises are provided in each chapter of the book. In these
exercises, employees consider how they are currently responding to
work stressors, how they might identify the significance and
importance of their work, and identify ways they can better recover
from work demands. Given the importance of managers in creating the
conditions necessary for employees to thrive under stressful
conditions, each chapter also includes a box with recommendations
for managers who are looking to reduce the negative effects of
stress at work, enhance the positive effects, and create a work
environment where employees can thrive.
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