What are some of the things that can determine the level of

What are some of the things that can determine the level of stress for an individual employee? Have you seen different stress levels with individuals experiencing the same change?

Solution

First let us understand what is stress

In simple words ,Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances .

Some of things that can determine the level of stress for an Individual employee are

1.Lack of clarity in job

2.Lack of empowerment to make decisions in a job/task

3.Poor leadership

4.Streteched goals to work

5.Lack of friendly workplace atmosphere

6.Lack of recognition and reward for work

7.Authoritarian Supervisors

8.Micro Management by supervisors

Since Individuals are dfferent due to different personality traits they possess , it is very likely that the way a single individual cope with stress is also different from another

Any changes or change intervention introduced at workplace , individual employees react very differently to it

therefore the stress level varies with person.

Even prior work expereince ,age and life experience goes a long way in defining the way an indivudal would manage stress to another individual.