PHWP: Abstract Detail: Stress management moves up the agenda during the recession

Focuses on the results of a recent survey conducted by XpertHR. According to the results, 87% of HR professionals surveyed indicated that they planned to do more to assist employees with increased stress levels. However, only 44% of respondents indicated that the organization had provided stress management training during the previous 12 months, which was a much lower frequency than the previous year (68%). The majority of organizations appear to be focusing on people management as a way to reduce stress, with 67% of respondents targeting managers’ people management skills as a way of reducing work stress. Organizations, on average, appear to have introduced at least 6 different interventions for dealing with work stress and at least 8 potential tactics for managing stress-related absences. Hence, stress, stress management, and responses to stress-related negative outcomes appear to be taking on more importance during the recession.

Thomas, D. (2010, March 4). Stress management moves up the agenda during the recession. Personnel Today [Online]. Retrieved March 8, 2010, from www.personneltoday.com.