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Being Proactive: An Organisational Approach To Managing Workplace Stress
Being Proactive: An Organisational Approach To Managing Workplace Stress
An Organisational Approach to
Managing Workplace Stress
I/O Net
Presentation by
Dr Hillary Bennett
Director, PsychAssessments
Healthy Work: Managing
Stress in the Workplace. (2003)
• Organisational view
– Employers and employees have a
responsibility to address work-related
stress
The HSE Amendment Act 2002
Objective:
Prevention
Identifying and acting on the causes of stress
Stress Risk Assessments
Management
Giving staff the skills to cope / manage
Treatment
Professional medical and psychological support
Stress Risk Assessment -
A Preventive Approach
2. Data Collection
Qualitative methods e.g. interviews, focus
groups, Stress Diaries
Quantitative methods e.g. structured
surveys, StressTools
3. Data Analysis
Task-based SRA
Team-based SRA
Future-focused SRA
Task-based SRA
Identify and control stressors and other human
factors hazards arising from an unusual, complex or
hazardous task
Collect data
Paper workbook / on-screen option
Results of Team-based SRA
Stress levels
Stress comparisons with benchmark group
Stress exposure - % of people in each group
which indicated that each stressor was “often”
of “always” a source of stress
Stressors high- low
Ranked stressors – significance of stressors
Movement
Written comments on main sources of stress
StressTools
14 Management Standards Providing Guidance
on How to Prevent Work-related Stressors
It is a proactive
Stress Management = Good
Management
and