PSY 655 Grand Canyon Week 4 Assignment

Workplace Stress Analysis

Details:

For Workplace Stress Analysis assignment, write a 1,000-1,250-word essay analyzing the following:

1. What are some of the measured and unmeasured costs of workplace stress?
2. What are some of the more common individual actions recommended to reduce workplace stress?

Seek out at least three individuals within your sphere of influence and ask the following:

1. What does workplace stress feel like to you?
2. Identify any activities or actions employed to reduce workplace stress.
3. What are some of the more common individual actions recommended to reduce workplace stress?

Seek out at least three individuals within your sphere of influence and ask the following:

1. What does workplace stress feel like to you?
2. Identify any activities or actions.

Use the GCU eLibrary databases; include a minimum of three outside references or other resources for evidentiary support.

Prepare this Workplace Stress Analysis assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This Workplace Stress Analysis assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the Workplace Stress Analysis assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

Week 4 Discussion 1

Choose one definition of workplace stress and discuss it in relation to one of your own workplace experiences. How does the definition you chose fit within the framework of the example you describe?

Week 4 Discussion 2

Consider the two paradigms (individual and organizational) with respect to managing workplace stress. Find and discuss at least one “research-based” article supporting either the individual or the organizational workplace stress management approach.