Stress management and employees performance

STRESS:
Stress is defined as a state of mental and emotional pressure or strain,
caused by challenging or unfavorable circumstances. It is an outside force that rules an
individual’s feelings and behavior.
Stress arises when individuals perceive that they cannot adequately cope with the
demands being made on them or with threats to their well-being .R.S. Lazarus (1966
Formula for finding Stress: In simple words we can say that when the pressure is greater that the
resources we face stress.
S=P>R
Where S stands for Stress
P is for Pressure&
R stands for Resources.

Factors of stress:
There are two reasons or factors of stress for an employee
1. Organizational Factor:
There are following organizational factors which influence stress.

 Corporate culture
 Job itself
 Working condition

2. Personal Factor
There are following personal factors which influence stress.
 Family
 Financial
 Heredity

According to an survey

STRESS MANAGEMENT:

Stress management is a process for controlling an individual’s level of stress. Stress

management may include practicing daily meditation, identifying relaxing activities (which
may be different for every in individual), or a combination of multiple techniques.

Techniques of managing stress:

Employees Performance:

Performance criteria are standards for employee behavior at work.

This criteria contains much more than how an employee does the work. Employees are
rated on how well they do their jobs compared with a set of standards determined by the
employer.