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Elusive Work-Life Balance & Stress
Owen Pace Michela Pace Robert Papps Rakela Sammut
Stress is your body's way of responding to any kind of demand. It can be caused by both good and bad experiences
Eustress, known as good stress is short-term and pushes you to accomplish greater things, in these situations, one tends to have a lot of control over the outcome
On the other hand, bad stress also known as distress can be both short-term and long-term, this often is accompanied by feelings of helplessness since you don’t have a lot of control over what’s happening and you may begin to feel compressed or trapped.
Work-related stress is a growing problem around the world that affects not only the health and well-being of employees, but also the productivity of organisations.
61% of workers are stressed
Behavioral -
Overeating or undereating, anger outbursts and drug or alcohol abuse
Psychological -
Anxiety, depression, irratibility and sadness
Physical -
Headaches, muscle tension, sleeping problems and chest pains
Cardiovascular diseases
Skin & Hair problems
Eating disorders
Prioritization of tasks
Free time for yourself
Taking good care of yourself and keeping positive
Seek help
Regular exercise or relaxation
In extreme cases, one can consider to change jobs
Maintaining a work-life balance is about separating your personal and professional lives without allowing one to encroach upon the other.
To maintain your own mental health
To ensure your physical health & well being
To increase productivity
Manufacturing laws of the late 1800's
1938 - A 44-hour work week was established
Work-Life Balance was brought back to the forefront in the 1980's
Work and Life became a key concept in the late 20th century
The Job Demand Control Model is aimed at balancing requirements & Autonomy
In jobs where control is given to time and deadlines, employees experience a lot more stress than when they can decide and use their own time schedule
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Low Strain Jobs
This is about the combination of not very demanding tasks and control latitude for the employee
High Strain Jobs
This refers to very demanding and/or complex jobs with very little control. The employee has no control and has to do as he is told.
Passive Jobs
These jobs are simple jobs with little to no decision latitude. This includes a lot of repetitive and production jobs.
Active Jobs
These jobs are highly demanding jobs that allow the employee to decide when he does his work.
The Job Demand Control Model, indicates that those who have a high degree of work pressures and experience a low degree of control have an increased risk of stress.
If an employee finds his workload to be high due to the large number of tasks he needs to complete, the manager may want to offer him more time or a bit more freedom in his production.
What stops us from achieving Work-Life Balance?
Technology
Overworking
Isolation from Family
Social Media
It is difficult to manage an elusive work-life balance because it’s an activity that needs to be maintained & difficult to keep consistent due to real life events however it is possible to achieve Work-Life Balance
Any Questions?