Stress 1
Workplace Stress: An Article Analysis
MGT/331
Organizational Behavior
Bob Moretti
December 9, 2006
Stress 2
It is certainly a given that most people have jobs or careers that contribute to some level of stress in their life. It has been discovered, recently, that many people have a higher than normal amount of stress in their place of employment due to technology related issues. With technology booming many companies are jumping on the bandwagon and incorporating new and high tech programs to improve the quality and productivity of their business. Unfortunately many of these companies are implementing these new programs without giving the necessary tools their employees need to make the new programs work effectively. This has caused a great deal of stress in the workplace for all parties including upper level management, lower level management, employees and the IT department.
In a study conducted by Athabasca University in Alberta Canada concluded that "only 20% of respondents believed that IT has not increased the stress levels of employees and only 27% thought that their organization manages the introduction of change brought about by IT very well" (Robinson, Irving & Carr, 2001, p.45). These numbers are staggering simply because implementing new technologies in the workplace are usually intended to decrease the workload and stress of the employees, not increase it. The most apparent problem that employees have with new technology ...