What are the top causes of workplace stress cited by employees?
According to the survey, employees are most stressed about the day-to-day challenges associated with their jobs, more specifically the increasing expectation to do more with less. Here’s what employees mentioned as the most frequent causes of stress: • Job definition Unclear or unrealistic performance expectations cause stress, along with unrealistic workloads, inadequate training and poorly defined work processes. • Work group environment A lack of teamwork and/or a lack of staff to perform their job duties create workplace stress. • Supervisor Employees were split about how supervisors contribute to work-place stress. Low performers said their supervisor was a cause of workplace stress whereas top performers more frequently cited poorly defined work processes, not their supervisor, as a reason for stress. In times of economic uncertainty, it’s even more important to ensure employees are engaged and have the resources needed to do their work. If organizations are forced to reduce thei
