PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS AND STRESS AT WORK
Psychosocial risks and stress at work are among the biggest challenges to occupational safety and health.
They have a significant impact on the health of individuals, organizations and national economies.
Like many other mental health issues, stress is often misunderstood or stigmatized.
However, if viewed as an organizational problem rather than a personal shortcoming, psychosocial risks and stress can be managed like any other occupational safety and health risk.
What are psychosocial risks and stress?
Psychosocial risks are the result of poor planning, organization and management of work, as well as poor social conditions in the workplace; they can lead to negative psychological, physical and social consequences, such as workplace stress, burnout or depression. Here are some examples of working conditions leading to psychosocial risks:
-excessive workload
-conflicting requirements and unclear role
-lack of participation in decision-making that affects the worker and lack of influence on the process.
-poorly managed organizational changes
-job insecurity;
-ineffective communication
-lack of support from management or colleagues
-psychological and social harassment
-third-party violence
When discussing the requirements of the workplace, it is important to distinguish psychosocial risks such as excessive workload from conditions that, while stimulating and sometimes problematic, create a responsive environment in which workers are well trained and motivated to perform at their maximum potential. your opportunities.
A good psychosocial environment stimulates good production results and personal development, as well as mental and physical well-being of employees.
Ways to deal with stress at work :
Get organized, make a schedule.
It’s important to know what you need to get done during the day and that it’s completely achievable given your working hours.
Tidy up your desk.
Sometimes it’s quite annoying to search for something for hours, and it is right under your nose (under the piles of documents, for example). Of course, this does not apply to people for whom chaos is their creative inspiration.
Be sure to go out on your lunch break. Fresh air and a walk will refresh you and have a good effect on your negative work-related thoughts and attitude. At the very least, you will break away from the stressful and nerve-wracking workplace for a moment. And food is a little happiness and brings delight to every person.
Use stress “toys” – soft balls, Newton’s cradle, etc. . Their idea is to give your mind a short break, which will improve your concentration and keep you from getting frustrated and stuck in search of solutions.
Do not let work become the center and only meaning of your life. However, it is a necessity to satisfy our material needs and a way to eventually improve our living status. But that’s all! It is necessary to make social contacts and relieve yourself from the working day with cinema, theatre, going out with friends, sports or some other favorite activity of yours.
Do not hesitate to ask for help from your colleagues or advice from your boss if you are experiencing any difficulties in your work. Otherwise, no wonder you waste a whole day trying to figure out where the problem is, which is unnecessary effort, nerves and stress.
Learn to say “No” and assess your own strengths, opportunities and free time.
Do not burden yourself with extraneous tasks that will further complicate your work. You don’t have to do favors for your boss and colleagues just because they are very nice to you. If you think that this will be a big mental and physical burden on you and prevent you from doing your duties correctly, don’t hesitate to say “No”.
Otherwise, you will get yourself into a stressful situation
A perfect way to deal with stress almost 100% is to find a job that is also your hobby. If you find a job you love and enjoy, you will never work a day. When you like your job, work with passion, have talent and what you do comes from within, stress at work will be the last thing on your mind.
For some employees, however, it is the stress at work that is the stimulus for greater activity, work capacity and productivity.
Working under pressure, deadlines, high demands from bosses are exactly what make some employees ambitious to do their best to succeed. For them, the obstacles on the route are not a reason for stress and depression, but an incentive to find a way to overcome them. In small doses, stress helps people spend their energy properly so that it serves constructive purposes. But at the end of the day, it is important that this motivation does not become a cause of permanent overwork.
*article from my website.