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Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes

Objective: This paper seeks to deliberate on the causes of occupational stress with reference to unmanageable workload, job insecurity, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination and employer’s unlawful conduct. Analysis: Excessive or unmanageable demands, insufficient support from co-workers and...

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Main Authors: Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig, Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan, Kasi, Arun
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Published: R.K.Sharma, Institute of Medico-Legal Publications 2018
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HD Industries. Land use. Labor
K Law (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.687462019-07-10T02:12:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68746/ Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Kasi, Arun HD Industries. Land use. Labor K Law (General) Objective: This paper seeks to deliberate on the causes of occupational stress with reference to unmanageable workload, job insecurity, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination and employer’s unlawful conduct. Analysis: Excessive or unmanageable demands, insufficient support from co-workers and unsatisfactory working conditions may affect staff-motivation and productiveness. The main thing is to analyse that, the long-term stress or traumatic events at work may have affect the workers physically and psychologically. Method: Job uncertainty due to impending retrenchment, restructuring or management changes and hostile work environment could also give rise to occupational stress. Occupational stress often results in high dissatisfaction among the employees in terms of job mobility, burnout and poor work performance and less effective interpersonal relations at work. Findings: In the event of breach of this duty by the employer, apart from alleging constructive dismissal, the employee may be able to recover compensation for non-pecuniary loss such as mental distress or the effect of the dismissal on employee’s reputation or the chances of finding other employment. Result: The employer may also expose himself to a civil claim for negligence or a failure to provide a safe place of work. These causes of actions relate in deed to occupational or workplace stress, discussed in this article. R.K.Sharma, Institute of Medico-Legal Publications 2018-12-17 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68746/1/68746_Occupational%20Stress%20An%20Analysis%20of%20the%20Causes.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68746/7/68746_Occupational%20stress%20an%20%20analysis_scopus.pdf Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig and Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan and Kasi, Arun (2018) Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 9 (12). pp. 2638-2641. ISSN 0976-0245 http://www.ijphrd.com/index.html 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.02113.7
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English
topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
K Law (General)
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
K Law (General)
Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig
Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan
Kasi, Arun
Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
description Objective: This paper seeks to deliberate on the causes of occupational stress with reference to unmanageable workload, job insecurity, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination and employer’s unlawful conduct. Analysis: Excessive or unmanageable demands, insufficient support from co-workers and unsatisfactory working conditions may affect staff-motivation and productiveness. The main thing is to analyse that, the long-term stress or traumatic events at work may have affect the workers physically and psychologically. Method: Job uncertainty due to impending retrenchment, restructuring or management changes and hostile work environment could also give rise to occupational stress. Occupational stress often results in high dissatisfaction among the employees in terms of job mobility, burnout and poor work performance and less effective interpersonal relations at work. Findings: In the event of breach of this duty by the employer, apart from alleging constructive dismissal, the employee may be able to recover compensation for non-pecuniary loss such as mental distress or the effect of the dismissal on employee’s reputation or the chances of finding other employment. Result: The employer may also expose himself to a civil claim for negligence or a failure to provide a safe place of work. These causes of actions relate in deed to occupational or workplace stress, discussed in this article.
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author Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig
Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan
Kasi, Arun
author_facet Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig
Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan
Kasi, Arun
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title Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
title_short Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
title_full Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
title_fullStr Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
title_full_unstemmed Occupational stress: an analysis of the causes
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publisher R.K.Sharma, Institute of Medico-Legal Publications
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/68746/1/68746_Occupational%20Stress%20An%20Analysis%20of%20the%20Causes.pdf
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