Workplace Stress

Course overview

For most individuals, the workplace is ever changing and is a major source of daily stress. As a result, the economic and personal health effects of workplace stress are at epidemic levels, making workplace stress one of the most important health challenges of the 21st century. The outcome of this course is for the learner to describe the extent of workplace stress; job stress and job burnout; the causes of job stress; the extent of workplace violence and horizontal violence; health effects of workplace stress; and ways to reduce job stress.