Rlchard Pettlnger

10.10.06
The State of the Art of Stress Management

» Collective organizational attitudes

» Managerial expertise

» Conclusions

56 STRESS MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

Understanding of the causes and effects of stress at work is suffi- ciently well advanced for it to be a major organizational and managerial concern. There are in all situations a wide variety of issues and symp- toms that require constant and active scrutiny. Direct strategic and operational interventions can be made. Their effectiveness in addressing particular problems, removing and reducing the institutional causes and effects of stress is dependent upon the collective organizational atti- tudes, specific expertise of individual managers, and the support given for particular stress management activities.