Stress Management at Workplace in Challenging Situations

Abstract

        Most employees worldwide have currently faced challenging situations in the workplace because of rapidly changing technology in their work environment and the outbreak of Coronavirus-19 since early 2020. These cause work-related stress to build up in unfamiliar work conditions, heavy workload, and employment insecurity. They need to adjust and learn to use new communication methods and tools, particularly virtual meetings as challenges for them to acquire digital skills to do their work at home as well as contact customers. These new work-related conditions have apparently increased employees’ stress and anxiety. Stress problems cause poor mental health and fatigue as a sign of physical weakness. This is one of the most critical problems affecting employees’ well-being and productivity in the workplace.  The aims of this academic paper are (1) to define the meaning, concept and theory of stress, and (2) identify causes of stress in order to handle them efficiently. The author systematically reviewed relevant research and academic papers. It is expected that the results of the analysis and synthesis will shed light on the stress issues and stress management techniques for considerations of employees, organizational leaders, and human resource units to put stress at work at a manageable level. A little stress may be good for life and work productivity, but if it looms too large, it will certainly harm the organization and its productivity.