Manage Stress to Tackle Mental Health Problems in the Workplace

Abstract

The number of people suffering from mental health problems in the workplace is alarming. As costs resulting from lost productivity increase, so does the need for work organizations to address mental health issues. Because stress negatively contributes to mental health, employers are encouraged to tackle mental health problems by assisting employees with stress management. In addition to creating a supportive environment, training employees on boundary and coping strategies, promoting and supporting daily recovery efforts, and encouraging and facilitating access to social support are described as three approaches work organizations may want to embrace.

A Conceptual Model of Online Volunteering Attaining Work-Family Balance

“…They can include spouses, parents, colleagues, friends, superiors, and others from the workplace or family. Besides concentrating on the individual himself, past research (Kreiner et al, 2009;Mickel, 2019) has contended that other people (such as mentors) also may affect how individual negotiate the work-family boundary. Specifically, findings from this study have indicated that other people, or known as the 'border-keepers' (Clark, 2000) in informant's lives have great influence in helping and supporting informants to juggle work, family and OV work.…”