Stress Management in the Workplace—Being a Relaxed Person

Author: Liu Yang
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Stress reduction and burden alleviation are no longer just our own concerns. Pressure is everywhere. How to gain knowledge and skills from high-intensity loads, enhance personal work attitude and willingness, change and optimize work methods, and thus achieve growth and improvement, are urgent issues for many professionals in the workplace. This book comprehensively reveals the true nature and various pressures faced by different strata in the workplace from entrepreneurs, celebrities, white-collar workers, and college students (newcomers to the workforce). It also introduces the manifestations of workplace stress, self-assessment tools, a series of localized strategies and methods for stress relief and release, and how organizations can improve performance through stress management operations.
The book is divided into five parts: Understanding Workplace Stress, Manifestations and Self-Assessment of Workplace Stress, Relief and Management of Workplace Stress, Organizational Stress Management Operations, and Case Studies in Workplace Stress Management. From a composite perspective of management, psychology, and medicine, it comprehensively uncovers the true face of workplace stress as a modern "invisible killer" and the pressures faced by different strata. Through case studies and analyses of workplace stress behaviors, it introduces tools for assessing workplace stress, a series of localized strategies and methods for stress relief and release, and how organizations can improve performance through stress management operations.
The book is highly practical and systematic, offering both theoretical foundations for guidance and a focus on practical operational methods, which are primarily simple and user-friendly. It can serve as a read for professionals in the workplace to confront and alleviate stress, build a correct understanding of their mental health, and try the self-relaxation techniques introduced in the book to relieve and release stress—"to be a relaxed person." It can also be used as a reference for organizations to introduce stress management projects and as related training materials.