High expectations from organization and employee's low abilities often lead to stress at workplace. It depends on each individual how he or she will react to different stressful situations. The purpose of the thesis was to conduct a research using a survey method in the Municipality of Ljubljana and find out whether stress is present among employees, which factors cause stress and how employees cope with it. The results of the research showed that employees in the Municipality of Ljubljana are under stress at the workplace. Stress among employees vary according to gender and workplace. On average, men face more poor relationships with superiors than women, and employees in non-managerial positions face more inadequate remuneration than those in managerial positions. Employees need to take care of their health and stress management both at work and in private life as they are interlinked. Organizations need to take care of their employees by implementing various relaxation and social activities to reduce stress among employees and strengthen interpersonal relationships.
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