Stress has become an important factor of today's society due to its consistent nature and significant effects. The constant changing of environment, external influences, the development of advanced technology, fast life tempo and the constant requirements for adjustment affects the stress to spread over all areas of life and consequently became a companion of both personal and professional life. The presence of stress causes an increased number of mental and physical issues, as well as negative consequences in organizational business processes. Employees under stress are a source of a constantly increasing organizational expenditure and often absent from work, which leads to inefficiency and unsuccessfulness of the organization.
The thesis focuses on the presence of stress in the working environment. The purpose of this academic work is to point out the factors which cause stress at the workplace. The conducted research is based on the belief that correct information about stress at the workplace would improve enforcement of a relaxed working environment and lowering the amount of stress among employees in the future.
The goal of the thesis is to determine the degree to which the employees at the Center for social work in Kranj is exposed to stress by conducting a survey, based on the theoretical background. The causes of stress and the differences in understanding it in correlation with sex and age were researched, with the aid of answers from personnel taking the questionnaire. The findings indicate that firstly, the employees of the Center for social work in Kranj are exposed to stress due to work overload, secondly, employees over forty years of age are more prone to stress, thirdly, that the effectiveness of overcoming stress is relative in correlation to gender. The correct usage of collected information would help in recognizing the issues and exposing a way to effectively overcome them, offering organizations an insight which may contribute to taking the optimal methods to detect and manage stress.
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