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Article: Cut the stress: with HR-provided training, employees can learn how to avoid what makes them tense. (Training & Development Agenda).
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- HRMagazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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Stress is everyone's problem. It can be triggered by war talk, terror ism fears, family problems, personal debt, or any of the common tensions on the job-50-hour weeks, demanding bosses or concerns about workplace violence.
Stress can cause some health conditions and worsen others, experts say. It can decrease an employee's productivity and increase absenteeism. But it can be managed, particularly with the help of employee training provided by HR, and there's credible evidence that such training works.
A study conducted by researchers from the Nevada Stress Center in Reno showed that employees who participated in a stress management program took fewer ...