Stress, Stressor and Stress Management
Alika, Iyere Joseph; Oyedeji, Maria & Aibieyi, Stanley
School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Benson Idahosa University, Benin City
Inst. of Public Administration and Extn, Services University of Benin, Benin City
E-mail:josephalika12@gmail.com, moyedeji@biu.edu.ng; saIbieyi@yahoo.com
Corresponding Author: Oyedeji, Maria
ABSTRACT
This paper examines the topic of stress, stressor and stress management. Their search is theoretically based using the secondary sources of data to accomplish the search objective. Effort was made to differentiate between stress and stressor. While stress according to the authors is the feeling we have about a situation, condition, environment, work, and humans we have encountered; those things which causes stress, is the stressor. Theories relating to stress were discussed which are the environmental stress perspective, the psychological stress perspective, and the biological stress perspective. The theories were propounded by Cohen, et al., in 1995. Stress is the most undesirable condition of life which everyone detests or abhorred and would do all that is humanly possible to avoid it. Some push factors of stress were enumerated and what organization could do to reduce stress amongst its employees was also discussed by the authors. Their search reveals that enough hours of sleep is important to all humans to control stress and in order to recreate the stressed body. One should not be too busy to deny himself of the needed relaxation and exercising for health promotion. Those at the position of higher level of authority should learn to reduce stress on their subordinates in workplace with a view to creating friendly atmosphere and increase in productivity of the organization.
Keywords: management, environment, experience, organization, stress, stressor, workplace
