> Negative stress is the kind that wears down a person's.
>ability to cope with even the most routine tasks. An individual.
>who is at the end of his or her rope develops a skewed perception.
>of reality and often begins to misconstrue things. While this.
>negative stress may have initially started out as positive.
>pressure, as in the case of a new job, the impact it carries with.
>it as it mutates into a negative presence can have grave.
>consequences upon one's physical and emotional being. These.
>considerations are so prevalent that some corporations have.
>implemented stress management courses to both address and.
>intercept the problem in one of the most commonly found places:.
>the work environment.
> There is certainly enough to deal with in the workplace to.
>have the added pressure of stress. However, escaping.
>environmental stress on the job is about as easy as not.
>breathing: it just cannot be done. With that being the case,.
>people must learn how to harness that negative stress and turn it.
>into a more beneficial element or get rid of it altogether.
>Contemporary employers have come to realize the inherent hazards.
>of work-related stress and how it directly affects job.
>performance and the ultimate bottom line. It.
>only stands to reason that if employees are pushed to the edge.
>physically, emotionally or mentally, they will not be able to.
>perform their duties with any reasonable proficiency. Because.
>job stress -- and the management of it.
>-- has become a focal point in the workforce, employers have.
>found it necessary to implement stress management plans in order.
>to once again harmonize the work environment. "HR managers now.
>recognize undue stress as a real factor in the onset of illness.
>as well as turnover, job dissatisfaction,.
>decreased productivity and other workplace ills. And corporations.
>are beginning not only to notice, but to try to do something.
>about it" (Dutton 11).
> Because people are not able to avoid work-related stress,.