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How much stress is too much?

H Benson, R L Allen

    Harvard Business Review
    |August 9, 1980
    PubMed
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    Stress can be beneficial for managers up to a certain point, but excessive stress leads to burnout and impaired judgment. New management strategies can help mitigate these negative effects.

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    Area of Science:

    • Occupational Health
    • Organizational Psychology

    Background:

    • Workplace stress is a significant issue impacting both individual managers and organizational performance.
    • While moderate stress can enhance productivity, excessive stress is detrimental, leading to burnout and poor decision-making.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the dual nature of stress in corporate environments, highlighting its potential benefits and significant drawbacks.
    • To introduce a novel, effective, and accessible stress management approach for organizations.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of executive insights on stress and productivity.
    • Review of medical research on the effects of stress on performance.
    • Evaluation of a newly developed stress management technique.

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    Main Results:

    • Research confirms that stress is productive up to an individual-specific threshold.
    • Beyond this threshold, stress leads to negative outcomes such as burnout, erratic behavior, and compromised judgment.
    • The tested stress management approach has proven effective.

    Conclusions:

    • Organizations often fail to recognize the detrimental effects of excessive workplace stress.
    • A simple, validated method for managing occupational stress is available.
    • Implementing this approach can prevent individual and organizational suffering caused by unmanaged stress.