Close Close
Sign In
Newsletters
Popular Financial Topics Discover relevant content from across the suite of ALM legal publications From the Industry More content from ThinkAdvisor and select sponsors Investment Advisor Issue Gallery Read digital editions of Investment Advisor Magazine Tax Facts Get clear, current, and reliable answers to pressing tax questions
Luminaries Awards
Podcast Center Video Center Webcasts Resource Center Events
About ThinkAdvisor Contact Us Advertise With Us Asset & Logo Licensing Sitemap Terms of Service Privacy Policy Copyright © 2024 ALM Global, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
ThinkAdvisor

Life Health > Life Insurance

Survey: People Issues Cause More Worker Stress

By Staff Writer

X
Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided.

NU Online News Service, April 28, 2005, 4:15 p.m. EDT

Off-the-job life may be gaining on work as a source of worker stress.[@@]

Researchers at ComPsych Corp., Chicago, have published data supporting that conclusion in a report on the employee assistance firm’s new StressPulse survey series.

When researchers polled workers at 1,000 ComPsych client companies in January and February, they found that 69% said they felt “high levels of stress, with extreme fatigue/feeling out of control.” The percentage was up 2 percentage points from the comparable total for the second half of 2004.

But the percentage who attributed their stress to “people issues” increased 3 percentage points, to 34%, while the percentage who cited workload held steady at 40%, and the percentage who cited the need to juggle work and personal life held steady at 21%.

Although 54% of the survey participants identified “accomplishing basic responsibilities” as their top work priority, and only 22% said improving performance was the most important work priority, the percentage preoccupied with accomplish basic responsibilities fell 6 points, and the percentage comfortable enough to focus on improving performance increased 6 points, according to ComPsych researchers.

Only 35% of the survey participants said medical problems are the most common reasons for absences: 51% said stress and personal relationship issues are the most common reasons for absences.

NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.