Q1: What problem you identify with Kamal’s job?

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Answer for Question No: 1

According to World Health Organization the "Job Stress" is the “The response people may have when presented with work demands and pressures that are not matched to their knowledge and abilities and which challenge their ability to Cope up”.In other Words Job Stress is a response given by persons when he/she faces pressure in the Workplace. There are many Factors which cause Job Stress some of them are:

• Poor Working Conditions – The environment which the employees work may cause health hazards or discomfort able to work. Eg: No Proper Ventilation, High Heat, Not having adequate lightning 

• Late hours of Work – Some workers are entitled to do night shifts and some had to work late hours beyond the capacity of them. 

• Lack of Knowledge – The employees face the difficulty of performing their responsibilities. If he/she does not have the necessary knowledge to work with or a senior person to get the advice. 

• Strict Rules and Regulations – The rules and regulations of the organizations may be in a negative approach or may not be compatible to the workers. The management have taken their own decisions without any involvement of the employees, So that the employees face the difficulty of fulfilling their responsibilities along with the rules and regulations. Eg: If the management decides to make Saturday working half day, for some employees who come to work from outstation areas will have no time to go to their homes.

•  Unbearable Workload – The work can be more than a person can perform by himself within a certain period of time. 

• Lack of Training – When time passes new technologies have conquers the world and for some people it is hard to get used to the new technologies or else new employees are not used to the machinery or technology of the Company they have newly joined. 

• External Pressure – The pressure from external factors differ from individual to individual. Working house wives will have to do their household works at the same time and it will create a Pressure especially those who have children they have to Perform the responsibilities in the Organization as well as the household.

•  Difficulty in enhancing Career – When the employees cannot meet their own goals and objectives or to achieve the vision of them. Eg: Lack of opportunity to get the position which they prefer or a promotion which he/she look for a long time. The stress in the Job will cause Behavioral, Physical, Economical Psychological and Social problems among individuals. 

 Behavioral Problems 

•  Absenteeism – Frequently getting absent to work to avoid a stressful working day. 

• Lack of Motivation – Not working willingly but due to work which is to be performed working forcibly by themselves. 

• Not Efficient or Effective – The work done by employees with Job Stress are not efficient and effective on their responsibilities which in turn affect the productivity pf the Company. Sexual Harassment – The Employee especially females can be harassed sexually by another employee. If the person who gets harassed has no way of leaving the job due to her/his economical situation. She/he has to carry out the work stressfully along with the harassment. Also this can form Social Problems of not being able to face the society. 

 Eg: Unskilled Labor – Those who work as sewing girls in Garment Factories. As they lack skills and Qualifications they have the difficulty of finding another Company.

•  Not Interested – Lack of interest to perform the duties and responsibilities.

•  Hesitate to work – When he/she is reluctant to perform the duties it will affect the other employees. The others have to perform his/her duties or else the productivity as a team will get slow down. 

Eg: If the person has to finish making the products to be delivered on time. If the person is reluctant to do it the delivery team and invoicing team has to wait until it gets finished or either they had to involve in finishing the products. It will not be good for the image of the Company.

•  Carelessness – The work done may be with errors which will cause problems to the Company as a whole. Another person had to involve in checking his/her work again which will increase the work load for that person. 

Physical Problems 
The physical problems caused due to Job Stress are Loss of appetite, diseases such as Heart attacks, gastritis, stomachaches which will directly lead to absenteeism and less effectiveness. If the stress is prevailed for a long time it will cause a disorder.

Economic Problems
Some employees tend to get addicted to alcohol, cigarettes to release stress which affect the economy of a person directly. There can be deductions in the salary due to absenteeism which cause economic problems in the family.

Psychological Problems 
As the Job Stress has an effect on thinking power it will lead to poor decision making and the employee will suffer due to the job in his/her life, other than enjoying life.

Social Problems
 At the work place – He will get isolated among other employees due to poor performance

At Home – Lack of Communication and interaction with the family members and the bonds can be broken.

At Society – Difficulty in facing the society.