Introduction
More and more employees are experiencing stress at work due to technology. They may be coping with too much pressure, long hours or rapid change. The nature of employment has now changed, and the idea of a job for life has been replaced by an emphasis on performance. More mergers and acquisitions are taking place within, and across, national and cultural boundaries and are causing many changes within the workplace, all of which can contribute to stress.
Technology Stress
In the last few decades, the world has been witness to the greatest revolution in the history of humanity. This revolution has spanned all borders, conquered all nations, and reengineered the way people live and communicate with each other. It has passed through every aspect of life in all social and economic brackets throughout the world, and has taken over the vast majority of governmental and business processes. It has resulted in the total destruction of entire industries, and has given rise to countless others.
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National Journal's Technology Daily states, "E-mail is a key cause of job-related stress, according to a recent study by the Australian Psychological Society. Australian IT reports that the survey of 1087 managers down-under revealed that e-mails made 69% of the managers surveyed feel more stress. The technology had raised expectations that things could be done more quickly and created a heightened sense of urgency. Many managers also reported they were swamped by the amount of e-mails they received, many of which contained multiple, complicated demands. For a quarter of managers, e-mailing takes up about a third of their working time."
Nevertheless, this revolution of data and productivity has come at a price. The demands created by technological advances have caused increased stress levels in the majority of the American...