Managing job stress: an employee assistance/human resource management partnership

Author: Murphy, Lawrence R

Source: Personnel Review, Volume 24, Number 1, 1995 , pp. 41-50(10)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Abstract:

Starts from the premisses that stress at work is a significant andcostly problem, and that the challenge for companies is to manage workstress in order to reduce health-care costs and improve productivity.Suggests that this challenge can be met by greater collaboration amongcompany departments, bringing expertise from different areas to bear onthe problem. Describes the conceptual basis for such collaboration andpresents a case study of an ongoing partnership between an employeeassistance programme and a human resource management group.

Keywords: Employee Assistance Programmes; Human Resource Management; Stress

Document Type: Research article

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