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In: Human Resource Management International Digest 10 (2002) 3, pp. 14-17

Around 50 people a year commit suicide on London Underground by jumping in front of a train as it comes into a station. For the drivers involved, it is a shocking, and sometimes traumatic, event. Their employer has procedures in place to deal with the immediate aftermath of the event, but it...

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Keoghs promotes well‐being in the workplace

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 12 (2004) 7, pp. 18-20

Flexible working available on request, external counseling, and stress awareness and time‐management courses are … helping to keep down the stress levels at Keoghs, a UK firm of solicitors. Fewer than 17 percent of staff reported ill effects …

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Pressure management keeps down the stress at Toshiba UK

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 14 (2006) 5, pp. 29-30

effective programme that is having a real impact on reducing stress at the workplace. …

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BT connects employees with stress‐management assistance

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 15 (2007) 1, pp. 17-19

Purpose – Reveals how telecommunications giant BT has created a stress‐management toolkit to help its 102,000 employees … worldwide to review their own stress levels and take action to resolve any issues highlighted. Design …/methodology/approach – Describes how BT helps its employees to identify stress problems, promotes awareness and understanding, provides counselling and …

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Head massage? That will do nicely at Applied Language Solutions

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 15 (2007) 2, pp. 10-13

implications – Details HR solutions that could be useful to other firms operating in creative industries where stress levels can be … high. Originality/value – Details one company's unusual approach to keeping stress levels under control in the fast …

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WYPS cuts stress‐related illness

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 16 (2008) 1, pp. 35-37

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reveal how individualized training helped managers to become better supervisors at West Yorkshire Probation Service, UK. Design/methodology/approach – Presents statistics on the costs of unplanned absences at work, the skills managers need to...

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Getting to grips with stress in the workplace

Carr, Jolynn; Kelley, Becky; Keaton, Rhett; Albrecht, Chad - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 19 (2011) 4, pp. 32-38

Purpose – This paper aims to describes the causes of stress, how it is manifested in the workplace and strategies for … reducing it. Design/methodology/approach – Explains what stress is, how to recognize it and how to incorporate programs in … order to reduce its negative impact. Findings – Reveals that the main areas that influence the level of chronic stress felt …

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Techniques to tackle the workplace bully

Sandler, Catherine - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 21 (2013) 2, pp. 33-36

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore the psychology behind one of the most common forms of bullying and to suggest how it can best be addressed. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on the author's first‐hand experience of working in this area. Findings – The paper...

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Pressure control (stress)

Kevany, K. - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 16 (2008) 5

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Helping the e-mail checking addicts

Beal, Brian - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 24 (2016) 3, pp. 14-16

Purpose This paper aims to review the demands employees face when communicating through information and communication technologies (ICTs), and relevant interventions are suggested to provide a set of evidence-based recommendations to help protect work-life balance. Design/methodology/approach...

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