124 | COSERE What can a manager do to prevent employee stress? Frequently, stress arises from a mismatch between work demands and available resources. Therefore, it’s essential to carefully select employees who meet job requirements and possess adequate motivation. The second step involves implementing socialisation programmes for new hires to facilitate their adaptation to the organisational culture. Additionally, ensuring a proper organisational structure with clearly defined functions and responsibilities, maintaining a balanced workload, offering appropriate rewards, instituting a fair remuneration system, setting clear goals for employees, and providing regular feedback on performance are vital steps. Cultivating positive interpersonal relationships, increasing employee responsibility, and providing a variety of work tasks are all effective strategies for human resource managers in stress management. Supervisors/managers can serve as positive role models for their subordinates. To effectively manage stress levels, it is important for managers to: • Learn to set realistic goals. • Foster a positive attitude towards work among employees. • Delegate responsibilities to save time and increase employee satisfaction. • Engage in face-to-face conversations and maintain open, direct relationships with employees/subordinates. • Begin the workday by tackling important and challenging tasks, which promotes both work efficiency and relaxation at day’s end. • Incorporate several short breaks, especially when the work involves emotional stress. Physically distancing oneself from the stressor, such as leaving the workplace for a brief walk, can be beneficial. It is advisable to step away from the office area during lunch breaks. Cultivating the habit of taking these short breaks is encouraged.
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