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Impact of job stress on wellbeing of employees and its implication the counselling


UM Yaya

Abstract

Job Stress comes as a result of incongruity between an employee and his job. This brings about psychological and physiological changes in the life of the worker, thus it, affects his/her general wellbeing and productivity. This article focused on the impact of job-related stress on the wellbeing of employees and the role of counselling in its prevention and management. The paper talked about the concepts of stress, job stress, causes, signs and symptoms, adverse effects and prevalence rate of job-related stress on employees. Lastly, the article presented empirical findings, such as counselling employees on how to cope with psychological distress and adverse effect of psychological trauma, which improve wellbeing of workers.


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eISSN: 2437-1734
print ISSN: 0189-9422