Agile methods as stress management tools? an empirical study

In the present study we analyze the employees’ perception towards coping measures adopted byfirms in software industry. The considered coping constructs adopted for the study in stress abatement areVenting of Emotions,Problem Focused, Seeking Information and emotional support, Positive Emotion-Focused, were, employee perception was acquired by a systematic survey.A total sample of 800 employees’perceptions have been collected through simple random technique and out of which survey respondents, irregular responses are eliminated finally 756 samples are determined for statistical analysis. Chi-square test was performed to determine the association between perceptions and model constructs. Results are reported and discussions are made as per the results and in correlation between results of previous literature.Finally, suggestions and future indication for extension of the study are proposed.

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How Contextual Constraints Shape Midcareer High School Teachers' Stress Management and Use of Digital Support Tools: Qualitative Study

JMIR Mental Health ◽

10.2196/15416 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. e15416

Author(s):

Julia B Manning ◽

Ann Blandford ◽

Julian Edbrooke-Childs ◽

Paul Marshall

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Stress Management ◽

High School Teachers ◽

School Environment ◽

Digital Health ◽

Well Being ◽

Workplace Stress ◽

School Teachers ◽

Management Tools ◽

Health Technologies

Background Persistent psychosocial stress is endemic in the modern workplace, including among midcareer high school (secondary comprehensive) teachers in England. Understanding contextual influences on teachers' self-management of stress along with their use of digital health technologies could provide important insights into creating more usable and accessible stress support interventions. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the constraints on stress management and prevention among teachers in the school environment and how this shapes the use of digitally enabled stress management tools. Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with 14 teachers from southern England. The interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Teachers were unanimous in their recognition of workplace stress, describing physical (such as isolation and scheduling) and cultural (such as stigma and individualism) aspects in the workplace context, which influence their ability to manage stress. A total of 12 participants engaged with technology to self-manage their physical or psychological well-being, with more than half of the participants using consumer wearables, but Web-based or smartphone apps were rarely accessed in school. However, digital well-being interventions recommended by school leaders could potentially be trusted and adopted. Conclusions The findings from this study bring together both the important cultural and physical contextual constraints on the ability of midcareer high school teachers to manage workplace stress. This study highlights correlates of stress and offers initial insight into how digital health interventions are currently being used to help with stress, both within and outside high schools. The findings add another step toward designing tailored digital stress support for teachers.

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The Implementation of Process Management

International Journal of Knowledge Society Research ◽

10.4018/ijksr.2012010102 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 14-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Inés González-González ◽

Enric Serradell-López ◽

David Castillo-Merino

Keyword(s):

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Process Management ◽

Management Control ◽

Work Study ◽

Management Tools ◽

Positive Effects ◽

The World

People cannot deny the plausible evidence; globalization and internationalization has meant that the world is in an era of continuous changes in the companies that are unable to adapt rapidly to them, are evoked to extinction. Today, this has a significant impact in Western societies that has led companies to focus their attention not only in technological but also in finding new management tools capable of providing the company with: information about what happens in the organization to achieve customer satisfaction and increased results. For this reason it is vital to the management control and, in particular, as the authors will expose, process management. This work study is an empirical study about the positive effects of the implementation of process management to companies in Spain, specifically in efficiency.

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MECHANISMS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Role of emotional stress in the pathophysiology of Graves' disease

Acta Endocrinologica ◽

10.1530/eje-12-0539 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 168 (1) ◽

pp. R13-R18 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Géraldine Falgarone ◽

Hassan M Heshmati ◽

Régis Cohen ◽

Gérard Reach

Keyword(s):

Autoimmune Diseases ◽

Stress Management ◽

Stress Reduction ◽

Stress Hormones ◽

Graves Disease ◽

T Helper ◽

Clinical Observations ◽

Effect Of Therapy ◽

As Stress

The role of stress in the pathophysiology of Graves' disease is suggested by several clinical observations, by recent advances in immunology and by better understanding of autoimmune diseases which provides new insights into potential effects of stress hormones on T helper cell imbalance involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Stress management should therefore be an important part of the treatment of Graves' disease, as stress reduction may improve the effect of therapy. However, this field still requires interventional data to support stress management in the treatment of Graves' disease.

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Agile Methods in Ethiopia: An Empirical Study

Information and Communication Technologies for Development - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-59111-7_31 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 367-378 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Zelalem Regassa ◽

Julian M. Bass ◽

Dida Midekso

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

Agile Methods

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The Financial Crisis, Basel Accords and Bank Regulations: An Overview

International Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting ◽

10.5296/ijafr.v7i2.12122 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 225

Author(s):

Mona A. ElBannan

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Financial Crisis ◽

Banking Sector ◽

Capital Requirements ◽

Capital Adequacy ◽

Management Tools ◽

Information Transparency ◽

Minimum Capital ◽

Basel Accords ◽

As Stress

This theoretical study presents the different phases for the evolution of Basel Accords since 1988, and the continual efforts of Basel Committee on banking supervision to set out an effective framework to improve the banking sector governance and performance. In literature, compliance with Basel requirements concerning minimum capital requirements, powerful supervision and effective market discipline through information transparency and disclosure have attracted many researchers to study its impact on bank performance and cost of capital. In spite of the risk-based capital adequacy, regulatory and supervisory requirements set by Basel Accords, the financial crisis 2007, which causes instability and turmoil in the whole banking sector, was induced mainly by weak risk management measures, such as stress testing and other risk management tools that were unable to forecast the losses and the adverse unexpected outcomes and determine the size of capital needed to overcome severe shocks.

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