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peer support is an important variable in individuals dealing with stress in
the workplace, and there have been numerous studies supporting these
claims, with the claims not solely being supported in the workplace. For
example, Lowry and Stokes (2005) conducted an exploratory study testing
the effects that adequate peer support has on individuals with
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomology using a student
paramedic sample and found that while adverse peer support did not add
to stressors faced in their jobs, positive peer support had a reinforcing
effect. Similarly a randomised controlled trial conducted by Peterson et al.
(2008) indicated the positive effects that peer support had on individual
experiences of stress at work.
11) Organisational Support
The importance of having good organisational support for
individuals in the workplace is obvious. A lot of recent research into stress
in the workplace has focussed on the organisational support that
individuals receive in order to deal with stress, and although it is
impossible and probably detrimental to business and individuals to
eliminate stress entirely, people can learn to manage stress. For example,
Carlan and Nored (2008) found that stress levels decreased in a sample
population of police officers when formal action was taken against such
stress.
1d.4) Career Development
12) Development Conflicts
The discrepancy between career goals and actual achievement
relative to life stage has been found to be a significant source of stress.
For example, Buboltz (1997) investigated the relationship between career
development task mastery, and career development, and levels of
occupational stress, strain, coping, and job satisfaction, with regression
analysis results indicating that career tasks were moderators of the
stressor-strain relationship. This indicates that the more control an
individual has over their career development (and as such the more likely