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Employee Stress Reduction

PSYL1001
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Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology
Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Brian Mandeville
Professor
3
Timeline
  • September 28, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 13, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • November 28, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
1 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Social sciences
Skills
business consulting communication data analysis research
Learner goals and capabilities

This project is for any business that is looking for evidence-based ways to reduce employee's stress levels. Stressed-out employees are less productive, less committed and have a higher turnover rate than their lower stressed peers.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
25 learners
Project
10 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverables will include:

  • Opportunities/strategies to reduce employees' stress.
  • Identification of stressful job aspects at individual and team levels.
Project timeline
  • September 28, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 13, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • November 28, 2020
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Students will work together to interview staff, supervisors and management to determine individual and team stressors (causes of stress). After identifying stressors, students will make stress reduction recommendations to the business.

This project may include, but is not limited to:

  • Interview and data collection to determine stress levels of team members;
  • Developing intrinsic motivational strategies such as viewpoints and perspectives that can reduce stress;
  • Developing extrinsic rewards to mitigate the effects of stress.

The resulting content produced by students can be used to improve employee wellness, engagement, motivation and retention.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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