• Dr. Sarah Thomas
• Dr.Sr. Marry Kutty P.J.

Stress can be defined as any challenge to ‘homoeostasis’ or to the body’s internal sense of balance. It gets manifested itself either as eustress or distress. Eustress or ‘good stress’ is a positive form of stress that motivates an individual to proceed working. It is when the stress is no longer tolerable or manageable that distress manifests. Distress or ‘bad stress’ is the peak at which the good stress becomes too much to bear or cope with. It is when we remain in the stressful situation that our bodies experience adverse physical, mental, and emotional effects. The sources of Work stress can be attributed to Extra-organisational stressors, Organisational, Group as well as Individual stressors. The dysfunctional aspects of high level of distress are a major concern for the contemporary society in general and for effective human resource management in particular. Distress experienced by individual has negative consequences not only for oneself and ones families but also for the organisations in which they serve. Stress management is the act of coping with the stressful events and situations which we encounter in our day to day life. We make use of coping mechanisms which are basically cognitive, behavioural and psychological efforts to deal with stress. The present paper discusses both the micro and the macro organisational approaches towards stress management. A conducive combination of stress management approaches both by the individual as well organisation should be applied to make the work environment stress free and productive enabling positive well being both at the individual and organisational level.

stress, stress management techniques, micro organisational approach and macro organisational approach.

"MICRO AND MACRO ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACHES IN STRESS MANAGEMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.360-365, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRY006067.pdf

"MICRO AND MACRO ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACHES IN STRESS MANAGEMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp360-365, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRY006067.pdf