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BUS202 Organizational Behavior Individual Case Report Writing on Stress Management 1. What are the causes of stress to Phil's life? Give evidence from the case to support your views. Stressors are the causes of stress that any environmental condition that places a physical or emotional demand on the person. According to the case, the causes of stress to Phil’s life are work-related stressors and non-work related stressors. Phil was suffered in 3 types of work-related stressors. They are role-related stressors, task control stressors and interpersonal stressors. Firstly, when there are incongruity or incompatibility of expectations associated with the person’s role, role conflict raised. Given that Phil was one of the six vice-presidents., he needed to compete with the other five to get the position of president. Therefore, it is highly possible that he might have role conflict with other vice presidents. Secondly, Phil was suffered in low task control stressor. Given that Phil was working under the supervisor, president, he might felt the work schedule was controlled by someone rather than himself. Thirdly, as Phil was a perfect Type A person, who was a workaholic and classic, Phil was aggressive and want to make everything perfect, it might be difficult to communicate and coordinate with others. For non-work stressors, Phil was suffered in time-based conflict. As he is currently imbalanced time between work and family, he has little time or energy left for themselves and his family. Also, there are personal causes. On one side, the relationship between Phil and his wife Helen wasn’t so good. For example, Helen had tried to compete with Phil’s work years ago and finally given up. On the other side, Phil had bad relationship with his sons and daughter. His child even went around the neighborhood to ask what Phil was like exaggeratedly. So, family
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