The Role of Government in Managing Workers’ Stress: The Nigerian Experience
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There is copious literature on stress, stress management, sources or causes of stress,
cost of stress, and the consequence of stress as it relates to an individual, community, and the
workplace today. What started as a scientific finding from Hans Seyle’s experiments in the
1930’s, followed by Richard Lazarus’ and Walter Cannon’s experiments, has taken on global
dimensions and attracted huge resources in addressing this phenomenon. As the global society
becomes enmeshed in a fast-paced and competitive interlock, leading to deadlines and increased
workloads, work-related illnesses and diseases have therefore increased with their attendant costs
of loss of workdays and their negative impact on the economy. This paper examines the role the
Nigerian government is playing as an institution and an employer of labour in managing
occupational stress and makes recommendations on how government can firm up present efforts
by engaging contemporary measures managing workplace stress in the country today.
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H Social Sciences (General), HM Sociology