Stress is a natural response necessary to face our daily lives. The problem appears when we live in a continuous state of alert. More and more scientific studies suggest that our lifestyle of continuous alert poses a serious problem for our health. Almost all major population diseases are related to chronic stress (Segerstrom and Miller, 2004; Kopp and Réthelyi, 2004; McEwen and Lasky, 2002). Between 75 and 90% of medical consultations have stress as the main cause (Atkinson, 2000). Therefore, learning to manage this excess accumulated stress is critical to avoid diseases such as hypertension, stroke, heart problems, obesity, diabetes, and cancer, among others.
The first step would be to identify the cause of this chronic stress. According to the “State of the Global Workplace 2023 Report” survey conducted by Gallup in more than 160 countries, 44% of employees surveyed said they experienced a lot of stress at work, which is consistent with the results of the previous year’s survey, keeping worker stress at a record level and continuing a “trend of high stress that began almost a decade earlier.” According to Gallup, workers in the United States and Canada, as well as those in East Asia, reported the highest levels of daily stress globally (52%), while in Latin America and the Caribbean (41%) and in Europe (39%) declared stress was lower. Across the world, stress was highest among young workers and those working exclusively in remote or hybrid locations. Among the causes, it is worth highlighting poor organization and management of the tasks and projects to be carried out, unfavorable conditions in the workplace and lack of support from supervisors and colleagues.
This research project proposes to study the reduction in chronic stress levels and, therefore, the prevention or improvement of diseases associated with stress in the business environment, after the application of the Inner Management method.
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