Journal article

Program Manajemen Stres Kerja di Perusahaan sebuah Petunjuk untuk Menerapkannya

SUSY PURNAWATI

Volume : 22 Nomor : 1 Published : 2014, June

buletin psikologi

Abstrak

Job stress is an iceberg phenomen. A great number of unreported cases and there is no aplicative program in Indonesia cause increase of job stress risk and its negative impact to productivity and company image. More complex job demand without appropriate work capacity and inharmonic relationship in the work place could be the main sources of job stress. This paper is focused on job stress management program guidance that applicable at company and physiologic stress response and also in depth theoretical point of job stress management within psycho-physiology aspect. The aim of this written paper is to increase awareness and understanding of the application of stress management programs among occupational physician, industrial community and industrial practices. Stress management programs in company not only post about the improvement of working conditions also focuses on an individual orientation. On aspects of working conditions, the improvement should be referring to standard of occupational health and safety (OHS) - management program, while aspect of individual coping skills can be done with the training of problem focus technique. Several studies have shown that the program creates respond to the limbic system of brain which is integrated with the function of cortex frontals. In addition, it could create respond to changes body’s homeostasis due to changes in the response of the limbic system to the HPA (hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal) axis and SAM (symphato - Adreno - medullary) - axis. The effectiveness of the program can be measured by the subjective and objective parameters. Keywords: stress management programs, job performance, company image