Work stress
Job stress has received extensive theoretical and research atten- tion. Work stress occurs when a person appraises external demands from work as taxing or exceeding his or her resources. Once employees perceive any work situation as presenting demands that threaten to exceed their capabilities and resources for meeting them – or as being too costly if not met – they are expected to assess the situation as stressful. These perceptions are, of course, very subjective; stress is in “the eye of the beholder”.
Physicians, specifically, deal with numerous and varied stressors: long work hours, unreasonable work conditions, and work environment, sleep disorders because of night shifts, loss of autonomy