Figure 2 : The Stress Decreasing Histogram of company A exception of person 2 who has been measured as increasing the stress level significantly at the 11:00 measurement , hereafter it shows a stable level the rest of the day .
Continuing with the Stress Decreasing Histogram ( see Figure 1 on the previous page ) we observe that there is a general decrease in the measured stress level of the participants during the working day .
Table 1 : Stress decrease for company A
Obviously some decrease their stress more than others , yet it is significant to observe that everybody is less stressed at the end of the working day than at the beginning . This may be considered a more or less surprising finding .
Bin |
Frequency Cumulative % |
-67.85% |
1 |
5.26 % |
-50.99% |
0 |
5.26 % |
-34.13% |
4 |
26.32 % |
-17.28% |
9 |
73.68 % |
More |
5 |
100.00 % |
Thus the measurements show that in company A the employees become less and less stressed , generally speaking , during the workday , and that the largest variation is found in the first measurement of the day .
Figure 3 : Stress decreasing afternoon / morning for company A
The last graph to be included is the Stress Decreasing Afternoon / Morning graph . This graph shows that in company A out of 19 people 16 has diminished their stress level during the workday . From these 13 have diminished it with at least 20 %, and 6 have diminished it with at least 30 %.
Discussion of the findings regarding stress for company A
As the measured employees from company A show a decrease in the measured stress level during the working day there doesn ’ t seem to be any worry , from this perspective , regarding their ability to deal with their workload .
However , as the largest variation is manifested in connection with the morning measurement it may be that company A could optimize the performance of its employees for example by introducing flex-time ( assuming that this is a practical possibility ). If we assume that there is a connection between stress and performance , meaning that a stressed person doesn ’ t perform as good as a relaxed person , then it is possible that the general performance of the almost 1 / 3 of the employees
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