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Work-Related Anxieties and Work-Place Phobia: A Topical Phenomenon at the Interface of Clinical and Organizational Research and Practice

Author : Beate Muschalla

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Abstract

Work-places inherently contain various anxiety-provoking characteristics, including rivalries between colleagues, control issues with supervisors, demands for achievement, dangerous environments, and uncertainty concerning future developments. Work-related anxieties can present in various guises and include situational anxieties, social anxieties, anxiety about being inadequate or underachieving at work, health-related anxieties, or—in the worst case—complex work-place phobias. Work-related anxieties lead to problems with participation in work resulting in (long-term-) sick leave or even disability pensions. In 10 years of research on work-related anxieties, we have found that 30–60 % of individuals undergoing medical/vocational rehabilitation have work-related anxieties that often pose barriers to returning to work. Even 5 % of mentally healthy employees admit that they sometimes ask for a sick leave certificate when experiencing work-related anxieties. Future research on work-related mental health problems should not only focus on rehabilitation and treatment of work-related anxieties, but also earlier stages. The concept of work-related anxieties gives rise to ideas that can be useful for mental health-oriented job analysis, employee–work-place fit, and job design for employees with different psychological constitutions and capacities.

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Title
Work-Related Anxieties and Work-Place Phobia: A Topical Phenomenon at the Interface of Clinical and Organizational Research and Practice
Author
Beate Muschalla
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Healthy at Work

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-32329-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-32331-2

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_5

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