Workplace Anxiety

Welcome to the community Nitin.
Have you a reference for the new study? Do you agree with it?

www.cipd.co.uk/.../positive-side-of-anxiety

Thanks for your comment David. Reference attached above. The actual study is from Bonnie Hayden Cheng of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Julie M. McCarthy from the University of Toronto Scarborough.

I agree with workplace anxiety can boost performance by helping employees focus and self regulate their behaviour. As previously anxiety and mental health was viewed in a negitive way and employees wouldnt really speak up with problems they are suffering with in the work place. However I believe in modern society employers are now supporting and are asking employees to speak up to help support their staff. This I believe helps builds condifence and can boost performance.

www.cipd.co.uk/.../positive-side-of-anxiety

Thanks for your comment David. Reference attached above. The actual study is from Bonnie Hayden Cheng of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Julie M. McCarthy from the University of Toronto Scarborough.

I agree with workplace anxiety can boost performance by helping employees focus and self regulate their behaviour. As previously anxiety and mental health was viewed in a negitive way and employees wouldnt really speak up with problems they are suffering with in the work place. However I believe in modern society employers are now supporting and are asking employees to speak up to help support their staff. This I believe helps builds condifence and can boost performance.

I am afraid Nitin, that I disagree with you as, in my experience, anxiety is more likely to destroy confidence and while may boost performance in a very short period...at what cost has this been achieved?
We do not know what peoples ability to handle stress is and we are not aware of what might be happening in their personal lives, I would be concerned that using anxiety to drive performance could be the proverbial straw to devastating consequences.

Being in a prolonged state of anxiety is surely not at all good for an individual’s bodily or mental health?. And doesn’t psychology teach that salivating dogs respond better than cowering / fearful ones and that positive reinforcement shapes behaviour far more effectively than negative? Not sure how the research studies cited dealt with this, but IMHO they should have.