Identify four of the seven principal sources of work stress,and explain which ones might potentially act as factors either increasing or decreasing stress,depending upon specific circumstances.Explain specifically how each of the factors that you identify might be involved in both increasing and decreasing stress,by specifying both the necessary circumstances and any underlying assumptions about the individual or situation that you are making.

The seven principal sources of work stress are: (1)workload, (2)job conditions, (3)role conflict and ambiguity, (4)career development, (5)interpersonal relations in the organization, (6)aggressive behavior,and (7)conflict between work and other roles.At the simplest level,student answers should identify interpersonal relations in the organization as either increasing or decreasing stress,since this point is clearly and specifically made in the body of the text.Critical thinking will allow students to make clear arguments that workload,job conditions,and career development may either increase or decrease stress,depending upon whether the given employee is satisfied or dissatisfied with their status.Particularly astute students may point out that role ambiguity can either increase or decrease stress,depending upon the desire for freedom and control on the part of the employee.Under most circumstances,role conflict,aggressive behavior,and conflict between work and other roles will only increase stress.However,it is plausible that particularly insightful students might craft a set of circumstances and assumptions to justify the inclusion of one or more of these dimensions.