Follow strategies to reduce stress at work

Psychologists categorize stress into two types: acute and chronic. Acute stress emerges following a particular event or situation. It's generally short‐term, lasting for durations ranging from seconds to days. An example is stress experienced the day a supervisor informs employees they’ll be laid off. Chronic stress, contrarily, arises as a result of multiple co‐occurring stressors. It generally has long and sometimes indefinite duration. An example may be multiple stressors associated with an institution's broad financial challenges.