C/HR/83. Does Human Resource Management increase or decrease the level of occupational stress?

The paper defines Human Resource Management and its roles and functions in the organisation. It is argued that HRM plays an enormous role in alleviating stress by addressing its causes in a number of ways. The author also looks at the notion of stress and its types (short or long term, brief or continuous, functional or dysfunctional) as well as highlights the Inverted U Stress-Job Performance Relationship and the role of uncertainty in the occurrence of stress. Finally, argumentative evidence on how HRM can reduce stress levels in the organisation is provided, based on five major HRM functions: staffing, retention, development, adjustment, and change management.