For example, your company might provide an on-site masseuse to alleviate stress, but if you don't have enough control over your work to be able to manage that stress in the first place, the masseuse won't do so much for your productivity and happiness.
"I would like to stress that the disease is under control, " said Joaquim Saweka, the World Health Organization representative to Uganda.
Being allowed to listen to music of their choice may reduce stress by restoring some of that personal control.
Stolze warns the Internet can cause stress in users who don't take control of the experience.
In the latest StressPulseSM survey by ComPsych Corp, which provides employee assistance programs, 63% of the employees polled said they had high levels of stress with extreme fatigue and feeling out of control.
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In each case, Sinha observed that stress played a pivotal role in the loss of control.
But by my reckoning, it's the stress that neither the bees nor the beekeepers have control over that is a major issue.
Startups have to deal with many factors outside their control, so this fear can cause an unhealthy stress and worry.
Subsequent experiments showed that stress played an important role in the loss of self-control across a spectrum of behaviors, including gambling and the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and food.
They can do this by developing trust and likeability, maintaining control of their personal emotions during periods of high stress, and having a thorough understanding of their own needs as well as the needs, desires, and thought process of the people they work with.
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He also became a best-selling author, a reality TV personality, a supporter of fellow vets suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome, an avid hunter and an outspoken opponent of gun control.
Bad stress comes from negative factors that make you anxious and edgy and feeling out of control.
Companies such as Armor Holdings, or Control Risks, a consultancy based in London, are always keen to stress what they do not do.
They have more stress, greater depression, and are more likely to have an external locus of control, which means that they believe that they are controlled by external events rather than vice-versa.
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As a software and hardware designer specializing in embedded control systems I found that the classic USA cubicle office arrangement generated intense stress due to the almost continual hubbub, noise and other interruptive mechanisms.
Meanwhile, the council - led by Plaid Cymru - has been keen to stress that its problems are those inherited from the previous Labour administration when it took control of the authority in May last year.
"Having chocolate cravings is something that's induced by stress and probably is governed by body chemistry -- so it's not something you can control, " Drewnowski said.
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