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ANXIETY IN

CORPORATE
INDIA
191109
WHAT IS ANXIETY?
Anxiety is your body's natural response to stress. It's a feeling of fear or
apprehension about what's to come.

EX : She had missed an email and her colleague was nasty to her about
it. She started feeling like she wasn’t good enough for the role, and this
made her anxious, which caused her to be extremely hard on herself.
She felt the need to answer emails even at odd hours in the night. All of
this was affecting her personal life and she ended up feeling constantly
exhausted
WHAT STUDY SAYS :
According to a World Health Organisation study, 264 million people
live with anxiety disorder. “This figure for 2015 reflects a 14.9%
increase since 2005,” says the study
In a study conducted by 1to1Help.net, a professional counselling
company, in 2016, one out of every two employees in corporate India
showed signs of anxiety.
According to the India Health and Well-Being Study 2018, released by
Willis Towers Watson, 66% of the employers in India have already
developed or are developing a stress or mental health strategy for their
employees. And an additional 17% are considering it for 2021
THEORIES SUGGEST
‘Effort and Reward Imbalance Theory’, the lack of balance between
the efforts put in by employees and the rewards and opportunities for
growth received by them creates distress and anxiety.

‘Job Demand Control Theory’ suggests that anxiety can result from an
inability to make decisions at work, and one’s skillset being seen as
inadequate, which could be real or perceived
What Organisations Created ?
• EAP(Employee assistance programmes)
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• Flexi Work Schedules
• Zero Tolerance for Harassment
• Create Environment where employees have
clarity of roles and responsibilities
• Promoting Peer Support Groups
• Line Manager Role

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