occupational stress
Job-induced mental burden
Occupational stress is psychological and physical strain arising from workplace demands—heavy workloads, tight deadlines, difficult colleagues, job insecurity, or poor work-life balance.
Prolonged occupational stress contributes to burnout, anxiety, and health problems: Her occupational stress led to chronic insomnia.
The term appears frequently in human resources, workplace psychology, and disability contexts.
- workloadAssigned task volume
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- emotional exhaustionDepleted capacity for feeling
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- cortisolAdrenal steroid regulating stress
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occupational stressjob satisfaction
Contentment with one's employment