Are you headed towards a burnout? by QueenDom.Com. After responding to 30-35 questions, you will receive a score and commentary on several categories, such as your overall burnout score, emotional exhaustion, overwhelmed feeling and loss of interest and general exhaustion.

Stressed Out by Michael A. Verespej, Industry Week, February 21, 2000. This article covers the following topics on stress management:

• Common causes of workplace stress and the costs to the overall economy.
• The impact of stress on employee productivity.
• Why the business community is often reluctant to address stress in the workplace.
• How a company can assess its stress level.
• Approaches for reducing employee stress levels.
• Responsibilities employees must assume in reducing exposure to workplace stress.

Clock Wise by Matt Villano, CIO. Case study of a company's efforts to minimize employee stress when it shifted to a 24/7 schedule for it's information technology (IT) department. The article starts with its original efforts to rotate night shifts among programmers and the resultant stress and fatigue caused by this "double-duty" of daytime responsibilities mixed with periodic night work. This was then replaced by a more comprehensive system where teams were given autonomy for continuously monitoring their own systems, with only broad guidelines for minimizing employee stress. For example, "no employee could work more than two consecutive overnight shifts in any four-day period." The case study concludes with a summary of the company's success in following an approach where employee teams determined how they met their responsibilities.

Pressure Pointers by David Pearson, CIO, August 1, 1999. A profile of the pressures experienced by IT (information technology) executives and recommendations for handling those pressures.

Reduce Employee Stress by Workforce Online (Workforce requires that you complete a free registration before gaining access to its articles). Summary of the results of a survey issued by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health about increasing levels of job stress. This brief article concludes with four ways to reduce employees stress, such as providing extra services (emergency child care, pet care, office concierge service, etc.).

On the Contrary/Job Stress is in the Job Design by Shari Caudron, Workforce Online (Workforce requires that you complete a free registration before gaining access to its articles). The key theme of this article: Employee stress may be reduced more quickly through job redesign than stress counseling, job perks or flexible work policies.

An Office Undivided by Andrea C. Poe, HR Magazine, February, 2000. This article covers approaches for minimizing stress in employees who work in a cubicle office layout. A couple of examples:

• Allow employees to resolve differences with their neighbors, rather than imposing extensive office rules.
• Provide a provide space where employees can periodically conduct phone conversations they do not want overheard.

More Workers Checked Out Because They're Stressed Out by CCH, Inc. Summary of a survey indicating that stress is a leading contributor to increased employee absenteeism and possible reasons for increased workplace stress.