Navy Recruiting Comprehensive Stress Management Program: 1. The Stress ofRecruiting Duty

摘要

Job stress has become a pervasive problem in Navy recruiting, affecting personnelat all levels of the organization. While stress has many positive aspects, excessive job stress or an inept response to it is inimical to quality of personal and family life, individual and group performance, and organizational productivity. Ultimately, the effects will become manifest in military readiness. Information for this study was drawn from several sources, including surveys of Navy health practitioners, interviews with recruiters and recruiting managers, and a survey of all Navy production recruiters. The evidence indicates that job stress in Navy recruiting is widespread and that potential contributors to it occur in almost every job area-personnel selection, training, organizational structure and development, and administration and performance management. A stress management program of sufficient comprehensiveness is needed to address the many sources of stress. Such a program should be developed using a team approach involving subject matter experts and Navy recruiting personnel. Keywords: Work stress, Stress management, Military recruiting. (SDW)