Can understanding student stress help to manage it better?
My research focuses on workplace commitment, motivation, leadership and well-being.
Burnout issues are very costly for organizations. Even people with a good job, good salary and great benefits who stay with a company for the wrong reasons may burn out.
I’m interested in leadership at all levels of an organization and how employees’ relationship with their workplace affects their well-being.
I also look at how students experience stress, much of which occurs during the first year of university, when there’s a big transition in terms of responsibility and requirements.
Many of our Concordia students have jobs and they have to balance these with their studies and personal lives — which is a lot to do! If we understand how stress fluctuates, what causes it and what reduces it, there may be a way we can intervene early on for future employees.
I’m Alexandra Panaccio and I’m an associate professor in the Department of Management in the John Molson School of Business.