This study examined the effects of a stress management intervention program for managerial personnel in private sector organizations in the Republic of China. The problem investigated in this research was the assessment of the effectiveness of a stress management intervention program based in eastern philosophy in the amelioration of stress among Taiwanese managers. In this study, the effectiveness of a Zen Buddhist based stress management intervention program was assessed.
The research results supported the hypothesis that a Zen based management training program can lead to reductions in organizational stress levels. While the research question was answered in the affirmative, the research results indicated that the benefits of a Zen based stress management program likely will develop over some extended period of time as opposed to yielding immediate positive outcomes. The research results reported in this chapter also indicated that specific demographic and organizational variables (subject age, subject gender, subject education, subject marital status, organizational job level, firm size, and subject religious preference) act as intervening variables in relation to the level of benefit that likely will be derived from participation in a Zen based stress management program.
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1 INTRODUCTION 1
The Significance of Stress in the Organizational Environment 1
Taiwan, Its Economy, and Managerial Stress 2
Statement of the Problem 9
Definition of Terms 11
Preview of the Remainder of the Study 11
2 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 13
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