It is widely acknowledged that work-related stress is a big cause of occupational ill health. It often arises when employees perceive that they cannot adequately cope with the demands made on them by managements which, for the best of motives, are anxious to ensure their companies can address the ever-increasing challenges of global competition. At its most extreme, it can drive workers over the edge.
Take the disturbing series of suicides at Renault’s flagship technical centre outside Paris where 12,000 engineers and technicians design and develop the French car group’s models – the latest only this week.
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