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The article focuses on Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs). Topics discussed include elimination of problems related to workplace through the EAPs; techniques used in EAP like screening and assessment; lower job performance and absenteeism due to mental health conditions like depression; and effects on economy of the U.S. due to lost productivity of employees. Other topics include EAP study conducted in two companies; and a diagram showing improvement in employees after the EAP.

This is the second article resulting from a doctoral study on the phenomenon of stress. In the first article, the focus was specifically on stress amongst employees at a tertiary training institution. In this second article the researchers reflect on the effectiveness of the current Stress Management Programme (SMP) at this tertiary institution and illustrate that participation in this specific programme contributes to a more positive experience of quality of work life amongst employees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article intends to determine the presence of stressors, which lead to high stress levels and subsequently contributing to the employees 'perspective of quality of work life (QWL) at a tertiary institution. Quality of work life refers to the extent in which employees are empowered to satisfy their own needs through their experiences in the work place in order to enhance productivity within organizations. Employers have the responsibility to establish a healthy workplace by placing a curb on stress and its resulting negative effects and to enable employees to accept ownership of their own lives in reaching optimum health and well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

South African Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) practitioners often lack evidence on the impact and cost benefit of EAPs. Research was undertaken through means of an impact and cost-benefit study in a South African banking institution. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) intervention on several work performance indicators of formally referred employees and to determine the cost benefit of these. The main findings were that the EAP had a positive impact on the work performance of formally referred EAP clients, and that there was a cost benefit for the organisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers an introduction to the issue, discussing employee assistance programs (EAPs) in South Africa and providing an overview of articles published within the issue, including those on conflict management, substance abuse, and stress in the workplace