{"id":15244,"date":"2012-04-02T21:35:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T04:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/?p=15244"},"modified":"2012-04-02T21:35:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T04:35:46","slug":"llevar-perros-al-trabajo-reduce-estres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/15244\/llevar-perros-al-trabajo-reduce-estres.html","title":{"rendered":"Llevar perros al trabajo reduce estr\u00e9s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Investigadores estadounidenses encontraron que los trabajadores que pod\u00edan llevar a sus perros a la oficina estaban menos estresados mientras avanzaba el d\u00eda, que aquellos que no lo hac\u00edan.<\/p>\n

El estudio, publicado en el Diario Internacional de Gesti\u00f3n de Salud en el Trabajo se bas\u00f3 en 75 empleados. Los investigadores sugirieron que permitir el acceso a las mascotas sub\u00eda la moral y reduc\u00eda los niveles de estr\u00e9s, tanto de los due\u00f1os como de otras personas cercanas.<\/p>\n

El estudio fue llevado a cabo por un equipo de investigadores de la Universidad Commonwealth de Virginia que visitaron una f\u00e1brica en la que a los empleados se les permite llevar a sus mascotas a trabajar.<\/p>\n

Los investigadores compararon a los que trajeron a sus propias mascotas con los que ten\u00edan perros -pero los dejaron en casa- y con el personal que no ten\u00eda mascotas.<\/p>\n

Luego de m\u00e1s de una semana, los investigadores compararon los niveles de estr\u00e9s de los empleados, la satisfacci\u00f3n laboral y los sentimientos de apoyo y compromiso con la empresa. Los niveles de la hormona del estr\u00e9s se midieron en muestras de saliva durante el d\u00eda; por la ma\u00f1ana, no hubo diferencia entre los tres grupos.<\/p>\n

Sin embargo, durante el transcurso de la jornada de trabajo, los niveles de estr\u00e9s parecieron disminuir en los empleados con su perro presente y aumentaron en los que no eran due\u00f1os de mascotas y en los que no llevaron a sus perros al trabajo.<\/p>\n

Los investigadores tambi\u00e9n observaron que el estr\u00e9s aument\u00f3 significativamente durante el d\u00eda en los propietarios que dejaron a sus perros en casa en comparaci\u00f3n con los que los llevaban con ellos.<\/p>\n

As\u00ed qued\u00f3 demostrado que el estr\u00e9s puede contribuir al ausentismo laboral y el cansancio extremo. Tambi\u00e9n puede resultar en una p\u00e9rdida significativa de la productividad.<\/p>\n

*Nota de health.usnews.com
\nAllowing employees to bring their dogs to work appears to reduce stress and boost job satisfaction levels, according to a new study.<\/p>\n

The research was conducted at a service-manufacturing-retail company in Greensboro, N.C., which has about 550 employees and allows up to 30 pet dogs on company premises each day.<\/p>\n

Over the course of a week, Virginia Commonwealth University researchers compared stress levels and job satisfaction among those employees who brought their dogs to work, those who didn’t bring their dogs to work, and employees without pets.<\/p>\n

The study found that dogs in the workplace seemed to help reduce job-related stress for their owners and make work more satisfying for other employees who came into contact with the dogs.<\/p>\n

\u00abAlthough preliminary, this study provides the first quantitative study of the effects of employees’ pet dogs in the workplace setting on employee stress, job satisfaction, support and commitment,\u00bb principal investigator Randolph Barker, a professor of management in the VCU School of Business, said in a university news release.<\/p>\n

\u00abDogs in the workplace can make a positive difference,\u00bb he added. \u00abThe differences in perceived stress between days the dog was present and absent were significant. The employees as a whole had higher job satisfaction than industry norms.\u00bb<\/p>\n

The findings were published in the March issue of the International Journal of Workplace Health Management.<\/p>\n

Stress is a major cause of absenteeism, poor morale and burnout and can lead to significant declines in productivity and resources, the researchers noted.<\/p>\n

\u00abPet presence may serve as a low-cost, wellness intervention readily available to many organizations and may enhance organizational satisfaction and perceptions of support,\u00bb Barker said. \u00abOf course, it is important to have policies in place to ensure only friendly, clean and well-behaved pets are present in the workplace.\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Investigadores estadounidenses encontraron que los trabajadores que pod\u00edan llevar a sus perros a la oficina estaban menos estresados mientras avanzaba el d\u00eda, que aquellos que no lo hac\u00edan. El estudio, publicado en el Diario Internacional de Gesti\u00f3n de Salud en el Trabajo se bas\u00f3 en 75 empleados. Los investigadores sugirieron que permitir el acceso a las mascotas sub\u00eda la moral y reduc\u00eda los niveles de estr\u00e9s, tanto de los due\u00f1os…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,48087],"tags":[5718,2237,5717],"views":742,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}