چکیده (انگلیسی):

Adding activities to employee agendas without simultaneously decreasing other activities tends to
increase stress. Stress is an ever-present problem in the work environment. The academic work
environment is no different from that of industry, in that employees potentially face the draining
and sometimes ravaging effects that stress can impose on the human condition. A study was
conducted to determine whether certain teaming activities and social events would reduce stress
among the faculty in an academic department at a university in the south. The desire to reduce
stress among members of the department was a commendable goal. However, despite the best of
intentions, stress levels rose.