Executive Stress Management: Physiological Load of Stress and Recovery in Executives on Workdays

Beatriz Crespo-Ruiz, Shai Rivas-Galan, Cristina Fernandez-Vega, Carmen Crespo-Ruiz and Luis Maicas-Perez
Additional contact information
Beatriz Crespo-Ruiz: Physical Activity and Sport Education Department, Faculty of Sport Sciences of Toledo at University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45002 Toledo, Spain
Shai Rivas-Galan: Freedom & Flow SL, 28050 Madrid, Spain
Cristina Fernandez-Vega: Freedom & Flow SL, 28050 Madrid, Spain
Carmen Crespo-Ruiz: Freedom & Flow SL, 28050 Madrid, Spain
Luis Maicas-Perez: Physical Activity and Sport Education Department, Faculty of Sport Sciences of Toledo at University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45002 Toledo, Spain

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-14

Abstract: Objective : The use of high-performance sports technology to describe the physiological load of stress and the quality of recovery in a population of executives during the workday. Methodology : Heart rate variability values were recorded during 48 h from which the relationship between stress/recovery quality (stress balance) was obtained for three differentiated time slots: work, after work, and night in a workday. Results : We observed a negative stress balance during the 24 h of measurement in the course of a workday, being negative at work and after work, and positive at night. The stress generated or maintained outside working hours correlates significantly with a lower quality of recovery during the 24 h workday. Conclusions : It is necessary to prioritize strategies that help improve stress management in executives through the improvement of tools and strategies that mainly promote greater relaxation outside working hours.

Keywords: stress; stress management; human resources; executives; physiology; health; technology; business (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/12/2847/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/12/2847/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:12:p:2847-:d:190354

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().