Dealing with the "always sick" employee.
Somatoform disorders occasionally surface in employees and others who, ordinarily unknowingly, are reacting to the stresses in their lives. Somatization is a process by which individuals communicate psychological distress through physical symptoms, thus essentially making themselves ill. However, by learning to recognize the signs of possible somatic problems the manager can apply various strategies to decrease an employee's apparent physical problems and enhance job performance.
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Division of Nursing, Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA.
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D006801:Humans; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States