Question

Two college graduates recently joined the same major newspaper as journalists. Both work long hours and have tight deadlines for completing their stories. They are under constant pressure to scout out new leads and be the first to report new controversies. One journalist is increasingly fatigued and despondent and has taken several days of sick leave. The other is getting the work done and seems to enjoy the challenges. Use your knowledge of stress to explain why these two journalists are reacting differently to their jobs.

Answer 1

Answer:

The difference between these two journalists's behavior to the same stress depends on various variables and factors however the most probable reason is:

This first journalist has reached his or her stress tolerance workload become too much to handle that leads to the job burnout such as exhaustion and sickness and fatigued and despondent. The other journalist is experiencing eustress that motivates individuals to work harder and is an incentive to get the work done.