Chronic stress, however, had a negative effect - including lowered immunity and increased illness.
Given the current uibquity of departmental reviews, the protractedness of those processes and the lack of control experienced by those subjected to them over their situations, it's hardly surprising that the Organisational Health figures reflect increases in stress and depression. And examination of sick leave figures correlated against departmental reviews, restructuring processes and other organisational sources of stress would no doubt provide similarly interesting data.