Table 1.

Main Themes and Sub-Themes of Employee and Supervisor Work Stress Prevention Needs

Main themes	Sub-themes Employees	Sub-themes Supervisors
Communication about work stress	1. Supervisor initiates communication about work stress	1. Supervisor communicates about work stress
	2. Employee feels safe to talk about work stress	2. Employee feels safe to talk about work stress
		3. Employee indicates to supervisor if they experience stress
		4. Facilitation of communication between employee and (higher) management
Attention for determinants of work stress	1. Job demands	1. Job demands
	2. Co-worker support	2. Co-worker support
	3. Supervisor support	3. Supervisor support
	4. Autonomy/control	4. Autonomy/control
	5. Clarity about work tasks and expectations
Supportive circumstances for work stress prevention	1. Supportive organisational culture	1. Supportive organisational culture
	2. Sufficient budget	2. Sufficient budget
		3. Organisation supports supervisor
		4. Employees’ readiness to change
Involvement of stakeholders in work stress prevention	1. External stakeholders	1. External stakeholders
	2. Internal stakeholders	2. Internal stakeholders
	3. Higher management/CEO	3. Higher management/CEO
	4. Supervisor
Work stress prevention measures	1. Organisational measures	1. Organisational measures
	2. Competencies training	2. Cooperation between employee and supervisor
	3. Employee initiated action
	4. Team meetings (including supervisor) about work stress
	5. Exercise