Theories of organizational stress

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Theories of organizational stress

Cary L. Cooper

Oxford University Press, 1998

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780198297055

Description

During the past two decades, the nature of work has changed dramatically, as more and more organizations downsize, outsource and move toward short-term contracts, part-time working and teleworking. The costs of stress in the workplace in most of the developed and developing world have risen accordingly in terms of increased sickness absence, labour turnover, burnout, premature death and decreased productivity. This book, in one volume, provides all the major theories of organizational stress from the leading researchers and writers in the field. It is a guide to identifying the sources of pressures in jobs and the workplace so that we may be able to intervene to change and manage the growing problem of organizational stress.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. An Organizational Psychology Meta-Model of Occupational Stress
  • 2. Person-Environment Fit Theory
  • 3. A Multidimensional Theory of Burnout
  • 4. Stress and the Sojourner
  • 5. A Cybernetic Theory of Organizational Stress
  • 6. Cybernetic Theory of Stress, Coping, and Well-Being
  • 7. A Control Theory of the Job Stress Process
  • 8. Stressors, Innovation, and Personal Initiative
  • 9. Adverse Health Effects of Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work
  • 10. Job Characteristics in a Theoretical and Practical Health Context
  • 11. The Ethological Theory of Stress
  • 12. The Theory of Preventive Stress Management in Organizations
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780198522799

Description

During the past two decades, the nature of work has changed dramatically, as more and more organizations downsize, outsource and move toward short-term contracts, part-time working and teleworking. The costs of stress in the workplace in most of the developed and developing world have risen accordingly in terms of increased sickness absence, labour turnover, burnout, premature death and decreased productivity. This book, in one volume, provides all the major theories of organizational stress from the leading researchers and writers in the field. It is a guide to identifying the sources of pressures in jobs and the workplace so that we may be able to intervene to change and manage the growing problem of organizational stress.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. An Organizational Psychology Meta Model of Occupational Stress
  • 2. Person-Environment Fit Theory: Conceptual Foundations, Empirical Evidence, and Directions for Future Research
  • 3. A Multidimensional Theory of Burnout
  • 4. Stress and the Sojourner
  • 5. A Cybernetic Theory of Organizational Stress
  • 6. Cybernetic Theory of Stress, Coping, and Well-Being: Review and Extension to Work and Family
  • 7. A Control Theory of the Job Stress Process
  • 8. Stress, Innovation and Personal Initiative: Are Stressors Always Detrimental?
  • 9. Adverse Health Effects of Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work: Theory, Empirical Support and Implications for Prevention
  • 10. Job Characteristics in a Theoretical and Practical Health Context
  • 11. The Ethological Theory of Stress: About Work Stress and Wisdom
  • 12. The Theory of Preventative Stress Management in Organizations

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