Handbook of work stress
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Handbook of work stress
Sage Publications, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
Questions about the causes or sources of work stress have been the subject of considerable research, as well as public fascination, for several decades. Earlier interest in this issue focused on the question of whether some jobs are simply more inherently stressful than others. Other questions that soon emerged asked whether some individuals were more prone to stress than others. The Handbook of Work Stress focuses primarily on identifying the different sources of work stress across different contexts and individuals.
Part I focuses on work stressors that have been studied for decades (e.g., organizational-role stressors, work schedules) as well as stressors that have received less empirical and public scrutiny (e.g., industrial-relations stress, organizational politics). It also addresses stressors in the workplace that have become relevant more recently (e.g., terrorism).
Part II of the Handbook covers issues related to gender, cultural or national origin, older and younger workers, and employment status, and asks how these characteristics might affect the experience of workplace stress.
The adverse consequences of these diverse work stressors are manifold, and questions about the possible health consequences of work stressors were one of the major historical factors prompting early interest and research on work stress. In Part III, the individual and organizational consequences of work stress are considered in separate chapters.
Key Features:
Affords the most broad and credible perspective on the subject of work stress available
The editors are all prominent researchers in the field of work stress, and have been instrumental in defining and developing the field from an organizational-psychological and organizational-behavior perspective
International contributors are included, reflecting similarities and differences from around the world
Chapter authors from the United States, Canada, England, Sweden, Japan, and Australia have been invited to participate, reflecting most of the countries in which active research on work stress is taking place
The Handbook of Work Stress is essential reading for researchers in the fields of industrial and organizational psychology, human resources, health psychology, public health, and employee assistance.
Table of Contents
SECTION I: SOURCES OF WORK STRESS
1. Editors' Overview
2. Organizational Role Stress - Terry A Beehr and Sharon Glazer
3. Work Schedules - Peter Totterdell
4. Organizational Justice - Russell Cropanzano, Barry Goldman, and Lehman Benson, III
5. Poor Leadership - E. Kevin Kelloway, Niro Sivanathan, Lori Francis, and Julian Barling
6. Work-Family Conflict - Gina Bellavia and Michael R. Frone
7. Harassment and Discrimination - Kathleen M. Rospenda and Judith A. Richman
8. Workplace Aggression - Aaron C.H. Schat and E. Kevin Kelloway
9. Physical Work Environment - Janetta Mitchell McCoy and Gary W. Evans
10. Workplace Safety - Leanne Barlow and Roderick D. Iverson
11. Economic Stressors - Tahira M. Probst
12. Technology - Michael D. Coovert, Lori Foster Thompson, and J. Philip Craiger
13. Industrial Relations - Lori Francis and E. Kevin Kelloway
14. Organizational Politics - Ken Harris and K. Michele Kacmar
15. Terrorism - Michelle Inness and Julian Barling
SECTION II: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
16. Editors' overview
17. Young Workers - Catherine Loughlin and Katherine Lang
18. Older Workers - Janet L. Barnes-Farrell
19. Gender Issues - Serge Desmarais and Christine Alksnis
20 International and Cross- Cultural Issues - Cong Liu and Paul Spector
21. Part-time and Contract Employment - Daniel G. Gallagher
SECTION III: CONSEQUENCES OF WORK STRESS
22. Editors' overview
23. Work, Well-being and Mental Health - Peter Warr
24. Organizational Consequences - Steve M. Jex and Craig D. Crossley
SECTION IV: INTERVENTIONS
25. Editor's overview
26. Individually Targeted Interventions - Susan Cartwright and Cary Cooper
27. Organizational Stress Interventions - Joseph J. Hurrell Jr.
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