Preventing Stress, Improving Productivity

European Case-Studies in the Workplace
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-16557-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 153 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

In a representative study made of European workers, twenty-eight per cent of employees reported that stress affects their health and their performance at work. Occupational stress is a serious problem for the performance of individuals, organisations and as a consequence, for national economies. Preventing Stress, Improving Productivity investigates the ways in which companies can combat stress by changing the working environment rather than only treating individual employees with stress symptoms.
Costs and benefits of stress prevention are discussed, with an emphasis on appraoches that involve both the work situation and the individual worker. The heart of the book consists of eleven European country chapters, each overviewing the current status with respect to occupational stress and its prevention in that country and then presenting one detailed case study an example of good preventive practice.
Preventing Stress, Improving Productivity identifies five factors that are critical for a stress reduction programme to work, both in terms of employee health and well-being and from a financial point of view. Successful strategies combine participation from workers and support from top management. Useful as a reference for psychologists, human resource managers, occupational physicians, ergonomists and consultants, this book will also be an invaluable aid to managers in the day-to-day running of organisations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, Cary

Kompier, Michiel

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Arbeitsplatz, Arbeitsschutz, Gefahrstoffschutz
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Arbeitsschutz- und Arbeitssicherheitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction: Improving work, health and productivity through stress prevention; 2: Workplace stress and stress prevention in Europe; 3: Costs and benefits of stress prevention in organisations; 4: Finland: Organisational well-being; 5: The Netherlands: A hospital, ‘Healthy Working for Health'; 6: Belgium: A pharmaceutical company; 7: United Kingdom: Evaluation of a stress management programme in the public sector; 8: Denmark: Self-rule on route 166; 9: Sweden: Mail processing; 10: Germany: Reduction of stress by health circles; 11: Ireland: Stress prevention in an airport management company; 12: Portugal: Preventing occupational stress in a bank organisation; 13: Greece: Stress management in the health care sector; 14: Italy: A school of nursing; 15: Stress prevention: European countries and European cases compared

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Kompier is Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Cary Cooper is BUPA Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).