Rossi / Maria / Meurs Stress and Quality of Working Life

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-68123-925-5
Verlag: Information Age Publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 223 Seiten

Workrelated stress is costly not only to employees, but also to organizations and society. For example, it is estimated that workrelated stress, depression, and anxiety costs British employers £1,035 per employee and that workplace stress costs the US economy up to $300 billion annually. However, elevated levels of stress often cannot be changed, and, if demands were not placed on employees, employee learning, organizational innovation, and societal economic growth would be hindered. Consequently, it is vital that occupational health practitioners, employees, employers and researchers strive to better understand and manage workplace stress, such that employee health and wellbeing can be improved.

This book can assist organizations and individuals as they encounter workplace stress. This edition highlights research done by 25 authors across 12 chapters that challenges how work stress is viewed and assessed. Additionally, a number of social and psychological influences on the stress experience are examined. Our beliefs and expectations of stress and its results, whether helpful or hurtful, can have a profound influence on our stress experiences. Also, the way that we approach our work (e.g., job crafting) or the treatment we receive from others (e.g., with dignity) can either mitigate or exacerbate any harmful or beneficial effects of stress. Moreover, how we assess the psychological (e.g., burnout and wellbeing) or physiological (e.g., cortisol) outcomes of stress are meaningful, and the proper diagnosis of stress (e.g., stress surveys) underlies our understanding. We hope that the findings reported in these chapters and the insights of these scholars will provide ways for you and/or your organization to improve the health and wellbeing of employees.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rossi, Ana Maria

Rossi,

Maria, Ana

Meurs,

A., James

Perrewé,

L., Pamela

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Series page;2
3;Stress and Quality of Working Life;4
4;Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data;5
5;Contents;6
6;Foreword;8
7;Preface;10
8;SECTION I: CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF STRESS AND WELL-BEING;12
8.1;CHAPTER 1: Every Light Casts a Shadow;14
8.2;CHAPTER 2: Being Stressed About Stress;34
8.3;CHAPTER 3: The Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress (CATS) in Occupational Health;52
8.4;CHAPTER 4: Psychological Well-Being at Work;76
9;SECTION II: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WORKPLACE FACTORS IN STRESS AND HEALTH;94
9.1;CHAPTER 5: Job Crafting;96
9.2;CHAPTER 6: The Dignity of Labor;112
9.3;CHAPTER 7: Presenteeism;128
9.4;CHAPTER 8: Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Interpersonal Relationships;142
10;SECTION III: STRESS ASSESSMENT;156
10.1;CHAPTER 9: Burnout and Its Impact on Mental Health;158
10.2;CHAPTER 10: Stress and Sleep Disorders in Medical Practitioners;166
10.3;CHAPTER 11: Cortisol Rhythmicity and Levels in Brazilians Under Different Stressful Conditions;184
10.4;CHAPTER 12: Assessing Workplace Stress;196
11;ABOUT THE EDITORS;214
12;ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS;216