Focuses on processes related to recovery and unwinding from job stress. This book demonstrates that recovery research is a very promising approach for understanding the processes of job stress and relieve from job stress more fully.
Deals with the examination of occupational stress, health and well being, with particular emphasis on the multi-disciplinary nature of occupational stress. This title also examines the role of individual difference in occupational stress, health and well being.
The second of two volumes to result from a national conference on work and well-being cosponsored by the APA [American Psychological Association] and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, this book investigates one of the most pivotal issues in the field of occupational mental health. Authors with backgrounds ranging from research to practice identify and analyze factors that contribute to and indicate stress among employees. With an eye to productivity and workplace constraints, they then document and discuss methods of both stress management and prevention.
This volume focuses on the role of emotion and emotion regulation in job stress and well-being featuring a number of high-calibre scholars. It provides both an academic and a military perspective on this topic.
Promotes theory and research in the area of occupational stress, health and well being, and brings together and showcases the work of some of the best researchers and theorists who contribute to this area. This collection gives a critical assessment of knowledge, and major gaps in knowledge, on occupational stress and well being.
Overview / Pamela L. Perrewé, Daniel C. Ganster -- Performance impacts of appraisal and coping with stress in workplace settings : the role of affect and emotional intelligence / Neal M. Ashkanasy, Claire E. Ashton-James, Peter J. Jordan -- The impact of display rules and emotional labor on psychological well-being at work / Russell Cropanzano, Howard M. Weiss, Steven M. Elias -- Areas of worklife : a structured approach to organizational predictors of job burnout / Michael P. Leiter, Christina Maslach -- Feeling vigorous at work? The construct of vigor and the study of positive affect in organizations / Arie Shirom -- Social influence and job stress : direct, intervening, and non-linear effects / Wayne A. Hochwarter -- Beyond self-report : using observational, physiological, and situation-based measures in research on occupational stress / Norbert K. Semmer, Simone Grebner, Achim Elfering -- Eustress : an elusive construct, an engaging pursuit / Debra L. Nelson, Bret L. Simmons -- Democracy at work and its relationship to health / Töres Theorell -- Executives : engines for positive stress / James Campbell Quick, David Mack, Joanne H. Gavin, Cary L. Cooper, Jonathan D. Quick.
There are many different types and causes of trauma and stress in the workplace that can impact employee behavior and performance. Corporations have a social responsibility to assist in the overall wellbeing of their employees by ensuring that their leaders are emotionally intelligent and that their organization is compliant with moral business standards. Occupational Stress: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the psychological, physical, and physiological effects of a negative work environment. It also explores how to cope with work-related stress. Highlighting a range of topics such as job satisfaction, work overload, and work-life balance, this publication is an ideal reference source for managers, professionals, researchers, academicians, and graduate-level students in a variety of fields.
Are you struggling to improve a hostile or uncomfortable environment at work, or interested in how such tension can arise? Experts in organizational psychology, management science, social psychology, and communication science show you how to implement interventions and programs to manage workplace emotion. The connection between workplace affect and relevant challenges in our society, such as diversity and technological changes, is undeniable; thus learning to harness that knowledge can revolutionize your performance in tackling workday issues. Applying major theoretical perspectives and research methodologies, this book outlines the concepts of display rules, emotional labor, work motivation, well-being, and discrete emotions. Understanding these ideas will show you how affect can promote team effectiveness, leadership, and conflict resolution. If you require a foundation for understanding workplace affect or a springboard into deeper, more interdisciplinary research, this book presents an integrative approach that is indispensable.
A comprehensive work that brings together and explores state-of-the-art research on the link between stress and health outcomes. Offers the most authoritative resource available, discussing a range of stress theories as well as theories on preventative stress management and how to enhance well-being Timely given that stress is linked to seven of the ten leading causes of death in developed nations, yet paradoxically successful adaptation to stress can enable individuals to flourish Contributors are an international panel of authoritative researchers and practitioners in the various specialty subjects addressed within the work