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Author Dolan, Simon L

Title De-Stress at Work Understanding and Combatting Chronic Stress
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (271 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Work, Stress, and Health: An Overview -- Can the Goal of High Productivity Be Reconciled With the Goal of Quality of Work Life? -- Quality of Work Life and Stress at Work -- Work, Stress and Health -- Chronic Work Stress and Health -- The Great Paradox of the 21st Century: Better Physical Conditions in the Workplace, But Worse Psychological Conditions and More Work-Related Stress -- Work Stress During the Pandemic -- So, Now What?
The Legal Framework -- Chapter Summary and Postscript -- Chapter 2 The Who's Who in the Field of Stress: Principal Models and Concepts of the Pioneers in the Field -- Stress: Definitions -- Definition of Stress -- Occupational Stress -- Stress: Different Models -- The Physiological Aspects of Stress -- Canon and Selye's Pioneering Concepts -- What Is the Biological Response to Stress? -- The Organism's Responses: The Biological Consequences of Stress -- Stress, Emotions and Diseases -- Stress as a Psychological and Behavioural Consequence -- The Psychoanalytical Approach: The Menninger's Framework
The Transactional Model of Stress -- Lazarus' Psycho-Cognitive Approach -- The Cognitive and Multidisciplinary Perspective of Stress -- The Dolan and Arsenault's Model -- The Five Generic Models of Workplace Stress -- The Principal Difference Between Acute Stress and Chronic Stress Models -- Determining Factors of Occupational Stress -- Intra-organizational Stressors -- But, What Exactly Is Occupational Stress? -- Chapter Summary and Postscript -- Chapter 3 Understanding Stress From an Individual Angle: The Key Role of Personality, Self-Esteem and Other Personal ... -- Introduction
Your Personality: Does It Amplify Or Filter Your Stress? -- Type A/B/C Personality, Your Heart and Your Stress -- Locus of Control and Your Stress -- How About Combining Type A/B Personality and Locus of Control? Does the Diagnosis of Stress Is Less Blurred? -- Which of the Five Big Personality Traits Can Explain Your Stress -- High On Openness -- Low On Openness -- High On Conscientiousness -- Low On Conscientiousness -- High -- Low -- High On Agreeableness -- Low On Agreeableness -- High On Neuroticism -- Low On Neuroticism -- The Key Role of Self-Esteem in the Aetiology of Stress
Self-esteem and Purpose -- Apparent, Fantasized and Profound Self-Esteem -- Self-effectiveness-efficacy, Self-Concept, and "Hardiness" -- Antecedent and Consequential Variables of Self-Esteem -- Self-esteem, Leadership, and the Success Syndrome -- Self-esteem and the Triaxial Concept of Values -- Keys for Developing Individual Self-Esteem and Avoiding Stress -- Key Demographic Factors Connecting to Stress -- Gender and Stress -- Age and Stress -- Stress and Premature Aging -- Stress and Premature Aging -- Level of Education and Stress -- Job Status-Hierarchical Level and Stress
Summary Burn-out, long hours, office politics, complex and inefficient processes--this book addresses the full complexity of chronic stress at work. It explains the potential for emotional and physical illness and shows how occupational health and worker wellbeing can be enhanced through chronic stress diagnosis and promoting resilience
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Chapter Summary and Postscript
Subject Job stress.
Job stress
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000834918
1000834913