| Description |
x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. Introduction. The value of work, the risk of distress, and the power of prevention / James Campbell Quick [and others] -- Part II. Occupational mental health risks. A longitudinal study of job design and worker strain / Pascale Carayon -- Additive effects and beyond, occupational stressors and social buffers in a police organization / Martin M. Greller, Charles K. Parsons, and Debora R.D. Mitchell -- Job insecurity and moderators of the relation between job insecurity and employee adjustment / Karl W. Kuhnert and Robert J. Vance -- An integrated approach to reducing stress injuries / David M. Corey and Gordon D. Wolf -- Stressor reduction: an organizational alternative to individual stress management / Beryce W. MacLennan -- "Good work" design: an ergonomic, industrial engineering perspective / Holger Luczak |
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Part III. Individual stress responses and early warning signs. Psychosocial aspects of work-related musculoskeletal disability / Terence E. Fitzgerald -- Mediating effect of perceived role stress / Lois E. Tetrick -- Jos stress and employee withdrawal from work / Gail H. McKee, Steven E. Markham, and K. Dow Scott -- Employed women and stress: implications for enhancing women's mental health in the workplace / Debra L. Nelson and Michael A. Hitt -- Work and well-being: lessons from law enforcement / Ellen Kirschman [and others] -- Health and safety committee as a means of relieving psychological stress / Lillian Robbins -- Designing stress training / Eugene V. Martin -- Individual differences in employee stress as related to office environment and individual personality factors |
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Part IV. Distress in the workplace. Job stress and employee counterproductivity / John W. Jones and Michael W. Boye -- Accidents and stress-related health disorders among bus operators: forecasting with catastrophe theory / Stephen J. Guastello -- Assessing stress in teachers: depressive symptoms scales and neutral self-reports of the work environment / Irvin Sam Schonfeld -- Effects of personal and occupational factors on sick building syndrome reports in air-conditioned offices / Allan Hedge, William A. Erickson, and Gail Rubin -- Posttrauma crisis intervention in the workplace / Mark Braverman -- Configuring an employee assistance program to fit the corporation's structure / Sally B. Philips and Margaret H. Mushinski -- Part V. Conclusion. Work and well-being: where do we go from here? / Lawrence R. Murphy, Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr., and James Campbell Quick -- International perspectives on research into work, well-being, and stress management / Cary L. Cooper and Roy L. Payne |
| Summary |
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 |
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Industrial psychiatry Congresses |
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Job stress Congresses |
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Occupational Diseases prevention & control congresses |
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Occupational Health Services Congresses |
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Psychology, Industrial |
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Stress, Psychological prevention & control congresses |
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Work psychology congresses |
| Notes |
Companion v. to: Work and well-being / edited by Gwendolyn Puryear Keita, and Steven L. Sauter. 1992 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks |
| Subject |
Industrial psychiatry -- Congresses.
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Industrial psychiatry.
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Job stress -- Congresses.
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Job stress.
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Occupational diseases -- Prevention -- Congresses.
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Occupational health services -- Congresses.
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Psychology, Industrial.
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Stress management.
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Work -- Psychological aspects -- Congresses.
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Occupational Diseases -- prevention & control.
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Occupational Health Services.
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Psychology, Industrial.
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Stress, Psychological -- prevention & control.
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Work -- psychology.
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| Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Hurrell, Joseph J., Jr.
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Murphy, Lawrence R.
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Quick, James C.
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American Psychological Association.
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Ovid Technologies, Inc.
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| LC no. |
92010497 |
| ISBN |
1557981752 |
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9781557981752 |
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