Handbook of Work Stress

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Questions about the causes or sources of work stress have been the subject of considerable research, as well as public fascination, for several decades. Earlier interest in this issue focused on the question of whether some jobs are simply more inherently stressful than others. Other questions that soon emerged asked whether some individuals were more prone to stress than others. The Handbook of Work Stress focuses primarily on identifying the different sources of work stress across different contexts and individuals.

Part I focuses on work stressors that have been studied for decades (e.g., organizational-role stressors, work schedules) as well as stressors that have received less empirical and public scrutiny (e.g., industrial-relations stress, organizational politics). It also addresses stressors in the workplace that have become relevant more recently (e.g., terrorism).

Part II of the Handbook covers issues related to gender, cultural or national origin, older and younger workers, and employment status, and asks how these characteristics might affect the experience of workplace stress.

The adverse consequences of these diverse work stressors are manifold, and questions about the possible health consequences of work stressors were one of the major historical factors prompting early interest and research on work stress. In Part III, the individual and organizational consequences of work stress are considered in separate chapters.

Key Features:

The Handbook of Work Stress is essential reading for researchers in the fields of industrial and organizational psychology, human resources, health psychology, public health, and employee assistance.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Section I Sources of Work Stress
• 1 Editors' Overview
• 2 Organizational Role Stress
• 3 Work Schedules
• 4 Organizational Justice
• 5 Poor Leadership
• 6 Work-Family Conflict
• 7 Harassment and Discrimination
• 8 Workplace Aggression
• 9 Physical Work Environment
• 10 Workplace Safety
• 11 Economic Stressors
• 12 Technology
• 13 Industrial Relations
• 14 Organizational Politics
• 15 Terrorism
• Section II Special Populations
• 16 Editors' overview
• 17 Young Workers
• 18 Older Workers
• 19 Gender Issues
• 20 International and Cross- Cultural Issues
• 21 Part-time and Contract Employment
• Section III Consequences of Work Stress
• 22 Editors' overview
• 23 Work, Well-being and Mental Health
• 24 Organizational Consequences
• Section IV Interventions
• 25 Editor's overview
• 26 Individually Targeted Interventions
• 27 Organizational Stress Interventions