Stress and Quality of Working Life

Current Perspectives in Occupational Health

Ana Maria Rossi, Pamela L. Perrewé, Steven L. Sauter, Ana Maria Rossi, Pamela L. Perrewé, Steven L. Sauter

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN:
  9781593114855
  9781593114862
• eBook ISBN:
  9781607527251
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Psychology

This book was developed for the 2005 International Stress Management Association Conference in Brazil. The original book was recently published in Portuguese, but because of the popularity of the topics and the world-renowned stress scholars who contributed chapters, we are very pleased to have the opportunity to publish this work in English. A book on the subject is intended to be an additional tool containing information on stress and ways of dealing with pressures and demands, because we know that the level of stress will continue to increase. We believe that only through information—and here you will be able to find the experience and opinion of some of the greatest and best professionals of the world in this field—people will manage to live better and more balanced lives. This is what ISMA-BR wishes and hopes for. Have a good reading. This volume provides a series of comprehensive summaries of what is now a fast-growing literature aimed at understanding the causes, effects, and prevention of stress in the workplace. It begins with three chapters on different sources of stress at work, ranging from organizational factors to attributes of workers themselves.

Table of contents

• Stress and Quality of Working Life: Current Perspectives in Occupational Health
• Stress and Quality of Working Life: Current Perspectives in Occupational Health
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• PREFACE: International Stress Management Association in Brazil
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION: Reduce This Burden
• 1: THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK: The New Psychological Contract andAssociated Stressors
• 2: OCCUPATIONAL STRESSORS AND GENDER DIFFERENCES
• 3: TYPE A CORONARY PRONE BEHAVIOR, JOB STRESS, AND HEART DISEASE
• 4: UNDERSTANDING JOB BURNOUT
• 5: STRESS AND THE WORK-FAMILY INTERFACE
• 6: NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE CROSSOVER IN THE FAMILY AND AMONG TEAM MEMBERS
• 7: CONSEQUENCES OF DEPRESSED MOOD AT WORK: The Importance of Supportive Superiors
• 8: STRESS AND EMPLOYEE EFFECTIVENESS
• 9: EUSTRESS AND HOPE AT WORK: Accentuating the Positive
• 10: HEALTHY LEADERS, HEALTHY ORGANIZATIONS: Primary Prevention and the Positive Effects of Emotional Competence
• 11: THE CONSEQUENCES OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS PERCEPTIONS AS A WORKPLACE STRESSOR
• 12: THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S GUIDANCE ON WORK-RELATED STRESS AND RELATED INITIATIVES: From Words to Action
• 13: APPROACHES TO PREVENTION OF JOB STRESS IN THE UNITED STATES
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS