Coping with Work Stress: A Review and Critique highlights current research relating to the coping strategies of individuals and organizations, and provides best practice techniques for dealing with the growing epidemic of stress and lack of overall well-being at work.
- Reviews and critiques the most current research focusing on workplace stress
- Provides 'best practice' techniques for dealing with stress at the workplace
- Extends beyond stress to cover broader issues of well-being at work
1 Work stress and coping: Setting the scene. The term 'stress'.
The costs of stress.
Sickness absence.
Labour turnover.
Presenteeism.
Work and mental health generally.
The changing work context and work stressors.
Work stressors: Some issues.
Changing work stressors.
2 Coping: The measurement debate.
A history and some definitional issues surrounding coping.
Defi ning coping and definitional issues.
The measurement of coping.
Coping checklists.
Classifying coping and creating scales.
3 New directions for coping research.
New developments in appraisal.
The infl uence of positive psychology.
From positive psychology to proactive coping.
Other developments in coping.
Progress towards understanding coping effectiveness.
From stress to emotions to positive emotions and coping.
4 Coping with specific work-related stressors.
Types of coping.
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