Stress and quality of working life : conceptualizing and assessing stress

Work-related stress is costly not only to employees, but also to organizations and society. For example, it is estimated that work-related stress, depression, and anxiety costs British employers £1,035 per employee and that workplace stress costs the US economy up to $300 billion annually. However,...

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Other Authors Rossi, Ana Maria (Editor), Meurs, James A. (Editor), Perrewe, Pamela L. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2017]
SeriesStress and quality of working life.
Subjects
Job stress.
Quality of work life.
Health & Fitness > Work-Related Health.
Health and safety in the workplace.
Popular medicine and health.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806608676
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-925-5
Physical Description1 online resource (222 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Section I. Conceptualizations of stress and wellbeing
  • Chapter 1. Every light casts a shadow: Toward a balanced perspective on positive psychology at work / Arla Day, E. Kevin Kelloway, and Stephanie Gilbert
  • Chapter 2. Being stressed about stress: Do people's beliefs about stress matter? Nili ben-avi and sharon toker
  • Chapter 3. The cognitive activation theory of stress (cats) in occupational health / Hege R. Eriksen
  • Chapter 4. Psychological well-being at work: Where are we and where do we go from here? Véronique dagenais-desmarais, helenides mendonça, maria cristina ferreira, and andré savoie
  • Section II. Social and psychological workplace factors in stress and health
  • Chapter 5. Job crafting: A new job redesign approach / Evangelia Demerouti
  • Chapter 6. The dignity of labor: Dignity as a core resource / E. Kevin Kelloway
  • Chapter 7. Presenteeism: Social impact on workers' health / Beatriz Machado de Campos Corrêa Silva, Sérgio Roberto de Lucca, and Aline Bedin Zanatta
  • Chapter 8. Impact of information and communication technologies on interpersonal relationships / Carolina Saraiva de Macedo Lisboa, André Verzoni, and Daniel Capelli Fulginiti
  • Section III. Stress assessment
  • Chapter 9. Burnout and its impact on mental health / Roberta Rossi Grudtner
  • Chapter 10. Stress and sleep disorders in medical practitioners / Elisabeth Araujo and Mônica Aidar Menon Miyake
  • Chapter 11. Cortisol rhythmicity and levels in brazilians under different stressful conditions / Dora Maria Grassi Kassisse
  • Chapter 12. Assessing workplace stress: Diagnosing the problem / Dorothy A. Simpson, Kimberly E. O'Brien, and Terry A. Beehr
  • About the editors
  • About the contributors.

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