1st Edition

Managerial, Occupational and Organizational Stress Research

    This title was first published in 2001. A discussion of managerial, occupational and organizational stress research. The volume is in seven parts. The first part explores the theoretical or conceptual frameworks in occupational and organizational stress that have developed out of empirical work and work with others in different countries. The second part provides the reader with reviews of literature on different topics in the field of workplace stress. Part Three highlights a range of studies undertaken by UMIST and their collaborating colleagues in different institutions. The research that highlights issues and problems of current relevance is found in the fourth part, while the methodological studies involving instrument development, refining of existing measures, and more, is found in Part Five. The studies linking stress and health follows on from this, and the new area of investigation, evaluating stress management interventions, concludes this survey of research in this field.

    I: Theoretical; 1: Occupational sources of stress: a review of the literature relating to coronary heart disease and mental ill health; 2: A Cybernetic Framework for Studying Occupational Stress; 3: A structural model approach toward the development of a theory of the link between stress and mental health; 4: A Test of Carver and Scheier’s Self-Control Model of Stress in Exploring Burnout Among Mental Health Nurses; II: Reviews of Workplace Stress Issues; 5: Public Policy and Occupational Health Psychology in Europe; 6: Stress of job relocation: progress and prospect; 7: Employee stress litigation: the UK experience; 8: Balancing the Work/Home Interface: A European Perspective; III: Occupational Stress Studies; 9: Occupational Stress Among International Interpreters; 10: Occupational and Psychosocial Stress Among Commercial Aviation Pilots; 11: Mental Health and Satisfaction among Tax Officers; 12: Social Class Differences and Occupational Stress; 13: Stress in two-earner couples and stage in the life-cycle; 14: Occupational stress amongst general practice dentists; 15: Mental health, job satisfaction, and job stress among general practitioners; 16: Job Stress, Mental Health and Job Satisfaction among UK Senior Nurses; 17: Mental Health, Job Satisfaction, Alcohol Intake and Occupational Stress among Dealers in Financial Markets; 18: Personality, Stress and Accident Involvement in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry; 19: Cross-cultural differences in occupational stress among British and German managers; 20: Occupational Stress in Health Service Workers in the UK; 21: Job stress, satisfaction, and mental health among general practitioners before and after introduction of new contract; 22: A comparative analysis of occupational stress in managerial and shopfloor workers in the brewing industry: mental health, job satisfaction and sickness; 23: Occupational stress in head teachers: a national UK study; 24: Mental health, job satisfaction and occupational stress among UK teachers; 25: Job Satisfaction, Mental Health, and Occupational Stress Among Senior Civil Servants; 26: Occupational stress among senior police officers; 27: Stress and job satisfaction in community pharmacy: a pilot; IV: Issues in Organizational Stress; 28: Uncertainty amidst change: The impact of privatization on employee job satisfaction and well-being; 29: The Company Car Driver; Occupational Stress as a Predictor of Motor Vehicle Accident Involvement; 30: Stress and Technological Innovation: A Comparative Study of Design Practices and Implementation Strategies; 31: The transition to parenthood in dual-earner couples; 32: Corporate financial performance and occupational stress; 33: The Psychological Impact of Merger and Acquisition on the Individual: A Study of Building Society Managers; 34: The effects of hours of work on health: A meta-analytic review; V: Research Methodology in Organizational Stress; 35: Investigating occupational stress: a methodological approach; 36: The Impacts of Positive Psychological States on Physical Health: A Review and Theoretical Framework; 37: The person-environment fit approach to stress: Recurring problems and some suggested solutions; 38: Uses of the Dependency Grid for Investigating Social Support in Stressful Situations; 39: Coping with work-related stress: A critique of existing measures and proposal for an alternative methodology; 40: Occupational differences in the work–strain relationship: Towards the use of situation-specific models; VI: Links between Stress and Health; 41: The Significance of Psychosocial Factors in Predicting Coronary Disease in Patients with Valvular Heart Disease; 42: Exercise and Stress Management: Fit Employees — Healthy Organisations?; 43: Psychosocial stress and breast cancer: the inter-relationship between stress events, coping strategies and personality; 44: Psychosocial factors and chronic fatigue syndrome; VII: Organizational Stress Strategy and Intervention Studies; 45: Healthy Mind; Healthy Organization — A Proactive Approach to Occupational Stress 1; 46: The Impact of Stress Counselling at Work

    Biography

    Manchester School of Managements, Cary L. Cooper