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Coping, Health and Organizations
Contributor(s): Dewe, Phil (Author), Cox, Tom (Author), Leiter, Michael (Author)
ISBN: 074840824X     ISBN-13: 9780748408245
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $109.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 1999
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Annotation: The consequences of ineffective coping are evident in the health of individuals and organizations. Coping, Health and Organizations brings together a wealth of research and thinking about coping in occupational settings.

Coping, Health and Organizations begins by looking at measurement of coping with stress. The theoretical and psychometric considerations discussed in the opening section of the book explore the principles for the successful evaluation of coping and the effectiveness of organizational support. The second section examines work problems from coping with acute disasters at work to coping with subjective health problems in organizations. The third section (Organizational Interventions) contains chapters not only on organizational interventions designed to reduce stressors, but also on coping with the stress of contemporary organizational challenges. The book concludes by looking at the debates of the past and discussing the future of coping with work.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Self-help | Self-management - Stress Management
- Technology & Engineering | Industrial Health & Safety
- Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General
Dewey: 155.904
LCCN: 99035798
Series: Issues in Occupational Health
Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.28" W x 9.4" (1.30 lbs) 318 pages
 
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The consequences of ineffective coping are evident in the health of individuals and organisations. This book brings together a wealth of research and thinking about coping in occupational settings.
Coping, Health and Organizations begins by looking at measurement of coping with stress. The theoretical and psychometric considerations discussed in the opening section of the book explore the principles for successful evaluation of coping, and the effectiveness of organizational support. The book continues, going through various problems in work including acute disasters, coping with subjective health problems, and then goes on to look at what companies can do to reduce factors that result in stress. The book concludes by looking at the debates of the past and present and discusses the future of coping at work.
Key Features:
* Stress at work and its affect on both the individual and the company is becoming an increasingly important factor in business today
* Brings together a wealth of research and thinking about stress in occupational settings
* A very forward thinking book