This book, by contrast, sets stress at work in the context of wider debates about emotion, subjectivity and power in organizations, viewing it as an emotional product of the social and political features of work and organizational life.
Tim Newton analyzes the historical development of the dominant `stress discourse′ in modern psychology and elsewhere. Drawing on a range of perspectives - from labour process theory to the work
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Jocelyn Handy is Lecturer in Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand.
Stephen Fineman is Reader in Organizational Behaviour in the School of Management at the University of Bath.
`I believe that this book will come to be regarded as a historical landmark in the way in which we think about and deal with "stress".... this book makes a unique contribution by challenging the complacent orthodoxy which characterizes so much of the stress literature. This challenge is not just part of an academic debate, but also has profound implications for what organizations and individuals do about "stress". I feel therefore that this book will be of genuine value to practitioners and researchers.... few people who read this book... will be left in any doubt as to the academic and practical value of thinking about stress from these perspectives′ - The Occupational Psychologist
`The book contains some thought-provoking material. This includes the idea that a stressful work environment is not bad but the psycho-social nature of human beings has not yet caught up with it and stress management techniques might enable them to.... The book ends with a comprehensive bibliography on the subject. Tim Newton has added to the present thinking on stress in the workplace in a stimulating manner which will be of particular use to those attempting to have the issue addressed on an organization-wide basis′ - Counselling at Work
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