Work Stress and Coping: Forces of Change and Challenges - Hardcover

Dewe, Philip J.; Cooper, Cary L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1473915694 ISBN 13: 9781473915695

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

In Work Stress and Coping the authors provide an historical account of workplace stress, taking a broad approach by integrating the macro forces impacting the micro, and highlighting what the research in the field tells us about the changing nature of work so that individuals and organizations can create more livable working environments.

With an emphasis on the growing influence of globalization, the book explores the forces of change within contemporary societies and assesses how they have fundamentally changed the nature of work and the direction of research into stress and coping.

Capturing the history, context, critique and transformation of theory into practice, the authors offer an insight into how managers and businesses have failed, the effects this has had on how work is experienced, the evolution and relevance of existing theories and suggest alternative methods and future directions.

Suitable reading for students of HRM, Organisational Behavior and Occupational Psychology.

About this title

About the Author:

Philip Dewe is Emeritus Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London. He graduated with a Masters degree in management and administration from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand and with an MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics. After a period of work in commerce in New Zealand he became a Senior Research Officer in the Work Research Unit, Department of Employment (UK). In 1980 he joined Massey University in New Zealand and headed the Department of Human Resource Management until joining the Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London in 2000. Research interests include work stress and coping, emotions and human resource accounting. He is a member of the editorial board of Work & Stress. He has written widely in the area of work stress and coping.

Review:

Two leading scholars summarise the state-of-the-art and offer invaluable insights as to how we might deal with the scourge of work stress. A must-read for students, managers and consultants.

Author: Neal M. Ashkanasy, OAM Published On: 2017-03-22

An exciting and richly informed new volume. Masters of this domain, the authors provide the reader with critical contextual detail on the history of the field whilst leaning forward on the cutting edge, charting a healthy pathway into the future.

Author: James Campbell Quick Published On: 2017-03-22

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1473915694
• ISBN 13: 9781473915695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272