Stress and work : perspectives on understanding and managing stress /

Stress and work : perspectives on understanding and managing stress /

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Imprint:New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, ©2013.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 370 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Job stress.
Stress (Psychology)
Work -- Psychological aspects.
Stress management.
Stress, Psychological.
Job stress.
Stress management.
Stress (Psychology)
Work -- Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11253670
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Other authors / contributors:Pestonjee, D. M., 1939-
Pandey, Satish C.
ISBN:8132116453
9788132116455
8132110889
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Stress and Work focuses on the problem of stress from various angles and perspectives and provides empirical findings relevant to different occupational settings. It provides comprehensive research literature, which has been divided along the following theoretical perspectives: Occupational Stress and Burnout; Work Family Conflict and Stress; Positive Stress Management; and Stress and Spirituality. This volume will be a resource-book for researchers and practitioners of management, psychology, sociology, and behavioral sciences. The prospective reader of human society and human nature will find this volume to be of immense utility.
Other form:Print version: 9788132116455
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction / D.M. Pestonjee and Satish Pandey
  • ch. 2. The neuropsychology of stress / Jamuna Rajeswaran and Cathlyn N. Bennett
  • Part I. Occupational stress and burnout
  • ch. 3. Learned helplessness and organizational role stress / Fakir Mohan Sahoo
  • ch. 4. Role stress among varied occupational groups / Parvaiz Talib and Irfana Rashid
  • ch. 5. Executive burnout : prediction and prevention through HR interventions / Radha R. Sharma
  • ch. 6. Stress in extreme conditions : a military perspective / Updesh Kumar, Vijay Parkash, and Manas K. Mandal
  • Part II. Work-family conflict and stress
  • ch. 7. Work-family conflict in India : test of a causal model / Ujvala Rajadhyaksha and Kamala Romadoss
  • ch. 8. Work stress, work-family conflict, and health : a multilevel perspective / Kamala Ramadoss
  • ch. 9. Gender issues in work and stress / Shubhra P. Gaur and Shikha S. Jain
  • Part III. Positive stress management
  • ch. 10. Coping with stress / Paulomi Sudhir and Arathi Taksal
  • ch. 11. Flourishing at work / Seema Mehrotra and Ravikesh Ripathi
  • Part IV. Stress and spirituality
  • ch. 12. Existential rhythm, spiritual synergy, and spiritual immunity : spiritual approaches to stress management / Akbar Husain
  • ch. 13. Managing constructive and destructive emotions : indian psycho-spiritual perspective / Mala Sinha
  • ch. 14. Vipassana Mediatation reduces stress and strain : an empirical study / D. Gopalakrishna
  • ch. 15. Methodological issues in stress research : challenges, concerns, and directions / Satish Pandey, Shubhra P. Gaur, and D.M. Pestonjee
  • ch. 16. Epilogue : the road ahead / Satish Pandey and D.M. Pestonjee.

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