Theories of organizational stress / edited by Cary L. Cooper.
Contributor(s): Cooper, Cary L
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BookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: xviii, 275 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 019829705X (pbk.); 0198522797 (hbk).Subject(s): Job stress | Industrial hygiene | Stress managementDDC classification: 158.72 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 158.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00091741 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The costs of stress in the workplace in most of the developed and developing world have risen, according to recent statistics revealing an increase in the number of sick days taken, labor turnover, employee burnout, premature death and decreased productivity. In one volume, this book provides all the major theories of organizational stress from the leading researchers and writers in the field.
Originally published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Cary L. Cooper -- An organizational psychology meta-model of occupational stress / Terry Beehr -- Person-environment fit theory / Jeffrey R. Edwards, Robert D. Caplan and R. Van Harrison -- A multidimensional theory of burnout / Christina Maslach -- Stress and the sojourner / Ellen I. Shupe and Joseph E. McGrath -- A cybernetic theory of organizational stress / Thomas G. Cummings and Cary L. Cooper -- Cybernetic theory of stress, coping and well-being / Jeffrey R. Edwards -- A control theory of the job stress process / Paul E. Spector -- Stressors, innovation and personal initiative / Doris Fay, Sabine Sonnentag and Michael Frese -- Adverse health effects of effort-reward imbalance at work / Johannes Siegrist -- Job characteristics in a theoretical and practical health context / Tores Theorell -- The ethological theory of stress / Marc Schabracq -- The theory of preventive stress management in organizations / Jonathan D. Quick, James Campbell Quick and Debra L. Nelson.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 An Organizational Psychology Meta Model of Occupational Stress
- 2 Person-Environment Fit Theory: Conceptual Foundations, Empirical Evidence, and Directions for Future Research
- 3 A Multidimensional Theory of Burnout
- 4 Stress and the Sojourner
- 5 A Cybernetic Theory of Organizational Stress
- 6 Cybernetic Theory of Stress, Coping, and Well-Being: Review and Extension to Work and Family
- 7 A Control Theory of the Job Stress Process
- 8 Stress, Innovation and Personal Initiative: Are Stressors Always Detrimental?
- 9 Adverse Health Effects of Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work: Theory, Empirical Support and Implications for Prevention
- 10 Job Characteristics in a Theoretical and Practical Health Context
- 11 The Ethological Theory of Stress: About Work Stress and Wisdom
- 12 The Theory of Preventative Stress Management in Organizations