* Written by a leading occupational psychologist * Explores the causes of occupational stress * Provides evidence-based prevention strategies * Highlights current self-report measures The workplace can be a major source of stress, and this can cause health problems that have a negative impact on the individuals, organizational, and society. This concise, evidence-based volume,written by a leading occupational health psychologist, explores how work conditions and organizational characteristics pose threats and harms to people's wellbeing through the lens of occupation stress theories and models. The author then summarizes the potential adverse impacts of major job stressors across individuals, families, organizations, and nations. In a final section, several evidence-based prevention strategies targeting individuals, management, and organizations are explored, including recovery from work, job crafting, and supervisors as change agents. Practitioners can modify and tailor these actionable strategies to assist employees and organizations in managing occupational stress. This book is essential reading for clinical and occupational psychologists, managers, supervisors, and anyone interested in making the workplace a healthier place.

About the Author
Peter Y. Chen, PhD, was awarded a doctoral degree in 1991 from the University of South Florida with a major in industrial and organizational psychology. He is a professor of psychology at Auburn University, a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, past editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and past president of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology. He has published more than 100 articles and two books, and his work has been cited over 10,000 times. One of his articles was deemed one of the eight most influential papers in the Journal of Organizational Behavior. In addition, he was ranked 29th among the most-cited authors between 2000 and 2004, in 30 management journals. The overarching aim of his research is to understand the process of change at the individual, organizational, community, and industry levels, and to develop ways to facilitate changes, with the goal of building a healthy workplace and society.

Reviews
This book presents a good overview of issues related to occupational stress. For such a brief review, this book is very comprehensive. It transitions logically through the concepts provided, making for a good frame of understanding. Beginning with basic terminology and definitions, it goes on to explore theories and models, which are both valuable and fascinating. Major sections describe job stressors and how these can be prevented. Reviewed by Charla S. Waxman, BS, MBA, EdD, Waukegan, IL, in Doody's Reviews (Dec. 2023)



Book Information
ISBN 9780889375086
Author Peter Y. Chen
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint Hogrefe Publishing
Publisher Hogrefe Publishing