Description
Bringing together renowned scholars, this handbook contains innovative current empirical and theoretical research in the area of job stress. The workplace is one of the major sources of stress in an individual's life. Placing this important topic in the context of a transactional process, this work is intended to be of use to practitioners working in clinical, organisational, family and health psychology, mental health, substance abuse, the military, and with families and women.; Chapters are arranged in five parts, the first considering theoretical approaches with an introductory article by Professor Emeritus Richard S. Lazarus. Next is an examination of various model testing formats, followed by a section on occupational stress research and coping mechanisms. Fourth is a collection of articles on the subject of burnout, and the book closes with two distinct interventions directed at stress reduction.
About the Author
After receiving a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan, Rick Crandall taught psychology, business, and research at the University of Mic higan, the University of Illinois, and Tex,is Christian University. Now publisher and founding editor of the journal of Social Behavior and Personality and editor and marketing columnist for Executive Edge (a middle management newsletter), he also teaches popular seminars on business, marketing, and entrepreneurship. The managing editor of a number of academic books including Work and Family, lob Stress, and Type' A Behavior, Dr. Crandall's latest popular book is Marketing Your Services for People Who Hate to Sell. Dr. Pamela L. Perrewe is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Management in the College of Business at Florida State1 University. Her primary research h interests are in work and non-work stress, motivation, and personality. A nationally known authority on occupational stress, Dr. Perrewe has published over thirty journal articles in the organizational behavior field. She has recently co-authored a textbook entitled Strategic Human Resource Management.
Book Information
ISBN 9781560323679
Author Rick Crandall
Format Paperback
Page Count 324
Imprint CRC Press Inc
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 449g
About the Author
After receiving a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan, Rick Crandall taught psychology, business, and research at the University of Mic higan, the University of Illinois, and Tex,is Christian University. Now publisher and founding editor of the journal of Social Behavior and Personality and editor and marketing columnist for Executive Edge (a middle management newsletter), he also teaches popular seminars on business, marketing, and entrepreneurship. The managing editor of a number of academic books including Work and Family, lob Stress, and Type' A Behavior, Dr. Crandall's latest popular book is Marketing Your Services for People Who Hate to Sell. Dr. Pamela L. Perrewe is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Management in the College of Business at Florida State1 University. Her primary research h interests are in work and non-work stress, motivation, and personality. A nationally known authority on occupational stress, Dr. Perrewe has published over thirty journal articles in the organizational behavior field. She has recently co-authored a textbook entitled Strategic Human Resource Management.
Book Information
ISBN 9781560323679
Author Rick Crandall
Format Paperback
Page Count 324
Imprint CRC Press Inc
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 449g
