Coping with Work Stress: A Review and Critique - Softcover

Dewe, Philip J.; O'Driscoll, Michael P.; Cooper, Cary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470997672 ISBN 13: 9780470997673

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

Coping with Work Stress: A Review and Critique highlights current research relating to the coping strategies of individuals and organizations, and provides best practice techniques for dealing with the growing epidemic of stress and lack of overall well-being at work.

• Reviews and critiques the most current research focusing on workplace stress
• Provides 'best practice' techniques for dealing with stress at the workplace
• Extends beyond stress to cover broader issues of well-being at work

About this title

About the Author

Philip J. Dewe is Vice-Master of Birkbeck and Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London. He is a member of the editorial board of Work and Stress and the International Journal of Stress Management, and an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Heath Promotion.

Michael P. O’Driscoll is Professor of Psychology at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He is the co-author of several books relating to work stress, has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals, and was editor of the New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 2001-2006.

Cary L. Cooper, CBE, is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University. He is also Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences, President of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, Editor of the journal Stress and Health and was lead scientist on the UK government’s Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing.

From the Back Cover

Coping with Work Stress highlights the most up-to-date research relating to coping strategies of individuals and organizations, and provides a series of invaluable ‘best practice’ techniques for dealing with the growing epidemic of stress and lack of overall well-being at work. The authors – renowned experts in the field – offer carefully considered critical reviews of issues surrounding the latest work stress and coping studies, and identify several new strategic pathways to stimulate future research.

With the insidious effects of workplace stress fully acknowledged and well-documented, Coping with Work Stress takes an important next step by providing coping techniques for improving the health and well-being of organizations and individuals alike.

With the insidious effects of workplace stress fully acknowledged and well-documented, Coping with Work Stress takes an important next step by providing coping techniques for improving the health and well-being of organizations and individuals alike.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470997672
• ISBN 13: 9780470997673
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200