Preventive Stress Management in Organizations - Hardcover

James Campbell Quick; Thomas A. Wright; Joyce A. Adkins; Debra L. Nelson; Jonathan D. Quick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1433811855 ISBN 13: 9781433811852

Publisher: American Psychological Assoc, 2012

Synopsis

<em>Preventive Stress Management in Organizations, Second Edition</em> offers a comprehensive framework for creating healthy workplaces.<br><br> It begins by presenting the transactional relationship between individual and organisational stress. Each individual brings a peculiar pattern of responding to inevitable and necessary demands of work, and many experience psychological, behavioural, and medical forms of stress because of factors related to their work. Individuals and organisations can implement practices to reverse unhealthy stress (distress) and promote eustress, which stimulates growth and vitality. <br><br> Chapters examine individual and organisational sources of stress and their consequences; methods and instruments for diagnosing organisational and individual stress; ways to redesign work and improve professional relationships; and methods for managing demands and stressors. New findings from positive psychology are woven in. Methods designed to proactively enhance health and performance at work while averting the costs and discomfort of distress are explored and illustrated by examples drawn from healthy organisations. <br><br> Preventive stress management is a philosophy and set of principles grounded in public health, which organisational leaders and consultants can use to help their organisation operate to its fullest potential. The approaches outlined in this book may be implemented by leaders in any organisation. <br><br>

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About the Author

<strong>James Campbell Quick, MBA, PhD</strong>, is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Goolsby-Fouse Chair in the Goolsby Leadership Academy at The University of Texas at Arlington and Honorary Professor, Lancaster University Management School, United Kingdom. <br><br> He and his brother developed their signature theory of preventive stress management as they launched their careers. Jim has over 130 publications in 10 languages. He is a Fellow of the APA, the Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, and the American Institute of Stress. <br><br> He was honoured with a Maroon Citation by Colgate University, the 2002 Harry and Miriam Levinson Award by American Psychological Foundation, and The Legion of Merit by the United States Air Force. <br><br> Jim is a partner in NelsonQuick Group, LLC. He is married to the former Sheri Grimes Schember and both are Paul Harris Fellows of the Rotary Foundation and members of the Silver Society of the American Psychological Foundation. <br><br> <strong>Thomas A. Wright, PhD</strong>, is founder and CEO of TKW Consulting Corporation specializing in finding innovative, positive solutions to employee stress management, health, well-being and character development. <br><br> His work has been published in such outlets as the <em>Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Psychometrika, Academy of Management Executive, Leadership Quarterly, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Management</em> and the <em>Journal of Management Inquiry</em>. <br><br> In recognition of his career accomplishments, Wright has been awarded Fellow status in the Association for Psychological Science, the APA, the Western Psychological Association, and the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology. <br><br> His favourite stress management techniques are spending time with his wife (Kay), family and friends, hiking in the mountains, walking on a quiet beach, prayerful meditation, and competitively lifting weights with other gym fanatics. <br><br> <strong>Joyce Adkins, PhD, MPH</strong>, is an occupational health psychologist with 28 years of military service in clinical, policy, human factors, and executive positions. She was instrumental in establishing landmark programs in clinical and technology-assisted practice, occupational health and safety, deployment health, suicide prevention and health risk communication. Within the U. S. Department of Defence, she directed combat stress and quality of life programs, served on White House working groups and was lead consultant in the global transformation of psychological health services. <br><br> Dr. Adkins received six scientific achievement awards for her work in organisational health as well as the 2011 National Public Service Award for contributions to the health and quality of life of the military community. <br><br> Dr. Adkins received a PhD from Vanderbilt University and a Masters of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. She has published across broad areas to include occupational stress and health services. <br><br> <strong>Debra L. Nelson, PhD</strong>, is The Spears School Associates' Distinguished Professor of Management at Oklahoma State University. <br><br> Dr. Nelson is the author of over 100 research articles focusing on work stress, gender issues in the workplace, and leadership. Among Dr. Nelson's books are <em>Stress and Challenge at the Top: The Paradox of the Successful Executive; Gender, Work Stress and Health</em>; and <em>Organizational Behavior: Science, the Real World, and You</em>. <br><br> Dr. Nelson has been honoured with a host of teaching and research awards, including the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award, Regents Distinguished Research Award, Regents Distinguished Teaching Award, OSU Outreach Excellence Award, Greiner Graduate Teaching Award, and the Chandler-Frates & Reitz Graduate Teaching Award. <br><br> Dr. Nelson has served as a leadership consultant and executive coach for several organisations including AT&T, Anadarko Petroleum, Conoco-Phillips, ONEOK, State Farm Insurance Companies, Southwestern Bell, and Williams Companies. She is a partner in NelsonQuick Group, specializing in executive development. <br><br> <strong>Jonathan D. Quick, MD, MPH</strong>, a family physician and health management specialist, is the President and CEO of Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a non-profit global health consultancy working to develop local health leadership and sustainable health systems in over 60 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. He was director of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy at the World Health Organization from 1996 to 2004. Prior to that he served with MSH as founding director of the center for pharmaceutical management, health systems advisor with the Afghanistan Health Sector Support Project and the Kenya Health Care Financing Project. <br><br> Dr. Quick has carried out assignments in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health and Boston University School of Public Health, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and an honours graduate of Harvard College and the University of Rochester Medical School. <br><br>

About this edition

• Publisher: American Psychological Assoc
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1433811855
• ISBN 13: 9781433811852
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 247