Stress and Work [electronic resource] : Perspectives on Understanding and Managing Stress

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pandey, Satish.

Contributor:

Pestonjee, D M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Job stress--Psychological aspects.

Job stress.

Stress (Psychology).

Work.

Stress management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stress and work gives fresh perspectives in order to understand the phenomenon of ""stress"" in relation to the ever-changing concept of ""work"" in an urbanized and developing country like India.

Contents:

Cover ; Contents ; List of Tables and Figures ; Foreword ; Preface ; 1 - Introduction ; 2 - The Neuropsychology of Stress ; Section-I: Occupational Stress and Burnout ; 3 - Learned Helplessness and Organizational Role Stress ; 4 - Role Stress among Varied Occupational Groups ; 5 - Executive Burnout: Prediction and Prevention through HR Interventions ; 6 - Stress in Extreme Conditions: A Military Perspective ; Section-II: Work-Family Conflict and Stress ; 7 - Work-Family Conflict in India: Test of a Causal Model ; 8 - Work Stress, Work-Family Conflict,and Health: A Multilevel Perspective

9 - Gender Issues in Work and Stress Section-III: Positive Stress Management ; 10 - Coping with Stress ; 11 - Flourishing at Work ; Section-IV: Stress and Spirituality ; 12 - Existential Rhythm, Spiritual Synergy, and Spiritual Immunity: Spiritual Approaches to Stress Management ; 13 - Managing Constructive and Destructive Emotions: Indian Psycho-spiritual Perspective ; 14 - Vipassana Meditation Reduces Stress and Strain: An Empirical Study ; 15 - Methodological Issues in Stress Research: Challenges,Concerns, and Directions ; 16 - Epilogue: The Road Ahead ; About the Editors and Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

81-321-1763-8

81-321-1645-3