Overview

The Handbook of Stress in the Occupations sets a new agenda for stress research and gives fresh impetus to scholars who wish to focus on issues and problems associated with specific jobs, some of which have received little attention in the past. Written by researchers who are true experts in the field of each occupation, this comprehensive compendium reviews stress in a wide range of jobs including transport, education, farming, fishing, oil rig drilling, finance, law enforcement, fire fighting, entrepreneurship, music, social services, prisons, sports, and health including surgery, internship, dentistry, nursing, paramedics, psychiatry and social work. Several occupations such as oil rig drilling are reviewed; these jobs have always been stressful but have received little attention by researchers, and only now receive more focus due to the Bay of Mexico accident. Other occupations demand more of our attention because there have been substantial technological changes in particular jobs, such as in dentistry, nursing, and surgery. This lucid and insightful compendium will be a source of inspiration for those in the helping professions and all those individuals working in the industries described in the book. More specifically, the Handbook will strongly appeal to human resource specialists, psychologists, occupational health and safety professionals, managers, nurses and therapists. Written in highly accessible language, it will also provide rich reading to lay audiences including job incumbents themselves, as well as specialists in industry and academia. Academics and postgraduate students of business, management, and psychology will find plenty of detailed information regarding stress associated with occupations.

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Author:   Janice Langan-Fox ,  Cary Cooper
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.034kg
ISBN:  

9780857931146

ISBN 10:   0857931148
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   31 October 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword Dame Carol Black Introduction Janice Langan-Fox PART I: HEALTH Nurses 1. Incivility and Bullying in the Nursing Workplace Dianne M. Felblinger 2. Occupational Stress in the Remote Area Nursing Profession Tessa Opie, Sue Lenthall and Maureen F. Dollard Surgeons 3. Surgeon Stress in the Operating Room: Error-free Performance and Adverse Events Janice Langan-Fox and Vedran Vranic Psychiatrists 4. Occupational Stress, Professional Burnout and Job Satisfaction Among Psychiatrists Antonio Lasalvia Social Workers 5. Occupational Stress in Social Work Practice Nikki R. Wooten, HaeJung Kim and Sunday B. Fakunmoju Interns 6. Intern Coping, Stress and Patient-Adverse Events: The Human, Hospital and System ‘Cost’ of Developing Medical Expertise Janice Langan-Fox and Vedran Vranic Dentists 7. Occupational Stress Among Dentists Rod Moore Emergency Medical Technicians 8. Acute and Chronic Workplace Stress in Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics Janice Halpern and Robert G. Maunder PART II: EDUCATION Teachers 9. Teacher Stress: From Prevalence to Resilience Chris Kyriacou Head Teachers 10. Stress in Head Teachers Samantha Phillips and Dil Sen PART III: EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PRISONS First-Responder Officers 11. Stress and Trauma in the Emergency Services Cheryl Regehr and Vicki LeBlanc Firefighters 12. Prevention of Work-Stress-Related Health Complaints in Firefighters Judith K. Sluiter, Marie-Christine J. Plat and Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen Prison Workers 13. Working in Prisons: A Critical Review of Stress in the Occupation of Correctional Officers Maarten J.J. Kunst PART IV: OIL-RIG DRILLING, FISHING AND ENGINEERING Oil Rig Laborer/Driller 14. Stress and Well-being Among Workers on Oil Rigs Ronald J. Burke and Astrid M. Richardsen Fishing 15. Stress and the Occupation of Fishing Richard B. Pollnac, Iris Monnereau, John J. Poggie, Victor Ruiz and Azure D. Westwood Engineers 16. Physical and Psychological Work Strain and Health-Related Coping Strategies Among Men and Women in Various Occupations Margareta Wandel, Marte K. Råberg Kjøllesdal and Gun Roos PART V: FINANCE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MUSIC Financial Dealers 17. Stress Amongst Financial Dealers in the City of London Howard Kahn and Cary L. Cooper Entrepreneurs 18. On Being Entrepreneurial: The Highs and Lows of Entrepreneurship Sharon Grant Farm Entrepreneurs 19. Stress in Farm Entrepreneurs Marja K. Kallioniemi, Ahti Simola, Birgitta Kinnunen and Hanna-Riitta Kymäläinen Musicians 20. Music Performance Anxiety and Occupational Stress Among Classical Musicians Michiko Yoshie, Eriko Kanazawa, Kazutoshi Kudo, Tatsuyuki Ohtsuki and Kimitaka Nakazawa PART VI: TRANSPORT, SPORT, SOCIAL SERVICES AND HIGH-INTENSE OCCUPATIONS Truck and Bus Drivers 21. The Psychosocial Environment of Commercial Driving: Morbidities, Hazards, and Productivity of Truck and Bus Drivers Yorghos Apostolopoulos, Andrew A. Peachey and Sevil Sönmez Sport Officials 22. Sources of Stress and Coping Strategies of Sport Officials Mike Voight Non-profit Social Services 23. Work in Nonprofit Organizations – The Effects on Worker Health Agnieszka Kosny High-intense Occupations 24. Work and Rumination Mark Cropley and Fred R.H. Zijlstra Index

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Edited by Janice Langan-Fox, formerly University of Melbourne, Australia and Cary Cooper, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

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