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Coping, Health and Organizations

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Coping, Health and Organizations explores how ineffective coping strategies impact both individual health and organisational wellbeing. It begins with methods to measure coping with stress, delving into theoretical and psychometric aspects necessary for effective evaluation. The book examines various workplace challenges including acute disasters and subjective health issues, and offers insights into organisational approaches to reduce stress factors. It concludes with an overview of past and present debates, discussing the future landscape of coping at work.
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This book is suited for professionals and researchers interested in occupational health, workplace stress management, and organisational psychology.

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This book looks at the consequences of ineffective coping at work and the results of not coping on the organisation and the individuals themselves. The authors look at the factors that cause stress and what organisations can do to reduce them.

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The consequences of ineffective coping are evident in the health of individuals and organisations. This book brings together a wealth of research and thinking about coping in occupational settings.

Coping, Health and Organizations begins by looking at the measurement of coping with stress. The theoretical and psychometric considerations discussed in the opening section of the book explore the principles for successful evaluation of coping, and the effectiveness of organizational support.

The book continues, going through various problems in work including acute disasters, coping with subjective health problems, and then goes on to look at what companies can do to reduce factors that result in stress. The book concludes by looking at the debates of the past and present and discusses the future of coping at work.

Key Features:

  • Stress at work and its affect on both the individual and the company is becoming an increasingly important factor in business today
  • Brings together a wealth of research and thinking about stress in occupational settings
  • A very forward thinking book

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780748408245

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 December 1999

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 750g

Pages: 318

About the Author

Phil Dewe, Tom Cox, Michael Leiter

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