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Work Stress Studies of the Context, Content and Outcomes of Stress: A Book of Readings
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Sociologists and health experts from the U.K., Scandinavia, Australia, and the U.S. discuss issues surrounding stress in the workplace, including its causes and ways in which jobs can be designed to minimize it. The book is intended for professionals and students in occupational health and safety.
Foreword Evan Willis
Chapter 1. Introduction Chris L. Peterson Click To Read It Now!
Section I: International Perspectives on Stress
Chapter 2. Workplace Changes in Australia and Their Effects on Stress Chris L. Peterson
Chapter 3. Workplace Stress in the United Kingdom: Contextualizing Difference John Chandler, Elisabeth Berg, and Jim Barry
Chapter 4. Effects of Organizational Downsizing on Worker Stress and Health in the United States Lawrence R. Murphy and Lewis D. Pepper
Chapter 5. Privatization and Downsizing in the U.K. Public Sector: Labor Market Change, Job Insecurity, and Health Jane Ferrie
Section II: Work Demands
Chapter 6. Workload and Workplace Stress Wendy A. Macdonald
Chapter 7. Work Demands and Stress in Repetitive Blue-Collar Work Wendy A. Macdonald
Section III: Case Studies
Chapter 8. Professional Workers and Stress John McCormick
Chapter 9. Stress among Blue-Collar Workers Chris L. Peterson
Chapter 10. Exploration of the Links between Workplace Stress and Precarious Employment Claire Mayhew
Section IV: Stress, Older Workers, and Outside Work Experiences
Chapter 11. Work Stress and Caregiver Stress Yvonne Wells and David de Vaus
Chapter 12. Stress among Older Workers and Retirees David de Vaus and Yvonne Wells
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