The Palgrave Handbook of Occupational Stress

This handbook provides a comprehensive resource on occupational stress, exploring ways to reduce and treat it, as well as its physiological, psychosocial, and neural underpinnings. It offers new insights, resources, and tools to better understand, manage, and treat stress in a professional environment, and is divided into five parts.

Format: Hardback
Length: 510 pages
Publication date: 24 August 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive handbook brings together a diverse international team of experts to provide a comprehensive resource on occupational stress. Covering both theoretical and practical aspects, it explores strategies for reducing and treating stress, as well as the physiological, psychosocial, and neural foundations of this phenomenon. Through 24 original and carefully selected essays, the authors offer fresh insights, valuable resources, and practical tools to enhance our understanding, management, and treatment of stress in professional settings.

The book is organized into five distinct parts, each addressing key aspects of stress:

Part 1: Conceptualization of Stress: This section provides an introduction to the concept of stress and its various manifestations. It explores the historical background, definitions, and measurement of stress.

Part 2: Theoretical Models: This part presents theoretical models that contribute to our understanding of stress. It discusses the role of genetics, personality, and environmental factors in stress development. The contribution of animal models is also explored.

Part 3: Psychological and Physiological Aspects of Stress: This section examines the psychological and physiological aspects of stress. It explores the impact of stress on mental health, physical health, and cognitive functioning. It also discusses assessment methods for measuring stress.

Part 4: Psychosocial Risks at Work and Their Assessment: This part delves into the psychosocial risks associated with work and their assessment. It explores factors such as job demands, job control, social support, and work-life balance. Means and methods for assessing psychosocial risks are discussed.

Part 5: Coping with Stress at Work: This section explores strategies for coping with stress at work. It discusses resilience training, stress management techniques, and the role of leadership in promoting stress-resilient workplaces. Aspects such as simulation training and stress-tests for hiring are presented and discussed.

In addition to these core chapters, the handbook also includes chapters that explore broader considerations regarding stress and culture, stress and occupational sectors (with a focus on studentship), and the pharmacology of stress.

This handbook is a valuable resource for researchers in organizational psychology, business and management, and education who are interested in stress. It is also essential for healthcare workers and therapists who treat stress, as it offers a comprehensive and accessible collection of knowledge and expertise.

Weight: 923g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031273483
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023