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Contributors -- Foreword -- PART ONE: -- THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN OCCUPATIONAL STRESS RESEARCH -- Psychological Stress in the Workplace Richard S. Lazarus -- Psychological Stress and the Workplace: A Brief Comment on Lazarus’ Outlook Arthur P. Brief and Jennifer M. George -- An Examination of the Transaction Approach in Occupational Stress Research James R. Harris -- Work Stress Conceived and Researched Transact ionally David F. Barone -- Unstructured Perceptions of Work-Related Stress: An Exploratory Qualitative Study Vincent Di Salvo, Charles Lubbers, Ana M. Rossi, and James Lewis -- Measuring Occupational Stress: The Job Stress Survey -- Charles D. Spielberger and Eric C. Reheiser -- PART TWO: SOURCES AND CONSEQUENCES OF -- OCCUPATIONAL STRESS: MODEL TESTING -- Antecedents and Organizational Effectiveness Outcomes of Employee Stress and Health -- William H. Hendrix, Timothy P. Summers, -- Terry L. Leap, and Robert P. Steel -- Coping with Stressful Life Events: An Empirical Analysis -- Rabi S. Bhagat, Stephen M. Allie, and David L. Ford, Jr. -- A Field Study of Some Antecedents and 1 -- Consequences of Felt Job Stress Timothy P. Summers, Thomas A. DeCotiis, and Angelo S. DeNisi -- Relationship of Work and Family Stressors to 1 -- Psychological Distress: The Independent Moderating Influence of Social Support, -- Mastery, Active Coping, and Self-Focused Attention -- Michael R. Frone, Marcia Russell, and M. Lynne Cooper -- PART THREE: THE ROLES OF COPING AND DISPOSITIOI INFLUENCES IN OCCUPATIONAL STRESS RESEARCH -- The Impact of Persistence on the Stressor-Strain and Strain-lntentions to Leave Relationships: -- A Field Examination -- Wayne A. Hochwarter, Pamela L. Perrewe, and Russell L Kent -- The Moderating Effects of Self-Esteem on the Work Stress-Employee Health Relationship Daniel C. Ganster and John Schaubroeck -- Coping with Work Stress: The Influence of Individual Differences -- Stephen J. Havlovic and John P. Keenan -- Job Stress, Coping, and Dissatisfaction in the Health Professions: A Comparison of Nurses and Pharmacists Alan P. Wolfgang -- PART FOUR: AN EXAMINATION OF BURNOUT -- The Purpose of Burnout: A Jungian -- Interpretation -- Anna-Maria Garden -- Individual, Organizational and Social Determinants of Managerial Burnout: Theoretical and Empirical Update Shimon L. Dolan -- The Relationship between Social Support and Burnout Over Time in Teachers -- Esther R. Greenglass, Lisa Fiksenbaum, and Ronald J. Burke -- Burnout and Coping Strategies: A Comparative Study of Ward Nurses E. Dara Ogus -- Measuring Burnout: An Updated Reliability and Convergent Validity Study Kevin. Corcoran -- PART FIVE: INTERVENTIONS AIMED AT OCCUPATIONAL -- STRAIN REDUCTION -- The Impact of Stress Counseling at Work Cary L. Cooper and Golnaz Sadri -- Relations Between Exercise and Employee Responses to Work Stressors: A Summary of Two Studies -- Steve M. Jex, Paul E. Spector, David M. Gudanowski, and Ronald A. Newman -- Index
Summary
Based on current empirical and theoretical research in the field of occupational stress, this text is arranged in five parts, covering: theoretical approaches; model testing formats; occupational stress research and coping mechanisms; burnout; and interventions directed at stress reduction.