Overview
- Examines the physiological and psychological and neural underpinnings of occupational stress
- Offers a comprehensive resource that gives the reader a holistic understanding of occupational stress
- Presents theoretical, practical, and therapeutic perspectives on how to understand, manage and treat occupational stress
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Stress Description
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Stress Assessment
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About this book
This handbook brings together an international group of experts to offer a comprehensive resource on occupational stress. Including both theoretical and practical perspectives, it examines ways to reduce and treat stress, as well as the physiological, psychosocial, and neural underpinnings of it. Through 24 original and carefully selected essays, the authors offer new insights, resources, and tools to better understand, manage and treat stress in a professional environment.
The book’s chapters are divided into 5 parts that address the conceptualisation of stress; present theoretical models (including the contribution of animal models); examine the psychological and physiological aspects of stress and ways to assess it; delve into psychosocial risks at work and their assessment (means and methods); and investigate how to cope with stress at work, including resilience training. Aspects such as the effects of leadership, simulation training, and stress-tests for hiring are also presented and discussed. The volume ends by exploring broader considerations regarding stress and culture, stress and occupational sectors (with a chapter focusing on studentship), and the pharmacology of stress.
This handbook is an essential reference for researchers in organisational psychology, as well as business and management and education, who are interested in stress. Healthcare workers and therapists who treat stress will also find an invaluable resource in this far-reaching yet accessible collection.
Reviews
“Despite technology being developed and adopted to make our life easier, we are constantly pressed to achieve more. Whether it is in a personal or professional context, this burden causes stress which eventually affects all aspects of our life, including our performance. This comprehensive book stress covers all aspects of stress at work, including how it can be managed, and more importantly, prevented, and recognized! Based on collective expertise, it is highly relevant to both employees and managers from all industry sectors.” (Guillaume Alinier, PhD, Director of Research, Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha Qatar)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Philippe Fauquet-Alekhine is Technical and Scientific Director at Group INTRA robotics, France, and a member of the SEBE-Lab, Behavioural and Psychological Department of the London School of Economics & Political Science, UK. He has more than 20-year experience in work activity analysis and research applied to human performance within high-risk industries.
James Anthony Keith Erskine is Senior Lecturer at St George’s, University of London, UK, and a psychotherapist at the London Hertfordshire Therapy Centre, UK. He has authored numerous academic papers, and book chapters on different methods of coping and their effects. His current research and clinical interests focus on building resilience in individuals and companies. In 2022 Dr Erskine formed a company (Mettleflo Ltd) to further well-being in organisations by providing online training and applications to build resilience.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Occupational Stress
Editors: Philippe Fauquet-Alekhine, James Erskine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27349-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27348-3Published: 24 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27351-3Due: 24 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27349-0Published: 23 August 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 510
Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Psychology, general, Business and Management, general, Business and Management, general