Product Description: Much of what we know about the subject of coping is based on human behavior and cognition during times of crisis and transition. Yet the alarms and m~or upheavals of life comprise only a portion of those experiences that call for adaptive efforts...read more

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Product Description: Dramatic changes in the composition of today s workforce combined with intense competitive pressures on employers, call for new ways of structuring where, when, and how employees accomplish their job responsibilities. This book makes the business case for flexible working in an organization, and shows how flexitime, job sharing, telecommuting, and compressed work weeks can be used as strategic management tools...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The challenge of creating conditions conducive to the expression of solidarity, support and personal change are specifically considered in this volume, which illuminates critical issues in the mobilization of social support and the planning of interventions...read more