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Tables of Contents for Job Stress
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Guest Editorial
Stress: Theory, Research and Suggestions
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4
John M. Ivancevich
Daniel C. Ganster
PART I: INTRODUCTION
The Current Debate About the Meaning of Job Stress
5
14
Terry A. Beehr
Thomas M. Franz
Selected Early Works on Stress in General
6
1
Selected Historical Works on Job Stress in Particular
7
1
Four Approaches to Job Stress
7
3
Controversial Issues Regarding Job Stress
10
6
Recommendations for Future Research
16
3
Health Consequences of Stress
19
18
Jonathan D. Quick
Rebecca S. Horn
James Campbell Quick
Preventive Stress Management
20
2
Life Events as Stressors
22
1
Health Problems and Distress
23
8
Health Benefits of Stress
31
2
Conclusion
33
4
A Work-Nonwork Interactive Perspective of Stress and Its Consequences
37
24
Jeffrey H. Greenhaus
Saroj Parasuraman
The Meaning of Stress
38
2
Work Stressors and Their Consequences
40
1
Nonwork Stressors and Their Consequences
41
2
Work-Nonwork Stressors and Their Consequences
43
4
Personal and Social Influences on Work-Nonwork Stress
47
3
Individual Interventions Relevant to Work-Nonwork Stress
50
3
Organizational Interventions Relevant to Work-Nonwork Stress
53
2
Conclusions and Directions for Future Research
55
6
PART II: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Type A Behavior and Occupational Stress
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24
Daniel C. Ganster
Are Type A's Hyper-Reactive to Work Stressors?
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5
Type A and the Work Environment: Does One Cause the Other?
70
4
Type A and Performance
74
1
Suggestions for Research
75
4
Conclusions
79
6
Perspectives on Social Support and Research on Stress Moderating Processes
85
18
Susan Gore
Definitions and Measurement of Social Support
86
1
Models of Stress Reduction and Stress Buffering
87
4
Process Study of Stress
91
4
Objectivity, Subjectivity and Confounding in Measurement
95
2
Conclusion
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6
PART III: STRESS MEASUREMENT
Assessment of Physiological Indices Related to Cardiovascular Disease as Influenced by Job Stress
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14
Lisa R. Balick
J. Alan Herd
Introduction
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1
Heart Rate and Blood Pressure
105
3
Catecholamines
108
2
Cortisol
110
2
Lipids
112
1
Conclusion
113
4
Stress: Psychobiological Assessment
117
24
India Fleming
Andrew Baum
Psychobiological Basis of Stress
119
2
Measurement of Stress
121
11
Use of Multidimensional Stress Measures
132
1
Stress Related Health Consequences
133
2
Unemployment Stress-An Example
135
1
Conclusions
136
5
Beyond Negative Affectivity: Measuring Stress and Satisfaction in the Workplace
141
18
David Watson
James W. Pennebaker
Robert Folger
Stress, Symptoms and NA
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8
Beyond Stress and Distress: The Two Dimensions of Feeling
150
4
Conclusions
154
5
PART IV: ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES OF STRESS
Machine Pacing and Shiftwork: Evidence for Job Stress
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18
Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr.
Michael J. Colligan
Machine Pacing
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2
Individual Consequences of Pacing
162
2
Organizational Consequences of Pacing
164
2
Conclusions Concerning Pacing
166
1
Shiftwork
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3
Organizational Consequences of Shiftwork
170
7
Managers and Professionals in Business/Industrial Settings: The Research Evidence
177
18
Steven P. Glowinkowski
Cary L. Cooper
Sources of Managerial Stress
177
1
Stress from the Job Itself
178
2
Role Based Stress
180
1
Role Ambiguity
181
1
Role Conflict
181
2
The Approach of Person/Environment Fit
183
1
Relationships at Work
184
1
The Organization
185
2
The Managerial Career
187
2
Extra-Organizational Sources of Stress
189
1
Implications of Research for Managers
190
1
Conclusion
191
4
Professionals in Medical Settings: The Research Evidence in the 1980s
195
20
Cynthia Lee
Stress Profile Amongst Medical Professionals
196
8
Causes and Symptoms of Stress in Medical Settings
204
5
Conclusions and Suggestions
209
6
PART V: STRESS MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS
A Review of Organizational Stress Management Research: Methodological Considerations
215
14
Lawrence R. Murphy
SMT Orientation
217
3
Experimental Design
220
1
Worker Participants
220
3
Outcome Measures
223
2
Duration of Training Effects
225
1
Summary
225
4
Organizational Level Stress Management Interventions: A Review and Recommendations
229
20
John M. Ivancevich
Michael T. Matteson
Stress Management Programs
231
2
A Stress Framework
233
2
Available Research on Organizational Level Stress Management Interventions
235
2
Related Research: Strengths and Weaknesses
237
3
Organizational Interventions: Managerial Actions
240
3
Applied Research: Some Guidelines
243
3
Concluding Note
246
3
PART VI: CONCLUSION
The Present and Future Status of Stress Research
249
2
Ronald J. Burke
Increasing Interest in Occupational Stress
250
1
Current Stress Research Content
251
1
Developing Models of Psychological Burnout
252
3
Current Stress Research Methodology
255
1
Future Stress Research Content
256
4
Future Stress Research Methodology
260
1
Research and Practice - Two Cultures Again?
261
1
Conclusion
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