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Author(s): Michael Wright
ISBN(s): 9780335207077, 0335207073
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 30.36 MB
Year: 2002
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0335207073 
ISBN 13: 9780335207077
Author: Michael Wright

We are facing an epidemic of work stress. But why should problems at work which previously led to industrial disputes and political activity now be experienced as a cause of physical or mental illness? This book combines a critique of the scientific evidence relating to work stress, with an account of the social, historical and cultural changes that produced this phenomenon. The analysis is grounded in workers’ accounts of their experiences of work stress, derived from the authors’ qualitative research. Sociological theories of embodiment, emotions and medicalization are employed to explore the role of subjectivity in mediating the relationship between work and ill health.

This book concludes with an exploration of the consequences of adopting the passive identity of ‘work stress victim’, and the extent to which individuals resist the medicalization of their problems. It will be of interest to a range of students and researchers in the social sciences, particularly those with an interest in medical sociology, sociology of work, management studies and industrial relations.

Work Stress The Making of a Modern Epidemic 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Origins and Challenges of Work Stress

  1. The Rise of Workplace Stress

  2. Understanding the Stress Response

  3. Measuring Stress at Work

Part II: Causes and Contexts
4. Workload and Time Pressure
5. Control and Autonomy
6. Role Overload and Role Ambiguity
7. Organizational Culture and Change

Part III: Consequences of Stress
8. Psychological and Physical Health Impacts
9. Job Performance and Organizational Outcomes
10. Work–Family Interface and Spillover Effects

Part IV: Interventions and Solutions
11. Individual Stress Management Strategies
12. Organizational Interventions
13. Policy and Societal Responses

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