Description
Workers in the service industry face unique types and levels of stress, and this problem is worsening. Many workers and organizations are now recognizing work stress as a significant personal and organizational cost, and seeing the need to evaluate a range of organizational issues that present psychosocial hazards to the workers.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Context, Theories and Intervention. The DISC Model: Demand-Induced Strain Compensation Mechanisms in Job Stress. Measurement and Methodological Issues in Work Stress Research. Correctional Conventional Wisdom is Often Misleading: Police Stress Within an Organizational Health Framework. Burnout among Oncology Care Providers. Senior Nurses: Interventions to Reduce Work Stress. Work Stress and its Effects in General Practitioners. Teacher Stress. Stress in University Academics. Prostitution: An Illustration of Occupational Stress in 'Dirty Work'. Social Workers and Human Service Practitioners. Clergy in Crisis. Stress in Psychological Work. Volunteering Work Stress and Satisfaction at the turn of the 21st Century. Conclusion.
