Organizational stress Ebook. - Originally published in: 2005 - Cranwell-Ward, Jane (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
Adobe Ebook Reader
Introduction What is Stress? Background and Importance Stress an Organizational Perspective Managing Stress of Others Understanding and Dealing with Stress - an Individual Perspective Conclusions
'Investing in Health and Wellbeing is key to ensuring the engagement of employees and sustaining a culture of high performance. This book is an invaluable guide, offering insight, education and practical resources to HR and Occupational Health professionals. Its holistic approach gets underneath the complex and sensitive matter of managing stress within the workplace and will help organisations proactively plan Wellbeing strategy. Supporting employees in balancing the demands and pressure they face in work and life.' - Andrea Knight, Human Resources Manager, Microsoft Ltd 'Stress is a significant occupational health & safety issue. Employers have to deal with occupational stress in the same way they would deal with any other health & safety issue; identifying the hazard, assessing the risk and implementing controls. This book provides a valuable and practical guide to employers on how to manage stress within this management framework.' - Mike Wagland, BT Retail Lead Health & Safety Adviser 'With the cost of stress related absence skyrocketing and an ever increasing Litigious culture emerging from a stressed out, overworked workforce this book will be the foundation upon which many HR and senior management professionals can begin to make sense of and deal with the epidemic which has become known as stress.' - Tony Urwin , Clinical & Business Development Manager, BUPA Psychological Services