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024 7 _a10.1163/ej.9789004154803.i-262
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245 0 0 _aWork stress and coping among professionals /
_cedited by Chan Kwok-bun.
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c2007.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
440 0 _aSocial sciences in Asia,
_x1567-2794 ;
_vv. 11
490 0 _aBrill eBook titles 2007
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-255) and index.
505 0 0 _tPreliminary material /
_rK. Chan --
_tChapter One. Introduction: Society, stress and coping: The dialectic of person-environment fit and human adaptation /
_rChan Kwok-Bun --
_tChapter Two. Engineers in a newly industrialising economy /
_rHing Ai-Yun --
_tChapter Three. Work stress and psychological well-being among nurses /
_rBoey Kam-Weng , Chan Kwok-Bun , Ko Yiu-Chung , Goh Lee-Gan and Lim Geok-Choo --
_tChapter Four. Stress coping strategies and psychological well-being among nurses By Boey Kam-Weng, Chan Kwok-Bun And Ko Yiu-Chung /
_rBoey Kam-Weng , Chan Kwok-Bun and Ko Yiu-Chung --
_tChapter Five. Stress on patrol: Stress And Coping Among Police officers /
_rGeorge D. Bishop , Eddie M. W. Tong , Diong Siew-Maan , Why Yong-Peng , Hwee Chong Enkelmann , Majeed Khader , Jansen Ang , Vicky L. M. Tan and David S. Q. Koh --
_tChapter Six. Organisational health in the police: A 3-r approach /
_rMajeed Khader , Jansen Ang , Koh Chee-Wee , Diong Siew-Maan , Michelle Koh , Poh LI-LI and Clare Tan --
_tChapter Seven. Stress and coping of teachers: A quantitative and qualitative analysis /
_rKo Yiu-Chung , Chan Kwok-Bun and Gina Lai --
_tChapter Eight. Work stress, work satisfaction and coping among life insurance agents /
_rChan Kwok-Bun --
_tChapter Nine. Institutional context and stress appraisal among life insurance agents /
_rKo Yiu-Chung , Chan Kwok-Bun and Gina Lai --
_tChapter Ten. Work stress among six professional groups: A comparison /
_rKo Yiu-Chung , Chan Kwok-Bun and Gina Lai --
_tChapter Eleven. Coping resources, coping strategies and work stress among six professional groups: A comparative analysis By Gina Lai, Chan Kwok-Bun And Ko Yiu-Chung /
_rKo Yiu-Chung , Chan Kwok-Bun and Gina Lai --
_tContributors /
_rK. Chan --
_tReferences /
_rK. Chan --
_tSubject index /
_rK. Chan.
506 1 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aWhile aspiring to escape from the drudgery and alienation which seem to be the fate of manual workers, professionals have long realized to their distress that their professionalism and work commitment by no means reduce the stressfulness of their work. Such an awareness of the impact of work on their physical and emotional well-being has led the professionals to make efforts to maximize their person-environment fit and to enhance their coping and adapation, knowing, sometimes helplessly, that society, bureaucracy, and work organization continue to be a potent source of work stress. This book offers deep analyses of work stress and coping among professionals by a multidisciplinary research team of sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and human resources experts. The work lives of seven groups of professionals are profiled and compared in this book: doctors, lawyers, engineers, nurses, teachers, police officers, and life insurance agents. Based on a large-scale survey, in-depth interviews, and comparative analyses, this book suggests practical recommendations and policy measures for personal, organizational as well as societal intervention. Work stress is a social problem--as such it requires a societal solution. Meanwhile, individual professionals cope and adapt in the way they know best, which is certainly not a satisfactory response.
650 0 _aProfessional employees
_xJob stress
_zSingapore.
700 1 _aChan, Kwok B.
776 0 _tWork stress and coping among professionals
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830 0 _aSocial Sciences in Asia
_v11.
830 0 _aAsian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004215290.
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