Stress At Work: A Sociological Perspective (Policy, Politics, Health And Medicine Series)

This book provides a theoretical background to occupational stress, and traces the early work of Hans Selye and the development of bio-physiological, psychological and then sociological models of stress. It also reports on a study of stress and ill-health in a large manufacturing organisation in Australia. It examines the effects of stress, low self-esteem and poor mastery on psychological outcomes and ill-health symptoms.

• | Author: Chris Peterson
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Aug 14, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 284 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0415783909
• | ISBN-13: 9780415783903