Preventing stress, improving productivity : European case studies in the workplace / / edited by Michiel Kompier and Cary Cooper

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.3/82
• Soggetto topico: Job stress - Europe - Prevention; Labor productivity - Europe; Industrial hygiene - Europe
• Altri autori: KompierMichiel CooperCary L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preventing Stress, Improving ProductivityEuropean case studies in the workplace; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1Introduction: Improving work, health and productivity through stress prevention; Chapter 2Workplace stress and stress prevention in Europe; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Context of workplace stress in Europe; 2.3 Practice of stress prevention in Europe; 2.4 Concluding remarks and future prospects; Chapter 3Costs and benefits of stress prevention in organisations: Review and new methodology; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Stress interventions and their effectiveness3.3 Organisational performance and results; 3.4 Towards a new organisational performance analysis; 3.5 'Oskar'-a method for more effective performance measurement; 3.6 Conclusions; Chapter 4Finland: Organisational well-being. Ten years of research and development in a forest industry corporation; 4.1 Introduction: Psychosocial factors in work life in Finland; 4.2 The study company: Introduction; 4.3 Motives, signals and project organisation; 4.4 Analysis: Risk factors and risk groups; 4.5 Choice of development measures ; 4.6 Implementation of development actions4.7 Evaluation; 4.8 Conclusions; Chapter 5The Netherlands: A hospital, 'Healthy Working for Health'; 5.1 Introduction: Work stress in the Netherlands; 5.2 Introduction to the Waterland hospital; 5.3 Motives, signals and project organisation; 5.4 Analysis: Risk factors and risk groups; 5.5 Choice of measures; 5.6 Preparation and implementation of sub-projects; 5.7 Evaluation; 5.8 Follow-up; Chapter 6Belgium: A pharmaceutical company; 6.1 Introduction: Work stress in Belgium; 6.2 Introduction to Janssen Pharmaceutica ; 6.3 Motives, signals and project organisation6.4 Analysis: Risk factors and risk groups; 6.5 Choice of measures; 6.6 Implementation; 6.7 Evaluation; Appendix; Chapter 7United Kingdom: Evaluation of a stress management programme in the public sector; 7.1 Introduction: Work stress in the United Kingdom; 7.2 Introduction to the organisation; 7.3 The study: Objectives and administration; 7.4 Measures and training sessions; 7.5 Implementation of the study; 7.6 Results; 7.7 Discussion; 7.8 Conclusion; Chapter 8Denmark: Self-rule on route 166. An intervention study among bus drivers ; 8.1 Introduction: Work stress in Denmark8.2 The company; 8.3 Motives; 8.4 Analysis of the working environment; 8.5 Choice of measures; 8.6 Implementation; 8.7 Evaluation; 8.8 Implementation of similar projects within Bus Denmark; 8.9 Conclusion; Chapter 9Sweden: Mail processing; 9.1 Introduction: Work stress in Sweden; 9.2 Organisational interventions in mail processing: Introduction; 9.3 Motives, signals and project organisation; 9.4 Analysis; 9.5 Choice of measures; 9.6 Implementation; 9.7 Evaluation; 9.8 Discussion; 9.9 Lessons; 9.10 Conclusion ; Chapter 10Germany: Reduction of stress by health circles
• Sommario/riassunto: In a representative study made of European workers, twenty-eight per cent of employees reported that stress affects their health and their performance at work. Occupational stress is a serious problem for the performance of individuals, organisations and as a consequence, for national economies. Preventing Stress, Improving Productivity investigates the ways in which companies can combat stress by changing the working environment rather than only treating individual employees with stress symptoms.Costs and benefits of stress prevention are discussed, with an emphasis on appraoche
• Titolo autorizzato: Preventing stress, improving productivity
• ISBN: 1-134-70829-7; 1-134-70830-0; 1-280-20253-X; 0-203-44705-0; 0-203-27138-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829294703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II