Work Stress and Coping Among Professionals : Work Stress and Coping Among Professionals.
Title:
Work Stress and Coping Among Professionals : Work Stress and Coping Among Professionals.
Author:
Chan, Kwok-bun.
ISBN:
9789047418887
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (270 pages)
Series:
Social Sciences in Asia ; v.v. 11
Social Sciences in Asia
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Chapter One Introduction: Society, Stress and Coping: The Dialectic of Person-Environment Fit and Human Adaptation (Chan Kwok-bun) -- Chapter Two Engineers in a Newly Industrialising Economy (Hing Ai-yun) -- Chapter Three Work Stress and Psychological Well-Being among Nurses (Boey Kam-weng, Chan Kwok-bun, Ko Yiu-chung, Goh Lee-gan and Lim Geok-choo) -- Chapter Four Stress Coping Strategies and Psychological Well-Being among Nurses (Boey Kam-weng, Chan Kwok-bun and Ko Yiu-chung) -- Chapter Five Stress on Patrol: Stress and Coping among Police Officers (George 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) -- Chapter Six Organisational Health in the Police: A 3-R Approach (Majeed Khader, Jansen Ang, Koh Chee-wee, Diong Siew-maan, Michelle Koh, Poh Li-li and Clare Tan) -- Chapter Seven Stress and Coping of Teachers: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis (Ko Yiu-chung, Chan Kwok-bun and Gina Lai) -- Chapter Eight Work Stress, Work Satisfaction and Coping among Life Insurance Agents (Chan Kwok-bun) -- Chapter Nine Institutional Context and Stress Appraisal among Life Insurance Agents (Gina Lai, Chan Kwok-bun and Ko Yiu-chung) -- Chapter Ten Work Stress among Six Professional Groups: A Comparison (Chan Kwok-bun, Gina Lai and Ko Yiu-chung) -- Chapter Eleven Coping Resources, Coping Strategies and Work Stress among Six Professional Groups: A Comparative Analysis (Gina Lai, Chan Kwok-bun and Ko Yiu-chung) -- Contributors -- References -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
Based on a large-scale survey, indepth interviews and comparative analyses, this book offers deep analyses of work stress and coping among seven professional groups: doctors, lawyers, engineers, nurses, teachers, police officers, and life insurance agents. The book makes practical recommendations for personal, organizational and societal intervention.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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