Exploring Interpersonal Dynamics, Volume 4 (Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being) (Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being)

Cover -- Contents -- Overview -- Endocrinological Processes Associated With Job Stress: Catecholamine and Cortisol Responses to Acute and Chronic Stressors -- Introduction -- The Role of Catecholamines and Cortisol in the Stress Response -- Endocrinological Responses to Acute Stressors -- Laboratory Research -- Field Research -- Endocrinological Correlates of Chronic Stressors -- Catecholamines -- Workload -- Job Control -- Job Strain -- Social Aspects of the Workplace -- Other Job Characteristics -- Strain Reactions as Indicators of Work Stress -- Cortisol -- Differences in Cortisol Levels between Occupations and Different Types of Jobs -- Workload -- Job Control -- Job Strain -- Social Aspects of the Workplace -- Other Work Characteristics -- Strain Reactions as Indicators of Work Stress -- Responsivity to Acute Stressors -- Recovery -- Laboratory Research on Catecholamine and Cortisol Recovery -- Field Research on Catecholamine and Cortisol Recovery -- Summary and Conclusion -- Directions for Future Research -- References -- Health Consequences of Work-Family Conflict: The Dark Side of the Work-Family Interface -- Work-Family Conflict -- Health and Well-Being -- Relationships of Work-Family Conflict with Health and Well-Being -- Psychological Health -- Physical Health -- A Model of the Health Consequences of Work-Family Conflict -- Overview of the Model -- The Antecedents of Work-Family Conflict -- The Impact of Work-Family Conflict on Negative Emotions and Role Dissatisfaction -- The Consequences of Negative Emotions and Role Dissatisfaction -- An Agenda for Future Research -- Notes -- References -- Relationship of the Number and Distribution of Work Hours to Health and Quality-of-Life (QOL) Outcomes -- Overview -- Number of Hours Worked -- The Current Situation -- Objective Work Hours and Outcomes -- Study of Total Family Work Hours -- Distribution of Work Hours -- The Current Situation -- Nonstandard Work Schedules and Outcomes -- Study of Families with Shiftworking Mothers -- Summary and Concluding Remarks -- References -- Work Stress, Coping Resources, and Mental Health: A Study of America's Black Elite -- Introduction -- Background Literature -- Work Stress and Mental Health -- Coping and Mental Health -- Data -- Measures and Methods -- Analytic Strategy -- Results -- Descriptives -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Appendix: Sector Lists Sampled for Black Elite -- The Many Roles of Control in a Stressor-Emotion Theory of Counterproductive Work Behavior -- Basic Emotion and Stress Theory -- Emotion -- Stress -- Control in the General Stress Process -- Work Stress -- The Basic Stress Model Applied to Work Stress -- Control and Work Stress -- Counterproductive Work Behavior -- Stressor-Emotion Model of CWB -- Control and CWB -- Future Directions -- References -- The Assumed Linearity of Organizational Phenomena: Implications for Occupational Stress and Well-Being -- I This is an annual research series devoted to the examination of occupational stress, health and well being, with particular emphasis on the multi-disciplinary nature of occupational stress. The intent is to pull together the various streams of research from a variety of disciplines to better capture the significant bodies of work in occupational stress and well being. We provide a multidisciplinary and international perspective that gives a thorough and critical assessment of issues in occupational stress and well being. The theme for this volume is: Employee Health, Coping, and Methodologies This is an annual research series devoted to the examination of occupational stress, health and well being, with particular emphasis on the multi-disciplinary nature of occupational stress. The intent is to pull together the various streams of research from a variety of disciplines to better capture the significant bodies of work in occupational stress and well being. A multidisciplinary and international perspective is provided to give a thorough and critical assessment of issues in occupational stress and well being. The theme for this volume is: Employee Health, Coping, and Methodologies. Devoted to the examination of occupational stress, health and well being, this work emphasises on the multi-disciplinary nature of occupational stress. It intends to pull together the streams of research from a variety of disciplines, to capture the significant bodies of work in occupational stress and well being Presents an examination of occupational stress, health and well being, with particular emphasis on the multi-disciplinary nature of occupational stress. This book offers a critical assessment of issues in occupational stress and well being. It is nearly common knowledge that individuals respond to stressors with physiological and psychological reactions.