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Work stress and coping among professionals /

While 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 thei...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chan, Kwok B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Colección:Social sciences in Asia ; v. 11.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgements
  • ch. 1. Introduction : Society, stress and coping : the dialectic of person-environment fit and human adaptation / Chan Kwok-Bun
  • ch. 2. Engineers in a newly industrialising economy / Hing Ai-Yun
  • ch. 3. Work stress and psychological well-being among nurses / Boey Kam-Weng, Chan Kwok-Bun, Ko Yiu-Chung, Goh Lee-Gan and Lim Geok-Choo
  • ch. 4. Stress coping strategies and psychological well-being among nurses / Boey Kam-Weng, Chang Kwok-Bun and Ko Yiu-Chung
  • ch. 5. 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
  • ch. 6. 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
  • ch. 7. Stress and coping of teachers : a quantitative and qualitative analysis / Ko Yiu-Chung, Chan Kwok-Bun and Gina Lai.
  • ch. 8. Work stress, work satisfaction and coping among life insurance agents / Chan Kwok-Bun
  • ch. 9. Institutional context and stress appraisal among life insurance agents / Gina, Lai, Chan Kwok-Bun and Ko Yiu-Chung
  • ch. 10. Work stress among six professional groups : a comparison / Chan Kwok-Bun, Gina Lai and Ko Yiu-Chung
  • ch. 11. 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.