| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 262 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Social sciences in Asia,
1567-2794 ;
v. 11
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Social sciences in Asia ; v. 11.
1567-2794
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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 their physical and emotional well-being has led the professionals to make efforts to maximize their person-environment fit and to enhance their coping and adaptation, knowing, sometimes helplessly, that society, bureaucracy, and work organization continue to be a potent source of work stress. This book offers deep analyses of work stress and coping among professionals by a multidisciplinary research team of sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and human resources experts. The work lives of seven groups of professionals are profiled and compared in this book: doctors, lawyers, engineers, nurses, teachers, police officers, and life insurance agents. Based on a large-scale survey, in-depth interviews, and comparative analyses, this book suggests practical recommendations and policy measures for personal, organizational as well as societal intervention. Work stress is a social problem - as such it requires a societal solution. Meanwhile, individual professionals cope and adapt in the way they know best, which is certainly not a satisfactory response. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Professional employees -- Job stress -- Singapore.
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Professional employees -- Job stress. |
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Singapore. |
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Professional employees. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Chan, Kwok B.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Work stress and coping among professionals. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2006051679 |
| ISBN |
9789047418887 (electronic book) |
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9047418883 (electronic book) |
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1281917079 |
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9781281917072 |
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9004154809 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004154803 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004154803.i-262 |
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