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

ISBN:

9780203271384

9780203447055

9780415165563

9780415165570

9780203755297

9781280202537

Title:

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

Author:

Kompier, Michiel.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 345 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

1. Introduction : improving work, health and productivity through stress prevention / Michiel Kompier and Cary Cooper -- 2. Workplace stress and stress prevention in Europe / Sabine Geurts and Robert Gründemann -- 3. Costs and benefits of stress prevention in organisations : review and new methodology / Paula Liukkonen, Susan Cartwright and Cary Cooper -- 4. Finland : organisational well-being. Ten years of research and development in a forest industry corporation / Raija Kalimo and Salla Toppinen -- 5. The Netherlands : a hospital, 'Healthy working for health' / Ellis Lourijsen [and others] -- 6. Belgium : a pharmaceutical company / Steven Poelmans [and others] -- 7. United Kingdom : evaluation of a stress management programme in the public sector / Lynne Whatmore, Susan Cartwright and Cary Cooper -- 8. Denmark : self-rule on route 166. An intervention study among bus drivers / Bo Netterstrøm -- 9. Sweden : Mail processing / Töres Theorell and Kurt Wahlstedt -- 10. Germany : reduction of stress by health circles / Beate Beermann, Karl Kuhn and Michiel Kompier -- 11. Ireland : stress prevention in an airport management company / Richard Wynne and Rose Rafferty -- 12. Portugal : preventing occupational stress in a bank organisation / Luís Graça and Michiel Kompier -- 13. Greece : stress management in the health care sector / Elisabeth Petsetaki -- 14. Italy : a school of nursing / Sebastiano Bagnara [and others] -- 15. Stress prevention : European countries and European cases compared / Michiel Kompier and Cary Cooper.

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Subject Term:

Job stress -- Europe -- Prevention -- Case studies.

Labor productivity -- Europe -- Case studies.

Industrial hygiene -- Europe -- Case studies.

Added Author:

Kompier, Michiel.

Cooper, Cary L.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

1999

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

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Summary

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 appraoches that involve both the work situation and the individual worker. The heart of the book consists of eleven European country chapters, each overviewing the current status with respect to occupational stress and its prevention in that country and then presenting one detailed case study an example of good preventive practice.
Preventing Stress, Improving Productivity identifies five factors that are critical for a stress reduction programme to work, both in terms of employee health and well-being and from a financial point of view. Successful strategies combine participation from workers and support from top management. Useful as a reference for psychologists, human resource managers, occupational physicians, ergonomists and consultants, this book will also be an invaluable aid to managers in the day-to-day running of organisations.