Gender, work stress, and health

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Title:

Author:

Nelson, Debra L., 1956-

ISBN:

9781557989239

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2002.

Physical Description:

xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents:

A Framework for Examining Gender, Work Stress, and Health / Stressors, Individual Differences, and Coping. Managerial Stress: Are Women More at Risk? / Men, Masculinity, and Health / Women and Corporate Restructuring: Sources and Consequences of Stress / Assessing the Role of Negative Affectivity in Occupational Stress Research: Does Gender Make a Difference? / Work Stress, Coping, and Social Support: Implications for Women's Occupational Well-Being / Stress and Family Dynamics. Do Men and Women Benefit From Social Support Equally? Results From a Field Examination Within the Work and Family Context / The Allocation of Time to Work and Family Roles / Gender Asymmetry in Crossover Research / Prevention and Interventions. Reduced Work Arrangements for Managers and Professionals: A Potential Solution to Conflicting Demands / Reduced-Load Work Arrangements: Response to Stress or Quest for Integrity of Functioning? / An Affirmative Defense: The Preventive Management of Sexual Harassment / Do Family-Friendly Policies Fulfill Their Promise? An Investigation of Their Impact on Work-Family Conflict and Work and Personal Outcomes / Conclusion. New Directions for Studying Gender, Work Stress, and Health

Abstract:

"In Gender, Work Stress, and Health, editors Debra L. Nelson and Ronald J. Burke explore how socially defined gender roles affect individuals' experience of stress and health at work. Working with a group of interdisciplinary contributors, they examine the interplay of gender, individual differences, social support, coping skills, family dynamics, and aspects of the work environment and ask how these affect health. This collection draws from the emerging knowledge in the fields of management, psychology, sociology, and epidemiology. Among the questions examined are whether men and women experience different sources of stress at work, whether they experience different symptoms of distress, whether they benefit equally from social support, how they cope, and what organizations are doing to help.

Professionals in human resources management, consulting, training and development, and occupational health will be particularly interested in the effectiveness of prevention and intervention efforts related to corporate culture and flexible workload arrangements and whether family-friendly policies are fulfilling their promise of helping to balance work and family demands. Researchers in management, business, occupational psychology, sociology, and gender studies will find fertile areas for continued exploration within this field."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Job stress -- Health aspects.

Sex role -- Health aspects.

Sex factors in disease.

Added Author:

Nelson, Debra L., 1956-

Burke, Ronald J.

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Gender differences are the focus of this book which examines how socially defined gender roles affect individuals' experience of stress and health at work. The editors bring together an interdisciplinary set of writers and researchers to explore the interplay of gender, individual differences, social support, coping skills, family dynamics and aspects of the work environment, and how these affect health. This collection draws upon the emerging knowledge from management, psychology, sociology and epidemiology. Among the questions examined are whether men and women experience different sources of stress at work, whether they experience different symtoms of distress, whether they benefit equally from social support, how they cope, and what organizations are doing to help.