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Coping with Work-related Stress: A Critique of Existing Measures and Proposal for an Alternative Methodology

In: From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 2

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  • Michael P. O’Driscoll
  • Cary L. Cooper

Abstract

As part of a general concern about the impact of work conditions on the health and well-being of employees, considerable energy has been devoted in recent years to increasing our knowledge about stress experienced at work (Cooper & Payne, 1988; Quick, Murphy & Hurrell, 1992). Thirty years of systematic study have generated a substantial body of evidence on factors which contribute to stress — the ‘sources’ of stress. Much less is known, however, about how individuals deal with or manage the stress they experience, and about effective methods of coping with work-related stress. Despite numerous efforts to examine coping strategies, our understanding of the stress-coping process remains incomplete (Edwards, 1988).

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  • Michael P. O’Driscoll & Cary L. Cooper, 2013. "Coping with Work-related Stress: A Critique of Existing Measures and Proposal for an Alternative Methodology," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Cary L. Cooper (ed.), From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 2, chapter 26, pages 48-61, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-30934-1_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137309341_4
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