Chapter 5. Stress – Why Managers Should Care
- Prof. Dr. Bengt B. Arnetz1,2,
- Prof. Rolf Ekman3
Published Online: 21 AUG 2006
DOI: 10.1002/3527609156.ch5
Copyright © 2006 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
Book Title
Stress in Health and Disease
Additional Information
How to Cite
Arnetz, B. B. (2006) Stress – Why Managers Should Care, in Stress in Health and Disease (eds B. B. Arnetz and R. Ekman), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG. doi: 10.1002/3527609156.ch5
Editor Information
- 1
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wayne State University, 101 E. Alexandrine, Detroit, Michigan 48201-2011, USA
- 2
Division of Social Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala Science Park, Social Medicine, 75185 Uppsala, Sweden
- 3
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Neurochemical laboratory, Mölndal/SU, 43180 Mölndal, Sweden
Publication History
- Published Online: 21 AUG 2006
- Published Print: 20 JUL 2006
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9783527312214
Online ISBN: 9783527609154
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- stress in health and disease;
- stress at societal level;
- stress at organizational level;
- managers;
- stress – an organizational perspective;
- organization – a biological entity;
- optimal organizational stress and slack;
- organizational stress models;
- concepts and definitions;
- work;
- stress and productivity
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Stress – An Organizational Perspective
Organization – A Biological Entity
Drivers of Constant Needs of Organizational Changes
Organizational Stressors' Impact on the Bottom Line
Optimal Organizational Stress and Slack
Organizational Stress Models – Concepts and Definitions
Organizational Inefficiency and Organizational Stress
Ingredients for Healthy and Productive Work Environments
Work, Stress and Productivity
Organizational Effectiveness and Perceived Stress
Stress Intervention and Implications for Organizational Health and Productivity
QWC – Theory, Model and Applicability
Introduction to QWC
Theoretical Model
QWC Development
Application of QWC in Organizational Stress and Productivity Studies
Organizational and Employee Health Intervention in a Bank
Organizational and Employee Health During Organizational Changes
Organizational Health, Biological Markers and Productivity
Multiorganizational Assessments of Organizational and Employee Well-Being
Leadership and Employee Job Satisfaction and Organizational Performance
Implementation of Productive and Healthy Work Practices
References