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

Michael P. O’Driscoll and Cary L. Cooper

Chapter 26 in From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 2, 2013, pp 48-61 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: 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).

Keywords: Coping Strategy; Critical Incident; Coping Response; Role Stressor; Coping Process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137309341_4

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