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Best Advice on Stress Risk Management in the Workplace - Part 2

2000
ISBN: 0-662-29236-7
Cat. No.: H39-546/2000E

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Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Introduction
• What Do We Know About the Organizational Sources of Stress?
  • Stress and the Ingredients of Mental Health
  • Stress and Threats to Mental Health
  • Stress, Strain and Personal Resources
  • Some Stressors are "Riskier" than Others
  • Demand/Control Model: Working Definitions
  • Effort/Reward Imbalance Model: Working Definitions
  • General Model of Influences on Wellness in the Workplace: Explanation
  • The Strain-Illness Connection: Explanation
  • Fairness at Work: The Missing Link
  • Do Employers Have a Duty to be Fair?
  • Special Note: How Excessive Stress Can Lead to Accidents and Injuries
  • Special Note: How Excessive Stress Can Lead to Conflict
  • Stress, Health and Safety: Emerging Facts
  • Relationships Between Harms and Costs
  • Summary of What We Know
• What Are the Implications of This Knowledge?
  • Production of Stress and Management Choices
  • The "Diligent Alternative" for Managing Stress Risk
  • Is There a Legal Duty to Abate Excessive Stress at Source Under Occupational Health and Safety Rules Concerning Due Diligence?
  • The Stewardship Case for Managing Stress Risk
• What Can We Do to Abate Stress (Manage Stress Risk) in the Workplace?
  • What Managers Can Do
  • What Partners Can Do
  • Conclusion
• Bibliography

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