Stress and Suffering at Work - The Role of Culture and Society (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This edited collection explores different strands of social constructionist theory and methods to provide a critique of the prevailing discourse of work stress, and introduces a radical new approach to conceptualizing suffering at work. Over the last three decades, stress and other forms of suffering at work (including burn-out, bullying, and issues relating to work-life balance) have emerged as important social and medical problems in Western countries. However, stress is a contested category, not (as many argue) a well-defined clinical, biological and psychological state that affects people in the same way in different cultures and at different times. Thus, a social constructionist perspective helps to shed light on new approaches to prevention and interventions of work stress. This book will be of great interest for students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, social history, history of science, psychology, communication and management, as well as to practitioners (doctors and psychologists), policy makers and employers.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	February 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Marc Loriol
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-005875-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Occupational & industrial psychology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups
LSN:	3-03-005875-1
Barcode:	9783030058753

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