Working papers
Occupational stress and stress prevention in specific occupations
Occupational stress can no longer be considered an occasional, personal problem to be remedied with palliatives. It is becoming an increasingly global phenomenon, affecting all categories of workers, all workplaces and all countries. This trend - coupled with its rising cost to the individual, to industry and to society as a whole - has greatly heightened awareness of the need for effective and innovative ways of tackling stress.
Stress prevention at the workplace has proved particularly effective in combating stress, by attacking its roots and causes, rather than merely treating its effects. In line with such an approach, this series of working papers is aimed at providing concrete advice on how to prevent stress in specific occupations particularly exposed to stress. For each occupation considered, the paper indicates a number of preventive measures targeted to the elimination of the causes of stress, rather than the treatment of its effects, and how these measures can become an integral part of the necessary organizational development of a sound enterprise and eventually pay for themselves.
The series includes the following working papers:
The series includes the following working papers:
- Dr. V.J Sutherland and Profesor C.L. Cooper,
University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Stress prevention in the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry - Professor G. Costa, University of Verona, Italy
Occupational stress and stress prevention in air traffic control - Professor T. Cox and Dr. A. Griffiths, Nottingham University, United Kingdom
Professor S. Cox, Loughborough University of Technology, United Kingdom
Work-related stres in nursing: Controlling the risk to health - Professor M.A.J Kompier, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
Occupational stress and stress prevention for bus drivers - Dr. S. Kvamström, Asea Brown Boveri, Sweden
Stress prevention for blue-collar workers in assembly-line production