Managing Stress: Emotion And Power At Work - Couverture souple

Newton, Tim; Handy, Jocelyn; Fineman, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803986440 ISBN 13 : 9780803986442

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

This volume provides a thought-provoking and timely alternative to prevailing approaches to stress at work. These invariably present stress as a 'fact of modern life' and assume it is the individual

who must take primary responsibility for his or her capacity - or incapacity - to cope.

This book, by contrast, sets stress at work in the context of wider debates about emotion, subjectivity and power in organizations, viewing it as an emotional product of the social and political features of work and organizational life.

Tim Newton analyzes the historical development of the dominant `stress discourse' in modern psychology and elsewhere. Drawing on a range of perspectives - from labour process theory to the work

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tim Newton is Lecturer in Organization Studies in the Department of Business Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Jocelyn Handy is Lecturer in Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand.

Stephen Fineman is Reader in Organizational Behaviour in the School of Management at the University of Bath.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

For Sociology cataloguesThis book provides a thought-provoking and timely alternative to prevailing approaches to stress at work which invariably adopt a highly individualistic model of its causes and appropriate management. Stress is deemed a `fact of modern life' and it is the individual who must take primary responsibility for his or her capacity - or incapacity - to cope, outside or inside the workplace.Stress at work in addressed in this book in the context of wider debates about emotion, subjectivity and power in organizations. The book analyzes the historical development of the dominant `stress discourse' in modern psychology and elsewhere. Alternatively possibilities for understanding stress at work are then presented, drawing on a range of perspectives including the work of Foucault and Elias. A cogent critique of typical stress management interventions in organizations is outlined, and finally the authors explore various ways of `rewriting' stress at work, including recognition of its gendered nature, and that stressful work experiences can be collectively produced and reproduced.Through its exploration of Foucauldian and Eliasian perspectives on stress and emotion, the book is of particular relevance to current debates concerned with the sociology of the body.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803986440
• ISBN 13: 9780803986442
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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