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Gender, work stress, and health /

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Provides valuable and timely insights on the issue of gender differences and work stress. The authors examine a wide range of contemporary and cutting-edge topics in their exploration of these themes, including glass ceilings/maternal walls, marginalization of part-time work, tokenism, social-sexual...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nelson, Debra L., 1956-, Burke, Ronald J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Assoc., 2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Job stress > Health aspects.
Sex role > Health aspects.
Sex factors in disease.
Stress, Psychological.
Gender Identity.
Sex Factors.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A framework for examining gender, work stress, and health / Debra L. Nelson, Ronald J. Burke
  • Managerial stress : are women more at risk? / Sandra L. Fielden, Cary L. Cooper
  • Men, masculinity, and health / Ronald J. Burke
  • Women and corporate restructuring : sources and consequences of stress / Rekha Karambayya
  • Assessing the role of negative affectivity in occupational stress research : does gender make a difference? / Steve M. Jex, Gary A. Adams, Michele L. Ehler
  • Work stress, coping, and social support : implications for women's occupational well-being / Esther R. Greenglass
  • Do men and women benefit from social support equally? : Results from a field examination within the work and family context / Pamela L. Perrewé, Dawn S. Carlson
  • The allocation of time to work and family roles / Jeffrey H. Greenhaus, Saroj Parasuraman
  • Gender asymmetry in crossover research / Mina Westman
  • Reduced work arrangements for managers and professionals : a potential solution to conflicting demands / Marcia Brumit Kropf
  • Reduced-load work arrangements : response to stress or quest for integrity of functioning? / Mary Dean Lee, Shelley M. MacDermid, Michelle L. Buck
  • An affirmative defense : the preventive management of sexual harassment / Myrtle P. Bell, Cyndy S. Cycyota, James Campbell Quick
  • Do family-friendly policies fulfill their promise? : An investigation of their impact on work-family conflict and work and personal outcomes / Hazel M. Rosin, Karen Korabik
  • New directions for studying gender, work stress, and health / Debra L. Nelson, Ronald J. Burke, Susan Michie.