The Stress Detrimental Factors and Combating Strategies
- New Delhi Rawat Prakashan 2019
- 264p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Introduction to stress ..........1 Meaning and Definition, Nature of Stress.............12 Approaches to Stress..........17 Good stress, Bad stress................19 Good stress V/S Bad Stress: The construct of Eustress and Distruss ..........23 Occupational Stress.........27 2. Stress manifestation ..............38 Stages of Stress .............38 Signs of Stress at work ..........40 Personality types and impact of Stress on them ...........46 Stress and cognitive functioning ..........55 Behavioral Manifestation ........56 3. Sources of Stress.........72 General sources of Stress .............72 Psychological and Physiological Illnesses..................78 Sources of Managerial Stress..........99 Stress and thought process learning ...............104 4. Assessment of Stress ........117 Stress assessment tests .........117 Stress meter .........117 Nominal stress............124 Biotic stress.......132 Stress management ...138 Stress diary ..........149 Becoming change skilled ........149 Time management ........151 Adopting a Healthy lifestyle .........156 Right Attitude ..........159 Thought awareness...............164 Imaginary ....167 Learning to Relax ............171 Correct breathing ........175 Value and Goal Planning ...........175 The Individuals ten Commandments for Effective stress management ..........188 6. Organizations and Stress management ........190 Recognize the signs .........191 Stress and coping .............192 Group processes and changing values for Understandig and coping with stress .........205 7. Stress and role conflict ............222 Role Stress........226 Reasons for Role stress ...............231 8. Stress and leadership .......245 Leadership styles in Stressful and non-Stressful Situations ..........245 Decision- making ..........253