50 things you can do today to manage stress at work. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Fifty things you can do today to manage stress at work
• Further Information: Note: By Cary Cooper and Howard Kahn.
• Other Names: Cooper, Cary L; Kahn, Howard, 1944-
• Contents: Front Cover; Acknowledgements; Other titles in the Personal Health Guides series include:; Contents; Authors' Note; Chapter 1 -- About Stress at Work; What is stress?; The short-term outcomes of stress; The 50 most-quoted causes of stress at work; Chapter 2 -- The Job Itself; 1. How to cope when you have too much work to do; 2. How to cope when you have too little work to do; 3. How to keep up with the pace of work; 4. How to deal with shift work; 5. How to deal with deadlines; 6. What to do if your computer at work is making you stressed; 7. How to remain calm when your computer malfunctions. 8. How to make attending meetings less stressful9. How to get more pay; 10. How to cope with working in an open-plan office; 11. How to cope with a dull, boring, repetitive job; Chapter 3 -- Your Role in the Organisation; 12. Take control of your workload; 13. What to do if your role in the organisation is ambiguous; 14. How to overcome role conflict; 15. What to do if people disapprove of your role; Chapter 4 -- Your Career Development; 16. How to deal with the strain of a promotion; 17. How to cope with job insecurity; 18. How to cope with being over-promoted -- or under-promoted. 19. How to overcome any lack of training20. How to cope with giving a presentation; Chapter 5 -- Relationships at Work; 21. How to deal with your emotions at work; 22. How to obtain interpersonal support at work; 23. How to deal with bullying and harassment at work; 24. What to do if your ideas are always rejected; 25. How to cope with sacking people; 26. How to get on with your colleagues; 27. How to motivate your colleagues; Chapter 6 -- The Climate and Culture of your Organisation; 28. What to do if the structure of your organisation is causing you stress. 29. How to increase your commitment to the organisation30. How to change the organisational culture; 31. Office politics and how to cope with it; 32. How to deal with favouritism in the workplace; 33. How to make sure there is no discrimination in your workplace; 34. How to deal with violence at work; 35. How to cope with political correctness in the workplace; 36. How you can get the organisation to be more committed to you; Chapter 7 -- Work-Life Balance; 37. Use flexible working to improve your work-life balance; 38. How to cope with travelling to and from work. 39. How to keep your work and personal life separateChapter 8 -- Personal strategies; 40. Use your breathing to cope with stress; 41. Control your stress by using biofeedback; 42. Use autogenic training to relax and manage your stress; 43. Talk to yourself (positively) and relieve your stress; 44. How to use progressive relaxation to manage your stress; 45. Use visualisation to help you cope with stress; 46. How an employee assistance programme (EAP) can help you to manage your stress; 47. Use neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to manage your stress.
• Publisher Details: Chichester : Summersdale
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (183 pages)
• Subjects: 158.72; Job stress; Conflict management; Stress dû au travail; Gestion des conflits; PSYCHOLOGY -- Industrial & Organizational Psychology; SELF-HELP -- Stress Management; Conflict management; Job stress
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857658456; 9780857658432; 0857658433
• Related ISBNs: 085765845X; 9781849533423; 1849533423
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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