Prof Co-edits Book on Workplace Stress

Newswise — Questions about the causes or sources of work stress have been the subject of considerable research, as well as public fascination, for several decades, according to Dr. Kevin Kelloway.

Dr. Kelloway, who is a management professor in the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, NS, Canada) and Director of the University's CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, is the co-editor of a newly released book by SAGE Publications - The Handbook of Work Stress. Julian Barling, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, and Michael Frone, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA, are also co-editors of this book which is now on sale in bookstores world-wide.

“The book focuses on work stressors that have been studied for decades, like organizational-role stressors, work schedules, as well as stressors that have received less empirical and public scrutiny, such as industrial-relations stress, organizational politics,” explains Dr. Kelloway.

“The work also addresses stressors in the workplace that have become relevant more recently, such as with terrorism, a horrific reality in today’s working world and society overall.”

The Handbook of Work Stress also covers issues related to gender, cultural or national origin, older and younger workers, and employment status, and asks how these characteristics might affect the experience of workplace stress. Additionally, the book also accents the adverse consequences of diverse work stressors and addresses questions possible health consequences of work stressors.

The Handbook of Work Stress is essential reading for researchers in the fields of industrial and organizational psychology, human resources, health psychology, public health, and employee assistance, according to a number of academics from around the world, such as Dr. James Campbell Quick from the University of Texas at Arlington (USA), and Toby Wall, University of Sheffield (UK), among others.

“Julian Barling, Kevin Kelloway and Michael Frone have succeeded in producing a special handbook. By marshalling contributions from many of the world’s leading experts, they deliver authoritative accounts of the many facets of work stress that both cover traditional areas of interest and open up innovative perspectives. This book is a must for anyone seriously interested in stress at work,” states Wall.

Quick indicates that “This leading international editorial team has assembled a world-class array of research scholars in what is destined to be the classic handbook resource on work stress…. Most impressive is the new knowledge about emerging causes of stress in the dramatically changing world of work and the concerns of special populations in the global workplace.”

Dr. Kelloway is also the co-author of six other popular books, including Using LISREL for Structural Equation Modelling: A Researcher's Guide (SAGE Publications, 1998).

Saint Mary’s University is known for its community outreach projects, both in Canada and around the world. Saint Mary's University, founded in 1802, is home to one of Canada's leading business schools, a Science Faculty widely known for its cutting-edge research, a comprehensive and innovative Arts Faculty and a new Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research.