Organizational Stress

Christina G. L. Nerstad is Professor of Organizational Psychology/Organizational Behaviour at the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour, BI Norwegian Business School. Her research activities are in the areas of occupational health psychology, organizational psychology/organizational behaviour, and human resource management focusing on the motivational determinants of achievement, stress, health, and well-being at work. Her work has been published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Human Resource Management, and she has written several book chapters which are published by both national and international publishers. She is involved in research collaboration projects with a number of organizations, and she teaches various topics at Ph.D., executive, Master of Science, and bachelor programs.

Ingvild M. Seljeseth is a clinical psychologist graduated from the University of Oslo in 2008. She earned her Ph.D. in Leadership and Organizational Behavior from the Norwegian Business School BI in 2018. Seljeseth is currently an Associate professor at Department of Leadership and Organization, Kristiania University College, and an Adjunct Professor at Department of Communication and Culture, BI Norwegian Business School. Seljeseth academical work centers on social hierarchies, leadership, and stress. Prior, Seljeseth worked as an organizational psychologist assisting clients in selecting and developing leaders and management teams.

Astrid M. Richardsen is Professor Emerita at BI Norwegian Business School, where she was Head of Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior from 2007-2015. She was founder and Associate Dean for the MSc program in Leadership and Organizational Psychology from 2003-2016. Research interests have been mainly in the area of occupational health, focusing on job stress, burnout, work engagement, and work and organizational outcomes, and she has held several research grants to study these issues. Her work encompasses papers in international and national journals, as well as several edited books and book chapters. She has been an advisor to private and public organizations on the antecedents and consequences of occupational stress and how to confront such problems. She now lives in Canada and divides her time between grandchildren, creative pursuits, and academic work.

Cary L. Cooper is the 50^th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), former President of RELATE and President of the Institute of Welfare.  He was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, former Editor of the scholarly journal Stress and Health and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management, now in its' 3^rd Edition. He has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and wellbeing, was Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease of the World Economic Forum (2009-2010) (then served for 5 years on the Global Agenda Council for mental health of the WEF) and was Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences 2009-2015. He was Chair of the Sunningdale Institute in the Cabinet Office and National School of Government 2005-2010. Professor Cooper is currently the Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work (comprised of 40 global companies eg BP, Microsoft, NHS Executive, UK government (wellbeing lead) , Rolls Royce, John Lewis Partnership, etc.). Professor Cooper is the author/editor of over 250 books in the field of occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work, and occupational stress.  He was awarded the CBE by the Queen for his contributions to occupational health; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.

Philip Dewe is an Emeritus Professor at Birkbeck, University of London. He has written widely on work stress and coping. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, and Birkbeck, University of London.

Michael P. O'Driscoll is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, where he taught courses in organizational psychology and organizational research methods for over 35 years. His primary research interests were job stress and coping, including workplace bullying, and work-life balance, and more generally the relationship between work and health. Since his retirement in 2017 he has actively contributed to Grey Power, an organisation which advocates for the health and well-being of older people in New Zealand.

What price do organizations and nations pay for a poor fit between employees and their work environments?

Negative stress imposes a high cost on individual health and well-being as well as organizational health and productivity. This comprehensive textbook examines the definitions of job-related stress and the methods used to assess levels and consequences of occupational stress, along with strategies that may be used by individuals and organizations to confront negative stress and its associated problems.

From sources of stress to organizational interventions, and from job-related burnout to coping with stress, Organizational Stress gives the reader whether researcher, student, or practitioner a basis for tailoring work environments which contribute to the health and well-being of individuals, organizations, and even the societies in which they live.

This new edition has been updated to reflect the most relevant research in the field of organisational stress, including a completely new chapter on stress and the brain. It also focusses on the future of work in our rapidly changing world dealing with contemporary contexts such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of the gig economy.

Christina G.L. Nerstad is a Professor at BI Norwegian Business School
Ingvild M. Seljeseth is an Associate Professor at Kristiania University College
Astrid M. Richardsen is Professor Emerita at BI Norwegian Business School
Cary L Cooper is a Professor at Alliance Manchester Business School
Philip J. Dewe is Emeritus Professor at Birkbeck, University of London
Michael P. O'Driscoll is Emeritus Professor at University of Waikato

This book represents a comprehensive review of relevant research into sources and consequences of work stress, enabling leaders, researchers and practitioners to implement interventions that address these outcomes and to engage in preventative initiatives in the workplace in order to bring benefits to individuals and organizations.