Stress and Work

Satish Pandey, PhD, is currently working with School of Petroleum Management (SPM), Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, as Associate Professor in Organizational Behavior and HRM area, since August 2007. He has done PhD in Psychology from Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar (Uttarakhand), in 1995. He has around 16 years’ teaching and research experience at various institutions. Prior to joining SPM, he has worked with reputed institutions like Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA), Nirma Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, Mumbai (IBPS), and Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. He has presented papers in national and international academic conferences, and published papers in refereed journals and edited books on topics related to stress management, personality, organizational culture, cross-cultural management, organizational turnaround, organizational learning, and behavior change communication.D M Pestonjee, PhD, is currently associated with School of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, as GSPL Chair Professor since July 2009. He is also associated with CEPT University, Ahmedabad, as Dean, Faculty of Applied Management. He has served at eminent institutions like IIM, Ahmedabad and Banaras Hindu University. He is a psychologist having PhD in Industrial Psychology from the Aligarh Muslim University and he was conferred the D.Litt. (Honoris Causa) by the Banaras Hindu University in April 2003. In November, 2000, he was conferred the title of Honorary Professor of the Albert Schweitzer International University, Geneva (Switzerland). He was awarded the Albert Schweitzer Medal for Science and Peace in April 2004. He has over four decades of teaching and research experience. Among his better known works are: Organization Structure and Job Attitudes (1973), Behavioral Processes in Organization (1981), Second Handbook of Psychological and Social Instruments (1988), Third Handbook of Psychological and Social Instruments (1997), Studies in Organizational Roles and Stress and Coping (1997), Studies in Stress and Its Management (1999), and the celebrated Stress and Coping: The Indian Experience (1992, 2002).

While most stress theories originate in Western countries, this book is based on research, conducted in India, and was written by prominent Indian scholars, working in a variety of academic and business organizations.

• Foreword - Cary L CooperPrefaceIntroduction - D M Pestonjee and Satish PandeyThe Neuropsychology of Stress - Jamuna Rajeshwaran and Cathelyn N BennetI: OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND BURNOUTLearned Helplessness and Organizational Role Stress - Fakir Mohan SahooRole Stress among Varied Occupational Groups - Parvaiz Talib and Irfana RashidExecutive Burnout: Prediction & Prevention through HR Interventions - Radha R SharmaStress in Extreme Conditions: A Military Perspective - Updesh Kumar, Vijay Prakash and Manas MandalII: WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT AND STRESSWork-Family Conflict in India: Test of a Causal Model - Ujvala Rajadhyaksha and Kamla RamadossWork Stress, Work-Family Conflict, and Health: A Multilevel Perspective - Kamla RamadossGender Issues in Work & Stress - Shubhra P Gaur and Shikha S JainIII: POSITIVE MANAGEMENT OF STRESSCoping with Stress - Paulomi Sudhir and Arathi TaksalFlourishing at Work - Seema Mehrotra and Ravikesh TripathiIV: STRESS AND SPIRITUALITYExistential Rhythm, Spiritual Synergy, and Spiritual Immunity: Spiritual Approaches to Stress Management - Akbar HusainManaging Constructive and Destructive Emotions: Indian Psycho- spiritual Perspective - Mala SinhaVipasana Meditation Reduces Stress and Strain: An Empirical Study - D GopalakrishanaMethodological Issues in Stress Research: Challenges, Concerns, and Directions - Satish Pandey, Shubhra P Gaur and D M PestonjeeEpilogue: The Road Ahead - Satish Pandey and D M PestonjeeIndex