Occupational Stress and Well-Being in Military Contexts

by Peter D. Harms, Pamela L. Perrewé

Overview

Volume 16 of Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being is focused on how stress and well-being shape the experiences of military personnel both in and out of the combat zone. The book examines the connections between life in or after the military and employee stress, health, and well being. 

Chapters in this volume include veterans’ transitions into the workplace, work-family issues for military couples as well as children of parents in the military, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychopathy and emotion, the role of stress and well-being on performance in the military, resilience and stress interventions in military organizations and the use of drugs by soldiers and veterans as a coping mechanism for chronic pain. 

The book showcases the work of the best researchers and theorists contributing to this field to provide a multidisciplinary and international collection that gives a thorough and critical assessment of knowledge, and major gaps in knowledge, on occupational stress and well being with a view to shaping future research both in military and civilian research literatures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787561847
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	08/22/2018
Series:	Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being , #16
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter D. Harms, is Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Alabama. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include the assessment and development of personality, psychological well-being, and leadership. 
Pamela L. Perrewé, is the Haywood and Betty Taylor Eminent Scholar of Business Administration and Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University. Pamela has focused her research interests in the areas of occupational stress, coping, organizational politics, emotion and social influence. She is the founding editor of the book series Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being.

Table of Contents

Preface: Peter D. Harms and Pamela L. Perrewé
1. Processing War: Similarities and Differences in PTSD Antecedents and Outcomes Between Military and Civilian War Survivors; Matt R. Leon, Holly Osburn, and Major Thomas Bellairs 
2. Cold-Blooded Killers? Re-Thinking Psychopathy in the Military; Karen Landay and Rachel E. Frieder 
3. Measuring Job Performance in the Army: Insights from Evidence on Civilian Stress and Health; Stacy Ann Hawkins, Loryana L. Vie, Pedro Wolf, Paul B. Lester, Kerry Whittaker, Jacob Hawkins, and Alycia Perez  
4. Work, Stress, and Health of Military Couples Across Transitions; Wylie Wan, Sarah Haverly, and Leslie Hammer
5. Fighting for Family: Considerations of Work-Family Conflict in Military Service Member Parents; Maura J. Mills and Leanne M. Tortez
6. Examining Veteran Transition to the Workplace Through Military Transition Theory; Sara Kintzle and Carl A. Castro  
7. Psychosocial Health Prevention Programs in Military Organizations: A Quantitative Review of the Evaluative Rigor Evidence; Adam J. Vanhove, Tiffany Brutus, and Kristin Sowden  
8. Pain in the Civilian and Military Workplace; Ethan Gossett and Peter D. Harms

Editorial Reviews

Scholars of business and psychology explore causes, consequences and experiences associated with stress and well-being of soldiers, veterans, and their family members. Their topics include processing war: similarities and differences in post-traumatic stress disorder antecedents and outcomes between military and civilian war survivors, measuring job performance in the army: insights from evidence on civilian stress and health, examining veteran transition to the workplace through military transition theory, and psychosocial health prevention programs in military organizations: a quantitative review of the evaluative rigor evidence.

Annotation ©2018

Scholars of business and psychology explore causes, consequences and experiences associated with stress and well-being of soldiers, veterans, and their family members. Their topics include processing war: similarities and differences in post-traumatic stress disorder antecedents and outcomes between military and civilian war survivors, measuring job performance in the army: insights from evidence on civilian stress and health, examining veteran transition to the workplace through military transition theory, and psychosocial health prevention programs in military organizations: a quantitative review of the evaluative rigor evidence.

Annotation ©2018