Continuous activity and high job demands surround corporate environments. These demands are consideredto be key triggers for workers’ stress-related symptoms and poor health. It has been estimated by the AmericanInstitute of Stress (AIS) that US$ 300 billion/year are spent on conditions related to excessive stress levels.Of course, occupational stressors are an unavoidable part of working life. Experienced stress has helpedus to survive for thousands of years and keeps us vigilant under critical situations. Of course, too much experiencedstress can lead to serious psychological and physical health problems. This book is devoted to examiningimportant issues related to coping with and preventing elevated occupational stress. This book alsoexamines individual differences and organizational cultures that might exacerbate or mitigate experiencedstress.If we consider all choices available, it is better to prevent than to treat. Prevention can be primary, when we prevent the stress-generating situation fromoccurring; secondary, when we provide alternatives to minimize the damage caused by the problem and tertiary, which involves containing losses thathave occurred to prevent them from becoming more serious. This book on stress prevention and coping with stress is intended to assist occupationalhealth professionals and academics to improve their abilities to help employees managing stress, but it also can be helpful for individual workers asthey learn to better handle stressors at work. The research findings and views presented by these well-respected leaders in stress research provide toolsfor those currently experiencing workplace stress and supplies information concerning how stress can be prevented before it occurs.
