Recent rapid economic growth in Ireland has been accompanied by a strong surge in the number of women in employment, and this has led to a significant increase in the proportion of dual-earner families. These changes have brought the issue of reconciliation between work and care commitments to...

Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den Arbeitsbedingungen unterschiedlicher Berufsgruppen. Grundlage des Berichtes sind die Daten des European Survey on Working Conditions aus den Jahren 2000 und 2005. Es zeigen sich einige bemerkenswerte Unterschiede zwischen den Berufsgruppen....

The Handbook of Stress in the Occupations sets a new agenda for stress research and gives fresh impetus to scholars who wish to focus on issues and problems associated with specific jobs, some of which have received little attention in the past. -- Written by researchers who are true experts in...

The objective of this series is to promote theory and research in the increasingly growing area of occupational stress, health and well being, and in the process, to bring together and showcase the work of the best researchers and theorists who contribute to this area. Our goal is to provide a...