Commuting Stress

Author : Meni Koslowsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475797656
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commuting Stress written by Meni Koslowsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several people have asked what motivated us to write a book about commut ing, something that we all do but over which we have very little control. As a matter of fact, the general reaction from professional colleagues and friends alike was first a sort of knowing smile followed by some story. Everyone has a story about a personal commuting experience. Whether it was a problem with a delayed bus, a late arrival, broken-down automobiles, hot trains or subways, during the past year we have heard it all. Many of these stories must be apocryphal because, if they were all true, it is amazing that anyone ever arrived at work on time, at home, or at some other destination. The interest for us likely stems from many factors that over the years have probably influenced our thinking. All of the authors studied and/or grew up in the New York City metropolitan area. For illustration, let's devote a few paragraphs to describing some of the senior author's (Koslowsky's) life experiences. As a young man in New York City, he was a constant user of the New York City subway system. The whole network was and still is quite impressive. For a relatively small sum, one can spend the whole day and night in an underground world (growing up in New York often makes one think that the whole world is contained in its five boroughs).

Author : Meni Koslowsky
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113474238X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modelling the Stress-Strain Relationship in Work Settings written by Meni Koslowsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-02-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meni Koslowsky presents here for the first time a way of modelling stress-strain that will enable researchers to both assess examples from the literature and correctly define and use the model in their own investigations. All stages from construction of the model to data analysis are covered, along with possible pitfalls. This book enables investigators to develop and test models for describing stress phenomena in their own settings. It provides an essential research tool for all those who assess stress and strain in their working lives.

Author : Leo Goldberger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781451602333
Total Pages : 819 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Stress, 2nd Ed written by Leo Goldberger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 819 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting authoritative, up-to-date information in convenient handbook form, this premier reference covers an extensive range of current topics on the causes, symptoms, and treatments of stress. In this second edition, new chapters have been added on crime victimization, sexual abuse, multiple roles, gender and distress, AIDS, chronic illness, aging, the burnout phenomenon, psychosomatic disorders, biomedical indices of stress, and more. New research has been added dealing with personality emotion and stress, cognitive processes, depression, bereavement, work-stress, post-traumatic stress reponse, alcoholism, stress management, and more.

Author : Richard Wener
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Mode and Mode Transfer on Commuter Stress written by Richard Wener and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Yair Amichai-Hamburger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139481053
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and Psychological Well-being written by Yair Amichai-Hamburger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the modern world we are surrounded by technology. Gadgets such as cell phones, portable computers, and electronic diaries accompany us throughout the day. But is this a good thing? Are we being served by these technological wonders, or have we become enslaved by them? Does constant availability via technology make us more efficient or more stressed? Is our ability to connect with others all over the world, day or night, making us more sociable or turning us into recluses in a virtual world? This book considers the impact of technology on the different spheres of our life - work, home, family and leisure - and assesses ways in which to build better communication between technology developers and society to ensure that technology enhances our lives and psychological well-being, rather than damaging them.

Author : Richard Wener
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Mode and Mode Transfers on Commuter Stress written by Richard Wener and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christina Lindkvist Scholten
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030050424
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Integrating Gender into Transport Planning written by Christina Lindkvist Scholten and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection brings together feminist research on transport and planning from different epistemologies, with the intention to contribute to a more holistic transport planning practice. With a feminist perspective on transport policy and planning, the volume insists on the political character of transport planning and policy, and challenges gender-blindness in a policy area that impacts the everyday lives of women, men, girls, and boys. The chapters discuss everyday mobility as an embodied and situated activity in both conceptual and theoretical ways and suggest practical tools for change. The contributions of this collection are threefold: integrating gender research and transport planning, combining quantitative and qualitative gender research perspectives and methods, and highlighting the need to acknowledge the politicization of transport planning and transport practice.

Author : Tony Cassidy
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135472106
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Psychology written by Tony Cassidy and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text contains an up-to-date survey of theory, research and practice in environmental psychology, drawing on international literature. It adopts the perspective that physical and social factors are inextricably linked in their influence on human behaviour and experience and that the world in which we live is changed and often damaged by human action.; Throughout the text, the issues which are important in contemporary psychology, such as levels of explanation, methodological diversity and the relationship between psychology and other disciplines, are brought to the fore. The text covers established areas of environmental concern and also brings together research on rarely covered topics, such as the effects of smell, colour and light, and the way in which physical environments influence social identity.

Author : Ryan Jenkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197639194
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Autonomous Vehicle Ethics written by Ryan Jenkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A runaway trolley is speeding down a track" So begins what is perhaps the most fecund thought experiment of the past several decades since its invention by Philippa Foot. Since then, moral philosophers have applied the "trolley problem" as a thought experiment to study many different ethical conflicts - and chief among them is the programming of autonomous vehicles. Nowadays, however, very few philosophers accept that the trolley problem is a perfect analogy for driverless cars or that the situations autonomous vehicles face will resemble the forced choice of the unlucky bystander in the original thought experiment. This book represents a substantial and purposeful effort to move the academic discussion beyond the trolley problem to the broader ethical, legal, and social implications that autonomous vehicles present. There are still urgent questions waiting to be addressed, for example: how AVs might interact with human drivers in mixed or "hybrid" traffic environments; how AVs might reshape our urban landscapes; what unique security or privacy concerns are raised by AVs as connected devices in the "Internet of Things"; how the benefits and burdens of this new technology, including mobility, traffic congestion, and pollution, will be distributed throughout society; and more. An attempt to map the landscape of these next-generation questions and to suggest preliminary answers, this volume draws on the disciplines of philosophy, sociology, economics, urban planning and transportation engineering, business ethics and more, and represents a global range of perspectives.

Author : Sarah H. Norgate
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000042693
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flexible Work written by Sarah H. Norgate and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flexible Work: Designing Our Healthier Future Lives examines flexible working through the lens of social science, in particular using psychological perspective to address not only what forms of flexible working there are and how they are evolving but also their prospect in the future of work. Bringing together views from thought-leaders and underpinned by research evidence, this book addresses two of the most fundamental business challenges for large and medium organisations – mental health and productivity – calling for the bridging of science and policy to design flexible working for our future healthier lives. Growing from these foundations, this book explains the latest landscape in flexible working, looking at employee psychological health and productivity, including showing up for work sick. Perspectives are provided from around the world on leadership, line management, ‘over attachment’ with technology, commuting, skill-based inequality and control over working time. Readers are offered insights into the relevance of flexible working for a diverse workforce – invisible disabilities, disabilities, older workers and blended families. Throughout, the book offers suggestions for shaping future policy, practice and research. Each chapter concludes with recommendations, making this essential reading for students, academics, human resource practitioners, policy-influencers, policymakers and professionals interested in flexible work.