Work & Stress
Encyclopedia
Work & Stress is a peer-reviewed
academic journal
published four times per year by the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology
covering a broad range of research in occupational health psychology
. The journal publishes papers devoted to "the psychological, social and organizational aspects of occupational and environmental health, and stress and safety management."
accelerated, moving in a number of different directions. By the late 1990s, the journal's coverage, in response to the development of the field, expanded beyond the area of work and stress. In 1999, the European Academy for Occupational Health Psychology was founded and in 2000, the journal became associated with the Academy. The journal covers research and applications bearing on "the interactions among work, health, and organizations." Work & Stress publishes empirical papers, theoretical reviews, case studies, etc. A more detailed description of the historical development of the Work & Stress was published in 2009.
Peer review
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academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
published four times per year by the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology
European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology
The European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology is a pan-European organization that was established in 1999. It is the first organization of its kind in the world that is devoted to occupational health psychology....
covering a broad range of research in occupational health psychology
Occupational health psychology
Occupational health psychology emerged out of two distinct applied disciplines within psychology, health psychology and industrial/organizational psychology, and occupational health. OHP is concerned with the psychosocial characteristics of workplaces that contribute to the development of...
. The journal publishes papers devoted to "the psychological, social and organizational aspects of occupational and environmental health, and stress and safety management."
History
When the journal was first published in 1987, Work & Stress was devoted principally to that specific topic area in which interest was mounting at that period of time. In subsequent years, the development of the field of occupational health psychologyOccupational health psychology
Occupational health psychology emerged out of two distinct applied disciplines within psychology, health psychology and industrial/organizational psychology, and occupational health. OHP is concerned with the psychosocial characteristics of workplaces that contribute to the development of...
accelerated, moving in a number of different directions. By the late 1990s, the journal's coverage, in response to the development of the field, expanded beyond the area of work and stress. In 1999, the European Academy for Occupational Health Psychology was founded and in 2000, the journal became associated with the Academy. The journal covers research and applications bearing on "the interactions among work, health, and organizations." Work & Stress publishes empirical papers, theoretical reviews, case studies, etc. A more detailed description of the historical development of the Work & Stress was published in 2009.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is indexed in:- Current ContentsCurrent ContentsCurrent Contents is a rapid alerting service database from the Institute for Scientific Information, now part of Thomson Reuters, that is published online and in several different printed subject sections.-History:...
- Ergonomics Abstracts
- Human Resources Abstracts
- PASCALPASCAL (INIST database)PASCAL is a scientific bibliographic database, which is maintained by INIST, CNRS. PASCAL covers the core scientific literature in Science, Technology and Medicine with special emphasis on European literature....
- International Bibliography of the Social SciencesInternational Bibliography of the Social SciencesThe International Bibliography of the Social Sciences is a bibliography for social science and interdisciplinary research. The database focuses on the social science disciplines of anthropology, economics, politics and sociology, and related interdisciplinary subjects, such as development...
(IBSS) - PsycINFOPsycINFOPsycINFO is a database of abstracts of literature in the field of psychology. It is produced by the American Psychological Association and distributed on the association's and through third-party vendors. It is the electronic version of the now-ceased Psychological Abstracts...
- Occupational Safety and Health Database (OSH-DB)
- ScopusScopusScopus, officially named SciVerse Scopus, is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 18,000 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, including coverage of 16,500 peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical,...
- Social Science Citation Index
- Sociological Abstracts
See also
- Journal of Occupational Health PsychologyJournal of Occupational Health PsychologyThe Journal of Occupational Health Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly by the American Psychological Association...
- Society for Occupational Health PsychologySociety for Occupational Health PsychologyThe Society for Occupational Health Psychology is a learned society with as focal point the "generation, dissemination, and application of scientific knowledge in order to improve worker health and well-being." The goals of the society are threefold. First, SOHP promotes psychological research on...