The role of the self and identification with an organisation as factors influencing work-related stress: Implications for helping

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This paper describes the result of a qualitative study designed to explore how experience of work-related stress is connected with the way individuals construct their self, their relationship with the organisation and their coping strategies. Seven university lecturers with different degrees of experienced stress were interviewed. This paper describes two emerged themes: the role of self-image and identification with an organisation. Analysis of two sub-themes on ‘ambitions’ and ‘competitiveness’ identified a tendency suggesting that the importance of self-image for the individuals may contribute to their vulnerability to stress. This paper also proposes that there is a relationship between the degree of identification with the organisation and participants’ experience of stress. It is argued that awareness of individual differences in terms of the identified factors by individuals and by those who provide support in their coping process is of crucial importance.View full textDownload full textKeywordswork-related stress, vulnerability to stress, self-image, ambition, competitiveness, identification, coping, coachingRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2012.658758