Resilience At Work

by Maddi, Salvatore R.

• ISBN13: 9780814472606
• ISBN10: 0814472605
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-04
• Publisher: Amacom Books

Summary

Why do some people remain so clam and collected in the face of looming deadlines, combative meetings, impending layoffs, and turbulent changes? And why are these seemingly unflappable people the ones who consistently get ahead in their lives and their careers?

Author Biography

"Salvatore R. Maddi obtained his doctorate in clinical psychology from Harvard University in 1960. He began developing the resilience and hardiness approach in 1975, and founded the Hardiness Institute in 1984. The author of nearly 100 papers, he is internationally recognized as a leader in psychology, and continues to win prestigious awards for his hardiness-based consulting and research work. An international survey in 1986 named him among the top 175 psychologists in the world.

Deborah M. Khoshaba has been a professional psychologist for the past fifteen years and is director of Program Development and Training at the Hardiness Institute. Deborah teaches graduate students in psychology at Pepperdine University, and lectures for psychology undergraduates at the University of California, at Irvine. Her professional activities and published works include the areas of resilience, coping, and human potential.

Organizations the authors have consulted to include Kawasaki, the University of Southern California, Illinois Bell Telephone, and Baxter HealthCare Corporation. They have appeared on CNN and in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. Both authors live in Laguna Beach, California."

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(6)
CHAPTER 1: Resilience in the Face of Change	7	(8)
CHAPTER 2: Researching Stress and Resiliency	15	(12)
CHAPTER 3: How Hardiness Promotes Resilience	27	(12)
CHAPTER 4: YOU Can Learn to Be Resilient	39	(10)
CHAPTER 5: Do You Have the Right Attitudes to Thrive in Adversity?	49	(16)
CHAPTER 6: Practicing Your Attitudes of Commitment, Control, and Challenge	65	(20)
CHAPTER 7: Transformational Coping: Turning Stressful Changes to Your Advantage	85	(22)
CHAPTER 8: Practicing Transformational Coping	107	(28)
CHAPTER 9: Social Support: Giving and Receiving Assistance and Encouragement	135	(20)
CHAPTER 10: Practicing Socially Supportive Interactions	155	(24)
CHAPTER 11: Strengthening Employee and Employer Ties	179	(12)
CHAPTER 12: How Companies Can Boost Resilience in Their Workers and in Themselves	191	(10)
Notes	201	(6)
Index	207