Conference Abstracts
Friday, March 12, 1999
2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

1. Arousal to Darkness and Type A Behavior in Professional Drivers - Reza Emdad, PhD, Division for Psychosocial Factors and Health at the Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, and the National Institute for Psychosocial Factors and Health, Stockholm, Sweden

2. Personal and Work-Related Predictors of Consistent Cortisol Responding - Simone Grebner, DipPsych, University of Berne, Switzerland

3. Differential Impact of Stressors on Self-Esteem, Somatic Complaints and Immunoglobulin A - R.K. Premarajan, XLRI, Jamshedpur, India

4. Association of Job Stressors With Sleep Quality in Japanese Factory Workers - Akinori Nakata, DMSc, Division of Work Stress Control, National Institute of Industrial Health, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Japan

1. The SWS-International Survey of Work Stress and Mental Health - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chairs: Robert F. Ostermann, PhD, School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ; and Rodolfo E. Gutierrez, PhD, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

2. The SWS Stress/Support Mode - Robert F. Ostermann, PhD, School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ

3. Development of the SWS Survey: An International, Research Instrument - Rodolfo E. Gutierrez, PhD, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

4. Significant Gender Differences and Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Stress and Mental Health in 20 Countries - Tayyab Rashid, MSc, Government College, Lahore, Pakistan

5. Conceptualizations of Good and Poor Mental Health: Distinct Components Within Organizational Levels - Rodolfo E. Gutierrez, PhD, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

1. Participation and Health Promotion Teams for Improving the Psychosocial Work Environment - Anna-Liisa Elo, PhD, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Vantaa, Finland

2. Process and Outcome in Two Worksite Stress Management Interventions - Frank W. Bond, PhD, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

3. The Impact of a Participatory Organizational Intervention on Job Stress in Community Health Care Institutions - Aslaug Mikkelsen, PhD, Rogaland Research, Stavanger, Norway

4. New Management Concepts for New Types of Work Organization - Bernhard Zimolong, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany

1. Overwork: Causes and Consequences - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Anne S. Kasper, PhD, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Washington, DC

2. The Historical Origins of the Time Famine - Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt, PhD, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

3. Road Rage or Road Benefits? Relationships With Demographics - Barbara Curbow, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

4. Maternity Leave, Women, and Overwork: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? - Janey Shibley Hyde, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

5. Working Too Hard: A Mismatch Model of Burnout - Christina Maslach, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

1. Workload, Stress, and Risks for Injury in Hazardous Work Environments - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Ted Scharf, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH

2. Application of the NIOSH-UK Stress and Injury Model to The Construction Industry - Pamela Kidd, RN, PhD, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

3. Learning From Research and the Experience of Mine Workers: An Approach for Integrating Safety With Efficiency - Kathleen M. Kowalski, PhD, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Saftey and Health, Pittsburgh, PA; and G.T. Lineberry, PhD, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

4. The Relationship Between Safety Climate, Injuries, and Exposures in Health Care Workers - Robyn Gershon, MHS, DrPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

5. Workload, Decision Making, and Safe Work Practices on Colorado Family Farms - Ted Scharf, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH

1. Conducting Work Organization Interventions: An IRS, NIOSH, and NTEU Collaborative Model - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chairs: Lawrence M. Schleifer, EdD, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC; and Naomi Swanson, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH

2. Modernizing the Internal Revenue Service: The Role of Work Organization Interventions - Lawrence M. Schleifer, EdD, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC

3. The Labor-Management Process in Work Organization Intervention: A Union Perspective - Mark L. Gray, National Treasury Employees Union, Washington, DC

4. The Labor-Management Process in Work Organization Intervention: An IRS Perspective - John P. Martin, JD, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC

5. Three Studies of Rest Break Interventions for IRS Data Transcribers - Traci Galinsky, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH

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