Conference Abstracts--Thursday, March 11, 1999: 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

"From Regulation and Policy to Practice: Organizational Approaches to Stress"

  1. The Management of Occupational Stress - A Guide for Managers - Meryl Stanton, Chief Executive Officer, Comcare, Australia

  2. Work Stress and Other Organization of Work Issues - Engaging the Occupational Medical Community - Richard A. Lippin, MD, Chair, Occupational Mental Health Committee, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Arlington Heights, IL

  3. The Business Response to Biopsychosocial Needs of Employees: A National Survey of Benefits Managers - Mark Attridge, PhD, Optum (Division of United HealthCare Corporation), Minneapolis, MN

  4. Organizational Prerequisites for the Implementation of Systematic Health, Environment, and Safety Work in Enterprises - Kjell Nytro, SINTEF Institute of Social Research in Industry, Trondheim, Norway

"Reconsidering Burnout in a Global Economy"

  1. Reconsidering Burnout in a Global Economy - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Michael P. Leiter, PhD, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada

  2. The Impact on Staff Members of a Hospital Merger in Dublin - Michael P. Leiter, PhD, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada

  3. Rethinking Job Burnout - Christina Maslach, PhD, Psychology Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA

  4. Do Occupation-Specific Burnout Profiles Exist? - Wilmar B. Schaufeli, PhD, Psychology Department, Utrecht University, Netherlands

  5. An Examination of the Relationship Between Emotional Labor and the Dimensions of Burnout - Celeste M. Brotheridge, PhD, University of Manitoba, Canada

"Worksite Stress Management and Mental Health"

  1. Worksite Stress Management and Mental Health - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Peter Muehrer, PhD, Health and Behavioral Science Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, MD

"Dispartities in Occupational Safety and Health of Minorities: A Roundtable Debate"

  1. Dispartities in Occupational Safety and Health of Minorities: A Roundtable Debate - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chairs: Vincent R. Nathan, PhD, MPH, and Gwendolyn Cattledge, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Atlanta, GA

"Union Perspectives on Job Stress"

  1. Union Perspectives on Job Stress - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: David LeGrande, MA, Communications Workers of America, Washington, DC

"One Corporation's Approach to 'Stress': SmithKline Beecham"

  1. One Corporation's Approach to 'Stress': SmithKline Beecham - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Ann Kuhnen, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Corporate Health Management, SmithKline Beecham, Philadelphia, PA