All Outputs (3)

Working : time bomb or time well-spent? (2016)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2016). Working : time bomb or time well-spent?. In A. Antoniou, R. Burke, & C. Cooper (Eds.), The aging workforce handbook (469-487). Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78635-448-820161019

When the work is not enough : the sinister stress of boredom (2016)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2016). When the work is not enough : the sinister stress of boredom. In G. Fink (Ed.), Stress : concepts, cognition, emotion, and behavior (195-201). Academic Press/Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800951-2.00023-6

Boredom as a state and understimulation as a stressor are examined in the context of working, with consideration also given to the potential role played by these factors in evolutionary terms. It is suggested that the waste of mental capital engender... Read More about When the work is not enough : the sinister stress of boredom.

Politics, personality and surviving the workplace (2016)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2016). Politics, personality and surviving the workplace. In A. Antoniou, & C. Cooper (Eds.), Coping, personality and the workplace (39-50). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315574240-5

How an individual responds to crises and critical incidents at work, both immediately and subsequent to the event, is heavily influenced both by personality characteristics and their use of coping strategies. These can, in turn, be affected by levels... Read More about Politics, personality and surviving the workplace.