Book reviews and books received

Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace John Arnold, Ivan T. Robertson, and Cary L. Cooper, Pitman, London (1990), pp. 329.

Promoting Health and Productivity in the Computerized Office: Models of Successful Ergonomic Interventions. Edited by Steven Sauter, Marvin Dainopp,and Michael Smith, Taylor & Francis, London (1990), pp. xiv+248, £35.00 (hbk). ISBN 0085066-756-9.

On the Move: The Psychology of Change and Transition. Edited by Shirley Fisher and Cary L. Coooper, John Wiley, Chichester (1990), pp. xiv+337, £45.00 (hbk). ISBN 0-471-92815-1.

Human-Robot Interaction Edited by Mansour Rahimi and Waldemar Karwowski. Taylor & Francis, London (1992), pp. viii+378. £49.50 (hard). ISBN 0-85066-809-3.

The Meaning and Measurement of Social Support Edited by HANS O. F. Veiel and Urs Baumann. Hemisphere, London (1992), pp. xiv+327, £42.50. ISBN 1-56032-063-X.     

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Clergy under Stress: A study of homosexual and heterosexual clergy in the Church of England. By Dr Ben Fletcher Mowbray, London 1990. £6.95 (pbk). ISBN 0-264-67196-1.

Making Shiftwork Tolerable By T. H. Monk and S. Folkard Taylor &; Francis. London, 1992. vii + 94 pp. £11.50. ISBN 0-85966-822-0.

Diving and Subaquatic Medicine, By Carl Edmonds, Chiwtopher Lowry, and John Pennefather, 3rd edn Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, Oxford. (1992). pp xii + 565. 049.50     

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Managing Stress Edited by David Fontana, Leicester, BPS/London, Routledge (1989). [Pp.ix + 118.] 5.95. ISBN 0-901715-98-0 (hardback). ISBN 0-901715-97-2 (paperback).

Applying Cognitive Psychology to User Interface Design Edited by M. M. GARDINER and B. CHRISTIE, New York, John Wiley (1987). [Pp.ix+372.] A29.95. ISBN 0-471-91184-4.

Architect or Bee? The Human Price of Technology Edited by MIKE COOLEY, London, The Hogarth Press (1987). [Pp. 193.1 E5.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-701207-69-8.

Occupational Health, 2nd Edition Edited by BARRY S. LEVY and DAVID H. WEGMAN, Boston, Little Brown (Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone) (1988). [Pp. xxv + 640.1 A24.95 (Paperback). ISBN 0-316-52247-3.

Stress Management in Work Settings Edited by LAWRENCE R. MURPHY and THEODORE F. SCHOENBORN, Washington DC, US Government Printing Office (1987). [Pp. viii+ 190.1 $9.50. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 87-111.

Trends in ErgonomicslHuman Factors V Edited by FEHEVDOUN AGHAZADEH, Amsterdam, North-Holland (Elsevier), (1988). [Pp. xx + 1095.1 $208, Dfl. 395. ISBN 0-444-70442-6.

Technology and the Transfarmation of White Collar Work Edited by ROBERT E. KRAUT, New Jersey, Lawerence Erlbaum Associates (1987). [Pp. x + 281 .] A21.50. ISBN 0-89859-633-5.     

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Occupational medicine: Principles and Practical Applications, Edited by Carl Zenz, Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers Inc., 2nd edn, (1988). [Pp. xxiii + 1273.] £ 94. ISBN 0-8151-9865-5.

Working Lives in Catering, By Yiannis Gabriel, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul (1988). [Pp. viii + 190.] £ 19.95. ISBN 0-7102-0923-1.

Stress and Breast Cancer, Edited by Cary L. Cooper, Chichester, Wiley (1988). [Pp. x + 219.] £ 22.50. ISBN 0-471-91744-3.

Managing organisational change: human factors and automation, By Fred Fallik, London, Taylor & Francis (1988). [Pp. xiv + 157.] £ 28.00, ISBN 0-85066-363-6 (hardback); £ 14.00, ISBN 0-850366-363-8 (paperback).

Managing organisational change: human factors and automation, By Fred Fallik, London, Taylor & Francis (1988). [Pp. xiv + 157.] £ 28.00, ISBN 0-85066-363-6 (hardback); £ 14.00, ISBN 0-850366-363-8 (paperback).

The Indebted Society. Credit and default in the 1980s, By Janet Ford, London, Routledge 81 Kegan Paul, (1988). [Pp. xi + 208.] £ 12.95. ISBN 0-415-00757-7.     

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In the field of stress research it is often assumed that social support as well as coping behaviour contributes to feelings of health and well-being. However, until now it has not been altogether clear whether a main-effect model or a buffer model was the more appropriate for explaining the role of these factors in response to stressful situations. In this paper, a research project is described in which both the direct and indirect effects of social support and coping were studied in the work situation of nurses. The results offer more support for a main-effect model than for a buffer or moderating-effect model, especially with regard to the coping strategies ‘active problem-solving’ and ‘palliative behaviour’. However, some moderating effects on nurses‘ reactions to their work situation were found for social support and for ‘comforting cognitions’ as a coping strategy.     

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Cognitive Aspects of Computer Supported Tasks By Yvonne Waern, Chichester, Wiley (1989). [Pp. xxii + 327.] 29.95. ISBN 0 471 91141 0.

Handbook of Psychology and Health. Volume V Stress Edited by Andrew Baum and Jerome E. Singer, New Jersey, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (1987). [Pp. xiv+357.] A29.95. ISBN 0 89859 209 7.     

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Clergy under Stress: A study of homosexual and heterosexual clergy in the Church of England. By Dr Ben Fletcher Mowbray, London 1990. £6.95 (pbk). ISBN 0-264-67196-1.

Making Shiftwork Tolerable By T. H. Monk and S. Folkard Taylor & Francis. London, 1992. vii + 94 pp. £11.50. ISBN 0-85966-822-0.

Diving and Subaquatic Medicine, By Carl Edmonds, Chiwtopher Lowry, and John Pennefather, 3rd edn Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, Oxford. (1992). pp xii + 565. 049.50     

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Ergonomics: The Physiotherapist in the Workplace Edited by Margaret I. Bullock, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh (1990), pp. xviii + 332, 14.95 (soft), ISBN 0-443-03612-8.     

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Recent Advances in Occupational Health edited by J. M. Harrington, Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone (1987). PP. xii + 350. £40. ISBN 0 443 03577 6.

Occupational Health and Safety in Automation and Robotics edited by Kageyu Noro, London, Taylor & Francis (1987). Pp. xviii + 437. £40·00. ISBN 0 85066 351 2.

Contemporary Ergonomics 1987 edited by E. D. Megaw, London, Taylor & Francis (1987). Pp. xi+387. £25. ISBN 0 85066 365 5, ISSN 0267 4718.

Noise and Human Efficiency Michel Loeb, Chichester, Wiley (1986). Pp. xiii+269. £28. ISBN 0 471 10287 3.

Pilots under Stress S. J. Sloan and C. L. Cooper, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul (1986). Pp. ix + 230. £20. ISBN 0 7102 0479 5.

Towards a Democratic Rationality John Fry, Aldershot, Gower (1986). Pp. xi+281. £22·50. ISBN 0 566 00761 4.     

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Cognitive Aspects of Computer Supported Tasks By Yvonne Waern, Chichester, Wiley (1989). [Pp. xxii + 327.] 29.95. ISBN 0 471 91141 0.

Handbook of Psychology and Health. Volume V Stress Edited by Andrew Baum and Jerome E. Singer, New Jersey, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (1987). [Pp. xiv+357.] A29.95. ISBN 0 89859 209 7.     

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Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace By R. H. Kenen, Harrington Park, New York, 1993. $19.95 (pbk). ISBN 1-56023-006-1 [xvii ± 306 pp.].

Stress, Coping, and Health. A Situation-Behavior Approach By Meinrad Perres and Michael Reicherts, Hogrefe&Huber, Seattle, 1992. $39.00 (pbk). ISBN 0-88937-065-6 [vi ± 233 pp.].

Health Psychology: Stress, Behaviour and Disease By D. Carrol, Falmer (Taylor&Francis), London, 1992. £32.00. ISBN 1-85000-841-8 (hbk); £11.95, ISBN 1-85000-842-6 (pbk) [viii ± 129 pp.].     

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Stress in Health Professionals Edited by Roy Payne and Jenny Firth-Cozens (Wiley Chichester, 1987). [Pp. xxiv + 288.] £25·50. ISBN 0-471-91254-9.

Man and Accidents Offshore: An examination of the costs of stress among workers on oil and gas rigs By Valerie J. Sutherland and Cary L. Cooper (Lloyds of London Press: Colchester, 1986). [Pp. xv + 207.] £45·00. ISBN 1-85044-082-4.

Man—Computer Interaction Research Edited by F. Klix and H. Wandke (Elsevier Amsterdam, 1987). [Pp. xiii + 473.] Dfl 225. ISBN 0-444-87910-2.

Stress Management for the Healthy Type A—Theory and Practice: A skills training program By Ethel Roskies (The Guilford Press: New York and London, 1987). [Pp. 252.] £12·95. ISBN 0-89862-692-7.     

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Ergonomics in Rehabilitation. Edited by Anil Mital and Waldemak Karwowski, London, Taylor & Francis (1988). [Pp. viii+318.] £30.00. ISBN 0-85066-456-X.

L'homme stresse, by Jean Rivolier, Paris, Psychologie d'aujourd'hui (1989). [Pp. 297.1 175FF. ISBN 2-13-042249-7.

L'illusion prychmomatique, by Robert Dantzer, Paris, Editions Odile Jacob (1990). [Pp. 315.1 130FF. ISBN 2-7381-0069-4.

People and Computers: How to Evaluate your Company's New Technology Chris Clegg, Peter Warr, Thomas Green, Andrew Monk, Nigelg Kemp, Gordon Allison and Mark Lansdale in collaboration with Colin Potts, Reg Sell, and Ian Cole. Ellis Horwood (1988) [Pp. 245.1 £32.50. ISBN 0-7458-0419-5.

Employment, Stress, and Family Functioning By Julian Barling, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons (1990). [Pp. xiii+286.] £39.00. ISBN 0-471-91773-7 (Wiley Series on Studics in Occupational Stress).     

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Handbook of Occupational Medicine. Edited by Robertj. McCunney, Boston, Little, Brown and Co (1989). [Pp. xxiv+511.] £15.95. ISBN 0-316-55528-2 (paperback).

Lgestyle, Stress and the Mitchell Method of Relaxation [Video]. By Laura Mitchell, Leeds, International Stress and Tension Control Society (1989). £19.50.

Crisis Intervention Verbatim. By Nira Kfir, New York, Hemisphere/London, Taylor & Francis (1989). [Pp. xxv + 169.] £18.00. ISBN 0-89116-837-0 (hardback).

Total Back Care By Cristopher R. Hayne, Health Right Series, London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd (1987). [Pp. xiii + 144.] £3.95. ISBN 0 460 02439 6.

Adaptive Physiology to Stressftrl Environments Edited by Shlomo Samueloff and Mohamed K. Yousef,Boca Raton, Florida, CKC Press (1987). [Pp. x+212.] £104.00, US$130.00. ISBN 0 8493 6458 2.

Psychophysiology and the Electronic Workplace Edited by Anthony Gale and Bruce Christie, Chichester, Wiley (1987). [Pp. x +351.] £36.50. ISBN 0 471 91373 7.

Environmental Ergonomics: Sustaining Human Perfrmance in Harsh Environments Edited by Igor B. Mekjavic, Eric W. Banister and James B. Morrison, London, Taylor & Francis (1988). [Pp. xiv+412.] £39.00. ISBN 0-85066-400-4 (hardback).     

Book reviews and book received

Handbook of Occupational Medicine. Edited by Robertj. McCunney, Boston, Little, Brown and Co (1989). [Pp. xxiv+511.] £15.95. ISBN 0-316-55528-2 (paperback).

Lgestyle, Stress and the Mitchell Method of Relaxation [Video]. By Laura Mitchell, Leeds, International Stress and Tension Control Society (1989). £19.50.

Crisis Intervention Verbatim. By Nira Kfir, New York, Hemisphere/London, Taylor & Francis (1989). [Pp. xxv + 169.] £18.00. ISBN 0-89116-837-0 (hardback).

Total Back Care By Cristopher R. Hayne, Health Right Series, London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd (1987). [Pp. xiii + 144.] £3.95. ISBN 0 460 02439 6.

Adaptive Physiology to Stressftrl Environments Edited by Shlomo Samueloff and Mohamed K. Yousef,Boca Raton, Florida, CKC Press (1987). [Pp. x+212.] £104.00, US$130.00. ISBN 0 8493 6458 2.

Psychophysiology and the Electronic Workplace Edited by Anthony Gale and Bruce Christie, Chichester, Wiley (1987). [Pp. x +351.] £36.50. ISBN 0 471 91373 7.

Environmental Ergonomics: Sustaining Human Perfrmance in Harsh Environments Edited by Igor B. Mekjavic, Eric W. Banister and James B. Morrison, London, Taylor & Francis (1988). [Pp. xiv+412.] £39.00. ISBN 0-85066-400-4 (hardback).     

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This paper is aimed at developing and testing a methodology to evaluate the most appropriate collaboration level within a given supply chain. In particular, the proposed methodology is conceived for logistic networks belonging to the consumer packaged goods industry, e.g. the grocery industry, and it consists of: (i) identifying an approximation of collaboration, (ii) representing through such approximation the different options among collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment (CPFR), vendor management inventory (VMI) and loosely collaborative approach (LCA); (iii) using a simulation-based decision support system to select the best collaboration level. The proposed methodology has been applied to a real-life supply chain in the food and beverage industry. Results conclude that the methodology proposed here proved useful in facing the problem of collaboration level definition among the nodes of a consumer packaged goods logistic network.