Book reviews and books received

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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.     

Book reviews and books received

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.     

Book reviews and books received

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.].     

Books for review

Workplace Health: Employee Fitness and Exercise Edited by JOHN KERR, AMANDA GRIFFITHS and TOMCox, Taylor & Francis, London, 1996. ISBN 0-7484-0143-1 [xiv+ 187ppl. £17.95.

Research Methods in Stress and Health Psychology Edited by STANV. KASL and CARYL. COOPER, John Wiley, Chichester, 1995. ISBN 0-471- 95493-3 [X +321pp]. £15.95.

Managing Stress:Emotion and Power at Work TIMNEWTON WithJoCELYN HANDY and STEPHEN FINEMAN, Sage, London, 1995. ISBN 0-8039- 8644-0 [ix + 179ppl. £10.95.

Stress Busting Through Personal Empowerment:Spiritual, Social, Intellectual, Emotional,Physical THOMAS F. HOLCOMB, GEORGE JOHNCHEPONIS, RICHARD J. HAZLER and EILEEN MCPHILLIPS PORTNER, Accelerated Development Inc., Indiana, 1994. ISBN 1-55959-075-0 [vi+ 90ppl. £9.95.

Beyond Burnout:Helping Teachers, Nurses, Therapists and Lawyers Recover from Stress and Disillusionment CARYCHERNISS, Routledge, London, 1995. ISBN 0-415-91206-7 (xiv+234pp]. £12.99.

Trends in Organisational Behaviour, vol. 1 Edited by CARY L. COOPERand DENISE M. ROUSSEAU, John Wiley, Chichester. 1994. ISBN 0-471-94344-4 [xi + 141pp). £16.95.

Trends in Organisational Behaviour, vol. 2 Edited by CARY L. COOPERand DENISE M. ROUSSEAU, John Wiley, Chichester, 1995. ISBN 0-471-95692-9 [xii+ 151ppl. £16.95.

The Healthy Organisation:Fairness,Ethics and Effective Management SUSAN NEWELL, Routledge, London, 1995. ISBN 0-415-10327-4 [vii + 21 6pp].

Stress and Policing:Sources and Strategies. JENNIFERM. BROWN and ELIZABETH A. CAMPBELL, John Wiley, Chichester, 1994. ISBN 0-471-961 76-0 [ix + 204ppl. £15.99.

International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 1996, vol. 11 Edited by Caryl. Cooper and Ivan T. Robertson, John Wiley, Chichester, 1996. ISBN 0-471-96111-6 [xi+32Opp]. £65.00.

Stress and Emotion:Anxiety, Anger and Curiosity, vol.15 Edited by CHARLES D. SPIELBERGER and IRWING. SARASON; guest editors JOHN M. T. BREBNER, ESTHER GREENGLASS, PITTU LAUNGANI and ANN M. O'ROARK, Taylor & Francis, London, 1995. ISBN 1-56032-284-5 [xvi + 300ppl. £45.00.

Stress and Emotion:Anxiety, Anger and Curiosity, vol.16 Edited by CHARLES D. SPIELBERGER arid IRWIN G. SARASON; guest editors JOHN M. T. BREBNER. ESTHER GREENGLASS, PITTU LAUNGANI, and ANN M. O'ROARK, Taylor & Francis, London, 1996. ISBN 1-56032-449-X [xvi +315pp]. £45.00.

Psychosocial Stress:Perspectives on Structure, Theory,Life-Course and Methods Edited by HOWARD B. KAPLAN, Academic, London, 1996. ISBN 0-12-397565-4 [xix +428pp]. $59.95.

Handbook of Stress, Medicine and Health Edited by CARYL. COOPER, CRC Press, London, 1996. ISBN 0-8493-2908-6 [xii + 388ppl. £69.00.     

Book reviews and books received

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).     

Book reviews and books received

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Noise and Human Efficiency By Michel Loeb, Chichester, Wiley (1986). [Pp. xiii + 269]. £28.00. ISBN 0–471-10287-3.

Time and Human Interaction—Toward a Social Psychology of Time By Joseph E. McGrath and Janice R. Kelly, New York, Guilford Press (1986). [Pp. viii + 183.] £17.95. ISBN 0-89862-111-9.

International Reviews of Ergonomics: Current Trends in Human Factors Research and Practice. Volume 1 Edited by David J. Oborne, London, New York and Philadelphia, Taylor & Francis (1987). [Pp. 221 + iv.] £30.00. ISBN 0-85066-359-8.

Culture Shock: Psychological Reactions to Unfamiliar Environments By Adrian Furnham and Stephen Bochner, London and New York, Methuen (1986) [Pp. 298 + xx.) Hardback £25.00, paperback £9.95. ISBNs 0-416-36670-8 (hardback) and 0-416-36680-5 (paperback).

Hyperperformance—the A.I.M. Strategy for Releasing your Business Potential By Errol R. Korn, George J. Pratt (with Peter T. Lambrou), New York, John Wiley and Sons (1987). [Pp. xi + 195.] £17.95. ISBN 0-471-85344-5.

The Impact of Working Hours and other Factors on Production and Employment By Yngve Åberg, Aldershot, Gower Publishing (1987). [Pp. viii + 166.] £22.50. ISBN 0-566-05480-9.     

Book reviews

The Physiology of Work by KaareRodahl,Taylor & Francis,4 John St, London WC1N 2ET (1989), pp. vi + 290, £35£00, ISBN 0-85066-478-0 (hard)/£15£00, ISBN 0-85066-403-7 (soft).

Concerning the Carers: Occupational Health for Health Care Workers, by J. A. Lunn and H. A. Waldron, Butterworth-Heinemann Oxford, (1991), pp. iv+155, £12£50, ISBN 0-7506 0022-5.     

Book reviews

Recent Developments in Job Analysis Edited by Kurt Landau and Walter Rohmert, London, Taylor & Francis (1989). [Pp. 350] £30.00. ISBN 0-85066-790-9.

Cumulative Trauma Disorders—A Manual for Musc14loskeletal Diseases of the Upper Limbs Edited by Vern Putz-Anderson, London, Taylor & Francis (1988). [Pp. xi+151.] £7.50. ISBN 0-85066-405-5.

Human Skills (2nd edn). Edited by Dennis H. Holding, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons (1989). [Pp. xiii+334.] £34.95. ISBN 0471 -92076-2.

Living with Stress. A Guide for Ministers and Church Leaders Edited by Sarah Horsman, Lutterworth, P.O. Box 60, Cambridge CBl 2NT (1989). [Pp. 105.1 £5.95. ISBN 0-7188-2772-4.     

Book reviews

Job Relocation. Managing people on the move By A. Munton, N. Forster, Y.Altman and L. Greenbury. Wiley, Chichester, 1993. £16.95 (pbk). ISBN 0-471-93728-2.[xvii + 168]

Corporations, Businesses and Families Edited by R. S. Hanks and M. B. Sussman, The Howarth Press, 1990. $29.95 (pbk). ISBN 0-86656-863-8. [Viii + 244]

Stress Master By Richard Terry Lovelace. John Wiley, New York 1990. £9.95. ISBN 0-471-51729-9.     

Book reviews and books received

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.     

Book reviews

Cross-Cultural Anxiety: Volume 4, Edited by Charles D. Spielberger, Rogeuo Diaz-Guerrero and Jan Strelau, Hemisphere Publishing, Washington, DC (1990), pp. 227, £36.00, ISBN 0-891 16-940-7.

Anxiety and the Heart Edited by D. G. Byrne and Ray Rosenman, Hemisphere Publishing, Washington, DC (1990), pp. 513, £40.00, ISBN 0-891 16-860-5.

Work, Stress, Disease and Life Expectancy by Ben C. Futche,. John Wiley, Chichester (1991). pp. xi+255, £39 (hard). ISBN 0-471 -91970-5.     

Book reviews

Musculoskeletal Disorders at Work Edited by Peter Buckle, London, Taylor & Francis (1987). [Pp. 262.] £25·00. ISBN 0-85066-381-4.

Visual Display Units: Job Content and Stress in Office Work By Fe Josefina F. Dy, Geneva, The International Labour Office (1985). [Pp. ix + 138.] ISBN 922-105084-X (hardback) £9·20.

Ergonomics at Work David J. Oborne (Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1987). [Pp. xvii + 386.] Hard cover £32·00; soft cover £12·95. ISBNs (hard) 0-471-90943-2; (soft) 0-471-90942-4.     

Approximability and exact resolution of the multidimensional binary vector assignment problem

In this paper we consider the multidimensional binary vector assignment problem. An input of this problem is defined by m disjoint multisets \(V^1, V^2, \ldots , V^m\), each composed of n binary vectors of size p. An output is a set of n disjoint m-tuples of vectors, where each m-tuple is obtained by picking one vector from each multiset \(V^i\). To each m-tuple we associate a p dimensional vector by applying the bit-wise AND operation on the m vectors of the tuple. The objective is to minimize the total number of zeros in these n vectors. We denote this problem by Open image in new window , and the restriction of this problem where every vector has at most c zeros by Open image in new window . Open image in new window was only known to be Open image in new window -hard, even for Open image in new window . We show that, assuming the unique games conjecture, it is Open image in new window -hard to Open image in new window -approximate Open image in new window for any fixed Open image in new window and Open image in new window . This result is tight as any solution is a Open image in new window -approximation. We also prove without assuming UGC that Open image in new window is Open image in new window -hard even for Open image in new window . Finally, we show that Open image in new window is polynomial-time solvable for fixed Open image in new window (which cannot be extended to Open image in new window ).     

Books for review

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Stress Master By Kichard Terry Lovelace, New York, Wiley (1990). £9.95 (paperback).

Stressors and the Adjustment Disorders Edited by Joseph D. Noshpitz and R. Dean Coddington. New York, Wiley (1990). £55.15 (hardback).

Personality and Disease Edited by Howard S. Friedman, New York, Wiley (1990). £28.30 (hardback).

Anxiety: Psychobiological and Clinical Perspectives, Edited by N. Sartorious, V. Andreoli, G. Cassano, L. Eisenberg, P. Kielholz, P. Pancheri and G. Racagni, New York, Hemisphere (1990). A37-00 (hardback).

Thriving on Stress, By Jane Cranwell-Ward, London, Routledge (1990). A6.95 (paperback).

Corporations, Businesses and Families Edited by Roma S. Hanks and Marvin B. Sussman (1991). ISBN-0-86656-863-8 [viii+244 pp.] $29.95 (hardback).

A Change of Attitude: A n Introduction to Holistic Health Care By Ckawfokd Kemp, Acme Publishing Co., South Darenth. ISBN-1-85595-000-6 [81 pp.] £2.95.

Career Stress in Changing Times Edited by James Campbell Quick, Robert E. Hess, Jared Hekmalin and Jonathan D. Quick, The Haworth Press, New York, (1990). ISBN-0-86656-956-1 [xvii+261 pp.] $34.95 (hardback).

Occupational Stress in a Caring Profession, By Jocelyn Handy, Avebury, Aldershot. ISBN-0-566-07047-2 [vii+ 246 pp.] £29.50 (hardback).

Homesickness, Cognition and Health. By Shirley Fisher, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hove. ISBN-0-86377-120-3 [xv+ 152 pp.] £19.95 (hardback).

Personality and Stress: Individual Dtgerences in the Stress Process. Edited by Cary L. Cooper and Roy Payne, Wiley, Chichester (1991). ISBN-O-471-93063-6 [xi+289 pp.] £39.95 (hardback).

Efective Problem Solving, By Dave Francis, London, Routledge (1990). ISBN 0-415-05357-9. [ix+ 128 pp.] £6.99.     

News and information

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Recent Developments in Job Analysis Edited by Kurt Landau and Walter Rohmert, London, Taylor &; Francis (1989). [Pp. 350] £30.00. ISBN 0-85066-790-9.

Cumulative Trauma Disorders—A Manual for Musc14loskeletal Diseases of the Upper Limbs Edited by Vern Putz-Anderson, London, Taylor &; Francis (1988). [Pp. xi+151.] £7.50. ISBN 0-85066-405-5.

Human Skills (2nd edn). Edited by Dennis H. Holding, Chichester, John Wiley &; Sons (1989). [Pp. xiii+334.] £34.95. ISBN 0471 -92076-2.

Living with Stress. A Guide for Ministers and Church Leaders Edited by Sarah Horsman, Lutterworth, P.O. Box 60, Cambridge CBl 2NT (1989). [Pp. 105.1 £5.95. ISBN 0-7188-2772-4.     

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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The Healthy Organization-Fairness, Ethics and Effective Management By Susannewell, Routledge, London, 1996 L12.99 (pbk). ISBN 04-151-03274 [vit + 216 pp.].

Workplace Health : Employee Fitness and Exercise Edited by JOHN KERR, TOM COXand AMANDA GRIFFITHS, Taylor &; Francis, London, 1996. A36.00 (hbk), ISBN 07484-0142-3. £17.95 (pbk). ISBN 07484-0143-1. [xiv+ 187 pp.].     

Book reviews and books received

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     

Book reviews and books received

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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