Organizational Neuroscience with Applications to Stress Management

Abstract

This thesis was on organizational neuroscience with applications to stress management. Section 1 developed an organizational neuroscience model of occupational stress that integrated the health impairment process of the job-demands resources model of occupational stress with the (biologically-grounded) allostatic load model of stress. In doing so, this section developed a series of propositions that integrated each model through a job demands-allostatic load pathway. Resilience training was discussed as a potential moderator of this pathway with a focus on mindfulness meditation, physical activity, and multi-modal interventions that comprise each of these practices completed concurrently. ..