1. Home
  2. Vol 4, No 5 (2020)
  3. Modranský

Project Manager and Stress in Coping with Demanding Situations in Automotive Industry

Róbert Modranský, Kateřina Bočková, Michal Hanák

Abstract


Coping with demanding situations is a part of managerial work at different levels and in different contexts. In the presented paper, based on the theoretical and methodological analysis of knowledge in the field of coping and special coping with demanding situations in project manager work, we present the results and knowledge related to the possibility of researching and identifying procedures for coping with demanding situations in project management. Attention is focused on the identification of ways of coping with demanding situations in project manager work through the BSMW Questionnaire - Behaviour Strategies in Managerial Work as a tool for identifying these procedures. We present findings related to the analysis of the assessment of strategies for managing demanding situations in project manager work in Slovak automotive industry in the context of selected personality, socio-demographic characteristics of managers and situational conditions. The acquired results verified the meaningfulness of the empirical-inductive principle of detecting the ways of coping with the examined demanding situations and determining the taxonomy of these principles with the specification of five factors – emotional factor of coping, cognitive factor of coping I, cognitive factor of coping II, behavioural factor of coping I and behavioural factor of coping II. From the methodological viewpoint our results contribute to the discussion about the interactional approach in research in social sciences and about the question of dispositional or situational conception of methods of researching in this area of knowledge.

 

Doi: 10.28991/esj-2020-01241

Full Text: PDF


Keywords


Management; Manager; Coping; Demanding Situations.

References


Frankovský, Miroslav, Lajčin, Daniel and Jiří Kern „Zvládanie náročných situácií v manažérskej práci.” Praha: RADIX. (2012).

Gabrhelová, Gabriela, Stress- Analyse im Lehrerberuf.“ Karlsruhe: Ste-Con (2020).

Unaldi Baydin, Nihal, Hanife Tiryaki Sen, Sevdan Kartoglu Gurler, Birsen Dalli, and Arzu Kader Harmanci Seren. “A Study on the Relationship Between Nurses’ Compulsory Citizenship Behaviours and Job Stress.” Journal of Nursing Management 28, no. 4 (April 20, 2020): 851–859. doi:10.1111/jonm.13009.

Petru, Jaroslav, and Eva Jarosova. “Exploring Impact of Coping Approaches on Intrinsic Perceived Overall Wellness: A Study of Executives and Senior Managers in Czech Republic.” Central European Business Review 8, no. 3 (October 1, 2019): 54–68. doi:10.18267/j.cebr.215.

Lajcin, Daniel, Miroslav Frankovsky, and Robert Stefko. "Possibilities of predicting the behavior of managers when coping with demanding situations in managerial work." Ekonomicky casopis 60, no. 8 (2012): 835-853.

Frankovský, Miroslav, Lajčin, Daniel and Zuzana Birknerová “Coping with Demanding Managerial Work Situations in the Context of Personality Characteristics of Managers”. Tudományos mozaik, 8 no. 4 (2019): 231-238.

Frankovský, Miroslav, Lajčin, Daniel and Gabriela Sláviková „Social intelligence as a predictor of managers' behaviour in demanding situations of managerial work.” Management (2012). 476-486.

Lajčin, Daniel and Miroslav Frankovský „Zisťovanie spôsobov zvládanie náročných situácií v manažmente podniku.” Journal of Management and Business: Research and Practice, 3 no. 5 (2011): 93-104.

Lajčin, Daniel and Ferdinand Korn “Neutral Charge of Social Intelligence Manager for Morality in the Context of an Interdisciplanary View of Managers Social Intelligence.” Management 2016: International Business and Management, Domestic Particularities and Emerging Markets in the Light of Research. Prešov University in Prešov (2016) 584-590.

Amirkhan, James H. “A Factor Analytically Derived Measure of Coping: The Coping Strategy Indicator.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 59, no. 5 (1990): 1066–1074. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.59.5.1066.

Wiggins, Jerry S. “Interpersonal Adjective Scales.” Psychological Assessment Resources (1995).

Folkman, Susan, and Richard S. Lazarus. “An Analysis of Coping in a Middle-Aged Community Sample.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 21, no. 3 (September 1980): 219. doi:10.2307/2136617.

Lazarus, Richard. S. “The stress and coping paradigm. Fifty years of the research and theory of RS Lazarus.” An analysis of historical and perennial Issues 2 no. 5 (1998) 182-220.

Lazarus, Richard S., and Susan Folkman. “Stress, appraisal, and coping.” Springer publishing company (1984).

Folkman, Susan, Richard S. Lazarus, Christine Dunkel-Schetter, Anita DeLongis, and Rand J. Gruen. “Dynamics of a Stressful Encounter: Cognitive Appraisal, Coping, and Encounter Outcomes.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 50, no. 5 (1986): 992–1003. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.50.5.992.

Lazarus, Richard S., and Susan Folkman. “Transactional Theory and Research on Emotions and Coping.” European Journal of Personality 1, no. 3 (September 1987): 141–169. doi:10.1002/per.2410010304.

Carver, Charles S., Michael F. Scheier, and Jagdish K. Weintraub. “Assessing Coping Strategies: A Theoretically Based Approach.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 56, no. 2 (1989): 267–283. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.56.2.267.

Nurmi, Jari‐Erik, Sari Toivonen, Katariina Salmela‐Aro, and Sanna Eronen. "Optimistic, approach‐oriented, and avoidance strategies in social situations: three studies on loneliness and peer relationships." European Journal of Personality 10, no. 3 (1996): 201-219. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-0984(199609)10:3<201::AID-PER257>3.0.CO;2-%23.

Folkman, Susan, and Judith Tedlie Moskowitz. “Coping: Pitfalls and Promise.” Annual Review of Psychology 55, no. 1 (February 2004): 745–774. doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.141456.

Gabrhelová, Gabriela and Ferdinand Korn „Social and Emotional Intelligence of Managers in the Context of Law. “Management 2016: International Business and Management, Domestic Particularities and Emerging Markets in the Light of Research. Prešov University in Prešov (2016) p. 584-590.

Oberuč, Jaroslav, Lajčin, Daniel and Dáša Porubčanová ” Stress management in the Workplace.” Journal on Law, Economy & Management. London: Eastern european developement agency 53 no. 2 (2014), 47-51.

Stewart, Wayne H., and Philip L. Roth. “A Meta-Analysis of Achievement Motivation Differences Between Entrepreneurs and Managers.” Journal of Small Business Management 45, no. 4 (October 2007): 401–421. doi:10.1111/j.1540-627x.2007.00220.x.

Aitken, Alicia, and Lynn Crawford. “Coping with Stress: Dispositional Coping Strategies of Project Managers.” International Journal of Project Management 25, no. 7 (October 2007): 666–673. doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.02.003.

Albrecht, Karl. “Stress and the Manager.” Simon and Schuster (2010).

Lusch, Robert F., and Bernard J. Jaworski. "Management controls, role stress, and retail store manager performance." Journal of Retailing 67 no. 4 (1991): 397.

Callan, V. J., and C. Dickson. “Managerial Coping Strategies during Organizational Change.” Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 30, no. 4 (June 1, 1993): 47–59. doi:10.1177/103841119303000404.

“Sunny” Hu, Hsin-Hui, and Chien-Wei Cheng. “Job Stress, Coping Strategies, and Burnout Among Hotel Industry Supervisors in Taiwan.” The International Journal of Human Resource Management 21, no. 8 (June 2010): 1337–1350. doi:10.1080/09585192.2010.483867.

Baumgartner, František, and Miroslav Frankovský. “Stratégie zvládania náročných situácií v kontexte osobnostných charakteristík.” Praha: Testcentrum (2000).

Brougham, Ruby R., Christy M. Zail, Celeste M. Mendoza, and Janine R. Miller. “Stress, Sex Differences, and Coping Strategies Among College Students.” Current Psychology 28, no. 2 (February 11, 2009): 85–97. doi:10.1007/s12144-009-9047-0.

Křivohlavý, Jaroslav “Jak zvládat stres.” Grada Avicenum (1994).

Armstrong, Michael. “Management a leadership.” Grada Publishing as (2008).

Mellahi, Kamel, and Adrian Wilkinson. “Managing and Coping with Organizational Failure: Introduction to the Special Issue.” Group & Organization Management 35, no. 5 (October 2010): 531–541. doi:10.1177/1059601110383404.

Zhang, Lianying, Yingying Yao, and Tak Wing Yiu. “Job Burnout of Construction Project Managers: Exploring the Consequences of Regulating Emotions in Workplace.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 146, no. 10 (October 2020): 04020117. doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001913.

Karlsen, Jan Terje, and Morten Emil Berg. “A Study of the Influence of Project Managers’ Signature Strengths on Project Team Resilience.” Team Performance Management: An International Journal 26, no. 3/4 (May 28, 2020): 247–262. doi:10.1108/tpm-12-2018-0081.

Burrows, James. "Improving Team Collaboration as a Project Manager." The Kabod 6.2 (2020): 4.

World Health Organization. Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak, 18 March 2020. No. WHO/2019-nCoV/MentalHealth/2020.1. World Health Organization, 2020.

Unterhitzenberger, Christine, Hannah Wilson, David James Bryde, Martin Rost, and Roger Joby. “The Stakeholder Challenge: Dealing with Challenging Situations Involving Stakeholders.” Production Planning & Control (June 10, 2020): 1–16. doi:10.1080/09537287.2020.1776907.


Full Text: PDF

DOI: 10.28991/esj-2020-01241

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.