This book delves into the mental and occupational stress of pink-collar workers. A pink-collar worker is a person employed in a care-related profession or in an area that has traditionally been seen as the domain of women. Examples include jobs in the beauty business, nursing, social work, education, teaching, secretarial work, upholstery, or child care. To help with the financial burdens of their family, pink-collar workers engage in their job for at least 8 to 10 hours a day, which often leads to sacrificing their time with their family. Additionally, pink-collar works face many barriers like emotional labor (e.g., dealing with patients or clients), workload, interpersonal conflicts, and job insecurity. This book endeavors to study the physical stressors and mental stress of pink-collar workers so that new policies can be framed or suggested for the wellness of pink-collar workers.

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Suchismita Satapathy is an associate professor in the School of Mechanical Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India. She has published more than 130 articles in national and international journals and conferences. She has also published many books and e-books for academic and research purposes. Her areas of interest include production operation management, operation research, acoustics, sustainability, and supply chain management. She has filled three Indian patents, among them two published. She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. She has guided many Ph.D., M.Tech., and B.Tech. students. She has published books such as Production Operation Management (Stadium Press) and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques in Waste Management (CRC Press), Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management (Springer), Soft Computing and Optimization Techniques for Sustainable Agriculture (De Gruyter), and many of her projects are ongoing.

Arturo Realyvásquez Vargas is a full-time professor from the department of industrial engineering at Tecnológico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana in Mexico. He received a master's degree in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering sciences from the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. Currently, he is studying a Ph.D. in innovation in product engineering and industrial process at the University of La Rioja (Spain). In addition, his main research areas are related to the optimization of industrial processes, lean manufacturing, and ergonomics. He is an active member of the Society of Ergonomists of Mexico Civil Association (Sociedad de Ergonomistas de México, SEMAC) and the Network of Optimization of Industrial Processes (Red de Optimización de Procesos Industriales, ROPRIN). Currently, he is a national researcher recognized by the National Council of Science & Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) as level I.

Meghana Mishra is a research scholar in the KIIT school of Management, Bhubaneswar, India. She has published more than 4 articles in national and international journals and conferences. Her areas of interest include production operation management, economic study of agrisector, sustainability, business process reengineering, ergonomics, etc.