Cooper / Quick / Schabracq International Handbook of Work and Health Psychology

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-68239-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 516 Seiten, E-Book

Now in its third edition, this authoritative handbook offers acomprehensive and up-to-date survey of work and health psychology.
* Updated edition of a highly successful handbook
* Focuses on the applied aspects of work and healthpsychology
* New chapters cover emerging themes in this rapidlygrowing field
* Prestigious team of editors and contributors

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, Cary L.

Quick, James Campbell

Schabracq, Marc J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Chapter 1 Introduction (Gary L. Cooper, James Campbell Quickand Marc J. Schabracq).
Part I: The Context of Work and Health Today.
Chapter 2 Health and Well-Being: The Role of the PsychologicalContract (David Guest and Neil Conway).
Chapter 3 The Social Context of Work Life: Implications forBurnout and Work Engagement (Michael P. Leiter and NaomiStright).
Chapter 4 The Effects of Job Strain on Risk Factors forCardiovascular Disease (Arie Shirom, Galit Armon, ShlomoBerliner, Itzhak Shapira and Samuel Melamed).
Chapter 5 Sickness Presenteeism and Attendance Pressure Factors:Implications for Practice (Caroline Biron and Per ØysteinSaksvik).
Part II: Individual Differences and Health.
Chapter 6 Individual Differences, Work Stress and Health(Norbert K. Semmer and Laurenz L. Meier).
Chapter 7 Gender and Work Stress: Unique Stressors, UniqueResponses (Faye K. Cocchiara and Myrtle P. Bell).
Chapter 8 Work Experiences, Stress and Health among ManagerialWomen: Research and Practice (Ronald J. Burke and Astrid M.Richardsen).
Part III: The Role of Workplace Factors on Health.
Chapter 9 The Role of Job Control in Employee Health andWell-Being (Paul E. Spector).
Chapter 10 Stress and Careers (Yehuda Baruch).
Chapter 11 New Technologies and Stress (Kai-Christoph Hamborgand Siegfried Greif).
Chapter 12 Flexibility at Work in Relation to Employee Health(Töres Theorell).
Chapter 13 Acute Stress at Work (Rolf J. Kleber and Peter G.van der Velden).
Part IV: Supporting Individuals at Work.
Chapter 14 Management Development for Well-Being and Survival:Developing the Whole Person (Rosemary Maellaro and J. LeeWhittington).
Chapter 15 Coaching in Organizations (Helen Williams andStephen Palmer).
Chapter 16 Women's Coping: Communal Versus IndividualisticOrientation (Pamela A. Geller, Stevan E. Hobfoll and CarlaDunahoo).
Chapter 17 Employee Assistance Programs: A Research-Based Primer(Mark Attridge).
Part V: Organizational Approaches to Health andWell-Being.
Chapter 18 Organizational Culture, Leadership, Change and Stress(Manfred Kets de Vries, Laura Guillén Ramo and KonstantinKorotov).
Chapter 19 Building Interventions to Improve Staff Well-Being(Gordon Tinline and Ben Moss).
Chapter 20 Stress and Effectiveness: An Approach for ChangingOrganizational Culture (Marc J. Schabracq and Iva Smit).
Chapter 21 Epilogue (Cary L. Cooper, James Campbell Quick andMarc J. Schabracq).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Cary L. Cooper CBE is Pro Vice Chancellor for ExternalRelations and Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychologyand Health at Lancaster University. He is Chair of The SunningdaleInstitute in the National School of Government, Chair of theAcademy of Social Sciences, President of the British Association ofCounselling and Psychotherapy, and Editor of the journal Stressand Health.
James Campbell Quick is John and Judy GoolsbyDistinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington,and Visiting Professor at Lancaster University Management School.His numerous honours include the 2002 Harry and Miriam LevinsonAward from the APF/APA Division 13, and the Legion of Merit fromthe United States Air Force. James has over 100 publicationsavailable in ten languages.
Marc J. Schabracq teaches courses on work and healthpsychology at the University of Amsterdam and is an independentorganizational consultant in human aspects of production and changein both profit and non-profit organizations. He has produced morethan 20 scholarly and professional books on psychology, as well asmore than 100 articles and book chapters.