Houdmont / Leka Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology

Global Perspectives on Research and Practice, Volume 1
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-66154-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 390 Seiten, E-Book

Published in association with the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP) and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP), Contemporary Issues in Occupational Health Psychology is a definitive new series presenting state-of-the-art work by leading academics and practitioners in the field. Topics include workplace health intervention evaluation, economic stress and employee well-being, work-family positive spillover, psychological flexibility, and health at work. Contributors to this first volume include Arnold Bakker, Frank Bond, Maureen Dollard, Leslie Hammer, Robert Karasek, Michiel Kompier, Tahira Probst, Wilmar Schaufeli, Arie Shirom, Robert Sinclair, Toon Taris and Töres Theorell.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Houdmont, Jonathan

Leka, Stavroula

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
1 A Multilevel Model of Economic Stress and Employee Well-Being(Robert R. Sinclair, Lindsay E. Sears, Tahira Probst, and MarkZajack).
2 Developing New Ways of Evaluating Organizational-LevelInterventions (Karina Nielsen, Raymond Randall, and Karl BangChristensen).
3 Leadership and Employee Health: A Challenge in theContemporary Workplace (Töres Theorell, Peggy Bernin, AnnaNyberg, Gabriel Oxenstierna, Julia Romanowska, and HugoWesterlund).
4 Employee Burnout and Health: Current Knowledge and FutureResearch Paths (Arie Shirom).
5 Large-Scale Job Stress Interventions: The Dutch Experience(Toon W. Taris, Ingrid van der Wal, and Michiel A. J.Kompier).
6 The Neglected Employees: Work-Life Balance and a StressManagement Intervention Program for Low-Qualifi ed Workers(Christine Busch, Henning Staar, Carl Åborg, SusanneRoscher, and Antje Ducki).
7 Personal Resources and Work Engagement in the Face of Change(Machteld van den Heuvel, Evangelia Demerouti, Arnold B. Bakker,and Wilmar B. Schaufeli).
8 Work and Health: Curvilinearity Matters (MariaKaranika-Murray).
9 Peer Assistance Programs in the Workplace: Social SupportTheory and the Provision of Effective Assistance to Employees inNeed (Maya Golan, Yael Bacharach, and Peter Bamberger).
10 Individual Adaptation to the Changing Workplace: A Model ofCauses, Consequences, and Outcomes (Jane D. Parent).
11 Building Psychosocial Safety Climate: Evaluation of aSocially Coordinated PAR Risk Management Stress Prevention Study(Maureen F. Dollard and Robert A. Karasek).
12 Internet Addiction and the Workplace (NoreenTehrani).
13 Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management Systems forPromoting Organizational Health and Safety (DoloresDíaz-Cabrera, Estefanía Hernández-Fernaud, YerayRamos-Sapena, and Sara Casenave).
14 Work-Family Positive Spillover: Where Have We Been andWhat Lies Ahead? (Kristi L. Zimmerman and Leslie B.Hammer).
15 The Impact of Psychological Flexibility and Acceptance andCommitment Therapy (ACT) on Health and Productivity at Work(Frank W. Bond, Paul E. Flaxman, Marc J. P. M. van Veldhoven,and Michal Biron).
16 Corporate Social Responsibility and Psychosocial RiskManagement (Stavroula Leka, Gerard Zwetsloot, and AdityaJain).
17 Risk Factors, Consequences, and Management of Aggression inHealthcare Environments (Benjamin Brooks, Alice Staniford,Maureen Dollard, and Richard J. Wiseman).
Author Index.
Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

DR. JONATHAN HOUDMONT is a Lecturer in Occupational HealthPsychology and Director of the Masters in Workplace Health in theInstitute of Work, Health and Organisations (I-WHO) at theUniversity of Nottingham, UK. His research interests focus on legaland policy issues in occupational health, and the role ofoccupational health psychology in education and training. He isExecutive Officer of the European Academy of Occupational HealthPsychology.
DR. STAVROULA LEKA is an Associate Professor inOccupational Health Psychology and Director of the Masters inOccupational Health Psychology at I-WHO. Her primary researchinterests are the application of occupational health and safetyknowledge and policy in the workplace, and psychosocial riskmanagement. She is Chair of the Education Forum of the EuropeanAcademy of Occupational Health Psychology.