Handbook of work and health psychology
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Handbook of work and health psychology
J. Wiley, c1996
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Handboek arbeid en gezondheid psychologie
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume explores a range of topics linking the two fields of work and health psychology. It describes recent developments in the field and surveys illness and health in different occupations and in different parts of the world. The basic theoretical issues of work and health psychology are explored, such as job control, autonomy, job threat, individual differences, social support and organizational climate.
Table of Contents
- PART 1: INTRODUCTION: Work and Health Psychology: A Description of the Field and its Future
- The Theoretical Background
- Health Well-Being and Occupation, an Epidemiological Overview
- PART II: BASIC THEORETICAL ISSUES: Job Control and Health
- Pressure or Threat, Steering or Stress
- Individual Differences, Work Stress and Health
- Social Support and Organizational Culture
- PART III: DIAGNOSIS: The Measurement of Stress in Organizations
- Measurement of Coping in a Work Context
- Work Satisfaction
- PART IV: PROBLEMS AND INTERVENTIONS: Flexibilization of Work and its Effects on Health and Well-Being
- The Effects of Innovation and Computerization on Workload and Stress
- Women and Workload and Stress
- Harassment at Work
- Role Transitions: Recruitment/Young Employees
- Role Transitions: Mid-Career
- Senior Employees
- Acute Stress in Work Situations
- Burnout
- PART V: PREVENTATIVE AND CURATIVE INTERVENTIONS: Job Design and Well-Being
- Shiftwork: Effects on Health and Well-Being
- Individual Responsibility and Organizational Development
- Intervention in Conflicts
- Stress Management Methods
- Counseling and Coaching
- Organizational Health Programmes.
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