Workplace well-being : how to build psychologically healthy workplaces
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Workplace well-being : how to build psychologically healthy workplaces
Wiley Blackwell, 2014
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Workplace Wellbeing is a complete guide to understanding and implementing the principles of a psychologically healthy workplace for psychologists and other practitioners.
Grounded in the latest theory and research yet filled with plenty of case studies and proven techniques
Introduces the core components of psychologically healthy workplaces, including health and safety, leadership, employee involvement, development, recognition, work-life balance, culture and communication
Addresses important issues such as the role of unions, the importance of leadership, healthy workplaces in small businesses, respectful workplace cultures, and corporate social responsibility
Discusses factors that influence the physical safety of employees, as well as their physical and psychological health
Brings together stellar scholars from around the world, including the US, Canada, Europe, Israel, and Australia
Table of Contents
About the Editors vii Contributors ix
Preface xvi
Part I Introduction 1
1 Building a Foundation for Psychologically Healthy Workplaces and Well-Being 3
Arla Day and Krista D. Randell
2 Business Benefits of a Healthy Workforce 27
Cary Cooper and Stephen Bevan
3 Positive Psychology and the Healthy Workplace 50
Stephanie Gilbert and E. Kevin Kelloway
Part II The Psychologically Healthy Workplace 73
4 Occupational Health and Safety 75
Peter Y. Chen and Yiqiong Li
5 Introduction to Work-Life Balance 95
Leslie B. Hammer and Caitlin A. Demsky
6 Employee Empowerment and Engagement 117
Marisa Salanova and Susana Llorens
7 Employee Development and Growth 142
Raymond A. Noe and Michael J. Tews
8 Employee Recognition 161
Lois E. Tetrick and Clifford R. Haimann
9 Culture, Communication, and Making Workplaces Healthier 175
David M. DeJoy and Lindsay J. Della
Part III Building a Psychologically Healthy Workplace 203
10 Respectful Workplaces 205
Michael P. Leiter and Ashlyn Patterson
11 Leadership and Climate in a Psychologically Healthy Workplace 226
Karina Nielsen
12 Unions and Changes in Working Life: New Challenges, New Opportunities 245
Katharina Naswall and Magnus Sverke
13 Corporate Social Responsibility and Psychologically Healthy Workplaces 264
Jennifer L. Robertson and Julian Barling
14 Creating a Healthy Small Business 281
Sharon Clarke
15 Designing Healthy Workplaces 299
Catherine Loughlin and Danielle Mercer
16 Concluding Comments 324
Joseph J. Hurrell Jr.
Index 334
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