Workplace Well-being (eBook)

How to Build Psychologically Healthy Workplaces

Arla Day, E. Kevin Kelloway, Joseph J. Hurrell (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-46943-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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
• Covers the five core principles of the APA’s Psychologically Healthy Workplaces: employee involvement, work-life balance, health and safety, employee development and growth, and employee recognition

• 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

Arla Day is the Canada Research Chair and Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. She is a fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, and she is a founding member of both the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety and the Centre for Leadership Excellence, Canada. She chairs the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award committee in Nova Scotia, Canada, which recognizes organizations for their commitment to the health and safety of their employees. She is Associate Editor for the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Her research and consulting focus on occupational health psychology, stress and well-being, healthy workplaces, work–life interface, and workplace interventions.

E. Kevin Kelloway is the Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology and a Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology. In addition to serving on several editorial boards, he is Associate Editor of Work & Stress, section editor for Stress & Health, and associate editor for the Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance. He has published over 150 articles, chapters, and reports and has authored/edited 13 books. He maintains an active consulting practice in areas related to occupational health psychology and human resource management.

Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr. is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada, and an affiliate of the Canadian National Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. He is the current Editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, which he cofounded. Prior to his current appointments, he was employed for over 30 years as a researcher and administrator by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). He has authored over 100 scientific publications and 8 books, serves on the advisory boards of major U.S. occupational health and safety research and education programs, and is internationally recognized for his work.

Inhalt

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 Näswall 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

Rezensionen

"This book has a broad and international range of
profession contributors. It gives a very comprehensive
coverage of many psychological facets that influence a
'Healthy Workplace', this through a collection of
diverse viewpoints. For a reader wishing to understand the
good and bad influences that affect work, and what considerations
that are needed to establish a 'Healthy Workplace', the
book is highly recommended." (British Psychological
Society, 15 November 2014)

"This is a really outstanding book on workplace
well-being, with internationally renowned contributors and editors.
It explores all the recent research in the field and innovations in
practice to create a positive health and well-being agenda in the
workplace. This is a MUST READ for HR professionals, occupational
health practitioners and anybody in the workplace interested in
promoting health and well-being at work."

Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Distinguished Professor of Organizational
Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, England, and Chair
of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK

"A rich source to turn to in order to learn about
psychologically healthy workplaces and thriving
organizations."

Arnold B. Bakker, Professor of Work and Organizational
Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and
Lingnan University, China

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Contributors

Julian Barling, Queen’s University
Julian Barling is the Borden Chair of Leadership in Queen’s University’s School of Business. His research focuses primarily on the antecedents and development of transformational leadership, the effects of leaders’ own mental health on their leadership, and counterproductive workplace behaviors (e.g., workplace aggression, sexual harassment). Julian is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Association for Psychological Sciences, the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, and the Canadian Psychological Association. His book The Science of Leadership: Lessons from Research for Organizational Leaders will be published by Oxford University Press in 2014.

Stephen Bevan, Lancaster University
Stephen Bevan is Director of the Centre for Workforce Effectiveness at The Work Foundation, Lancaster University, and an honorary Professor at Lancaster University Management School. Previously Associate Director at the Institute for Employment Studies at Sussex University, Stephen has conducted applied research and policy evaluation in the fields of workforce health, human resource management, and reward strategy. Stephen has carried out research and policy work for the No. 10 Policy Unit, HM Treasury, the Cabinet Office, the Department of Health, the Department for Work and Pensions, and the European Commission. He has also advised many blue-chip companies on aspects of HR strategy and practice. In 2010, he was named in the Top 10 Most Influential HR Thinkers of the last five years by HR Magazine.

Peter Y. Chen, University of South Australia
Peter Chen is Professor of Management, a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and a member of the board of directors for MATES in Construction SA Ltd. He served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology (2005–2010) and President of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP) (2006–2007). Professor Chen was ranked 29th (2000–2004) based on ISI citation impact in 30 management journals. He has written or cowritten over 90 journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries.

Sharon Clarke, University of Manchester
Sharon Clarke is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. She gained a first-class degree in psychology (Manchester, 1990) and a PhD in Organizational Psychology (Manchester, 1993), before becoming a lecturer in Applied Psychology at Aston University, and later joined UMIST (now the University of Manchester) in 1996. She has research interests in safety culture, safety climate, leadership, occupational stress, well-being and health. Her work has been widely published in leading academic and practitioner journals, national and international conferences, and coauthored books, including Human Safety and Risk Management (CRC Press, 2006). She has held a number of funded research grants, including from IOSH- and government-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). She is currently Associate Editor for the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Stress Management and the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.

Cary Cooper, Lancaster University
Cary Cooper is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, United Kingdom; Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences; and President of RELATE. In 2001, he received the CBE from The Queen for services to organizational health. He serves on the Global Agenda Council on Mental Health and Well-Being of the World Economic Forum.

David M. DeJoy, University of Georgia
David M. DeJoy (PhD, Pennsylvania State University) is Professor Emeritus of Health Promotion and Behavior and Founding Director of the Workplace Health Group in the College of Public Health at the University of Georgia. Dr. DeJoy has worked in the area of workplace safety and health for over 35 years as a researcher, instructor, and consultant. His areas of research include climate/culture, work organization, safe work practices, integrated programming, and theory-based intervention design/intervention effectiveness. Dave DeJoy is Professor Emeritus of Health Promotion and Behavior in the College of Public Health at the University of Georgia and founding director of the Workplace Health Group at the university. Dr DeJoy has served on numerous editorial boards, expert panels, review committees, and advisory panels at the national and international levels.

Lindsay J. Della, University of Louisville
Lindsay J. Della, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Louisville. Dr Della received her PhD in health promotion and behavior from the University of Georgia in 2006 and holds a Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communication from Northwestern University. Over the last decade, Dr Della has served as a research consultant for CDC, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, and several hospital systems in the Midwest. She possesses expertise in health communication, social marketing campaign planning, workplace health promotion, and theory-based health promotion intervention development and evaluation. In 2013, she was the recipient of the James A. Applegate Annual Award for Excellence in Research from the Kentucky Communication Association.

Caitlin A. Demsky, Portland State University
Caitlin A. Demsky, MSc, is a doctoral student at Portland State University in the Department of Psychology. Her research focuses on employee health and well-being, with an emphasis on the work–nonwork interface, recovery from work, workplace aggression, and intervention development. She received her MSc in Applied Psychology from Portland State University and is currently pursuing her PhD in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology with a focus in occupational health psychology.

Stephanie Gilbert, Saint Mary’s University
Stephanie Gilbert is a doctoral candidate in I/O Psychology at Saint Mary’s University. Her dissertation research focuses on leader motivation, and her research interests also include positive psychology and occupational health psychology. Stephanie has a Master of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario in health and rehabilitation sciences and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Clifford R. Haimann, George Mason University
Clifford R. Haimann is an I/O Psychology PhD student at George Mason University. He studies a wide range of topics such as organizational support and the uses of personality in the selection context. He has also published on legal issues in I/O psychology.

Leslie B. Hammer, Portland State University
Leslie B. Hammer is a Professor of Psychology at Portland State University. She is the director of the Center for Work-Family Stress, Safety, and Health, one of six centers that make up the National Work, Family, and Health Network. Dr Hammer is also the Director of the Occupational Health Psychology Graduate Training Program at Portland State University that is funded through a training program grant from the NIOSH. She is the associate director of the NIOSH-funded Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC), one of four centers of excellence in Total Worker Health. Her research focuses on ways in which organizations can help reduce work and family stress and improve positive spillover among employees by facilitating both formal and informal workplace supports, such as family supportive supervisor behavior (FSSB) training.

Michael P. Leiter, Acadia University
Michael P. Leiter is Professor of Psychology at Acadia University in Canada and Director of the Centre for Organizational Research and Development (COR&D) that applies high-quality research methods to human resource issues confronting organizations. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health and Well-Being at Acadia University. He is a registered psychologist in Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Leiter has received ongoing research funding for 30 years from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) as well as from international foundations for his work on job burnout and work engagement. He is internationally renowned for his work in these areas. As a coinvestigator with On the Move, he focuses on the impact of mobility on developing and sustaining productive, fulfilling relationships at work.

Yiqiong Li, University of South Australia
Yiqiong Li is a postdoc research fellow at the University of South Australia. Her research focuses on human resource management and industrial relations. She has shown an early career record of high-quality research and has been collaborating with other scholars in the areas of workplace bullying, safety, leadership, and employee well-being.

Susana Llorens, Universitat Jaume I
Susana Llorens is Associate Professor of Work Psychology at Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain; member of the Work Organization Network (WoNT) Research Team (www.wont.uji.es); and Codirector of the Master’s in Work, Organizations, and Human Resources Psychology. Beside publications about burnout, technostress, workaholism, self-efficacy, work engagement, flow, trust, and healthy and resilient organizations, she is also...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.4.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
• Schlagworte: Arbeitspsychologie • Business & Management • Employee engagement, employee development, employee recognition, respectful workplace cultures, workplace health safety, work-life balance, positive psychology, labor unions, corporate social responsibility, leadership, absenteeism, HR, human resources occupational health, APA's Psychologically Healthy Workplaces • Human Resource Management • Organizational & Industrial Psychology • Personalmanagement • Psychologie • Psychologie i. d. Arbeitswelt • Psychology • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 1-118-46943-7 / 1118469437
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-46943-9 / 9781118469439