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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139591403321

Autore

Walker Carl

Titolo

Work and the Mental Health Crisis in Britain [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

1-119-97600-6

1-283-25622-3

9786613256225

1-119-97426-7

1-119-97423-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FinchamBen

Disciplina

616.89165

Soggetti

People with mental disabilities - Employment - Great Britain

Work - Psychological aspects - Great Britain

People with mental disabilities - Care - Great Britain

People with mental disabilities - Rehabilitation

Mental Disorders - rehabilitation

Work - psychology

Employment - psychology

United Kingdom

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Work and the Mental Health Crisis in Britain; Contents; About the Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: Mental Health, Emotional Well-Being and 21st Century Work; Chapter 2: Getting Britain Back to Work: A Policy Perspective; Chapter 3: Mental Health and Work-Experiences of Work; Chapter 4: Techniques of Identity Governance and Resistance: Formulating the Neoliberal Worker; Chapter 5: Managing Mental Health in Organizations; Chapter 6: Work/Life Balance and the Individualized Responsibility of the Neoliberal Worker

Chapter 7: Concluding Thoughts: Neoliberalism and the Shrine of WorkReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on recent data gathered from employees and managers, Work



and the Mental Health Crisis in Britain challenges the cultural maxim that work benefits people with mental health difficulties, and illustrates how particular cultures and perceptions can contribute to a crisis of mental well-being at work. Based on totally new data gathered from employees and managers in the UKPresents a challenge to much of the conventional wisdom surrounding work and mental healthQuestions the fundamental and largely accepted cultural maxim that work is unquestionably good