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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830400703321

Titolo

The handbook of work and health psychology / / edited by Marc J. Schabracq, Jacques A.M. Winnubst, Cary L. Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; New York, : John Wiley & Sons, c2003

ISBN

1-280-10141-5

9786610101412

0-470-85583-5

0-470-01340-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (637 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchabracqMarc

WinnubstJ. A. M

CooperCary L

Disciplina

158.7

Soggetti

Psychology, Industrial

Job stress

Employees - Mental health

Stress management

Employees - Counseling of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Handbook of Work and Health Psychology Second Edition; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I: Understanding Work and Health Psychology: Theory and Concepts; Chapter 2 Everyday Well-Being and Stress in Work and Organisations; Chapter 3 Organisational Culture, Stress and Change; Chapter 4 The Effects of Work Stress on Health; Chapter 5 Individual Differences, Work Stress and Health; Chapter 6 Job Control, Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being; Chapter 7 The Psychological Contract, Health and Well-Being

Chapter 8 Flexibility at Work in Relation to Employee HealthPart II: Research and Diagnosis Issues; Chapter 9 Work and Health Psychology as a Scientific Discipline: Facing the Limits of the Natural Science Paradigm; Chapter 10 A Risk Management Approach to the Prevention



of Work Stress; Part III: Specific Issues in Work and Health Psychology; Chapter 11 New Technologies and Stress; Chapter 12 Women's Coping: Communal Versus Individualistic Orientation; Chapter 13 Work Experiences, Stress and Health among Managerial Women: Research and Practice

Chapter 14 Work/Non-Work Interface: A Review of Theories and FindingsChapter 15 Alcohol and Drug Misuse and the Organization; Chapter 16 Issues of the Second Career Half; Chapter 17 Policies and Strategies for the Second Career Half; Chapter 18 Acute Stress at Work; Chapter 19 Burnout: An Overview of 25 Years of Research and Theorizing; Part IV: Preventive and Curative Interventions; Chapter 20 Job Design and Well-Being; Chapter 21 Organizational Learning; Chapter 22 Management Development, Well-Being and Health in the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 23 Conflict at Work and Individual Well-BeingChapter 24 Creating Shared Commitment for Results: How to Talk about Accountability; Chapter 25 Stress Management at Work: Secondary Prevention of Stress; Chapter 26 A FIT Approach to Work Stress and Health; Chapter 27 Coaching and Counselling in Organizational Psychology; Chapter 28 What an Organisation Can Do about its Employees' Well-Being and Health: An Overview; Chapter 29 Epilogue; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Workplace health is now recognised as having major legal, financial and efficiency implications for organizations. Psychologists are increasingly called on as consultants or in house facilitators to help design work processes, assess and counsel individuals and advise on change management.  The second edition of this handbook offers a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date survey of the field with a focus on the applied aspects of work and health psychology.  An unrivalled source of knowledge and references in the field, for students and academics, this edition also reflec