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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877032203321

Titolo

International handbook of work and health psychology / / edited by Cary L. Cooper, James Campbell Quick and Marc J. Schabracq

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : John Wiley & Sons, 2009

ISBN

1-119-05725-6

1-282-36219-4

1-78034-112-1

9786612362194

1-4443-3157-4

0-470-68235-3

0-470-68239-6

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (507 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CooperCary L

QuickJames C

SchabracqMarc

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

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

International Handbook of Work and Health Psychology; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I: The Context of Work and Health Today; Chapter 2 Health and Well-Being: The Role of the Psychological Contract; Chapter 3 The Social Context of Work Life: Implications for Burnout and Work Engagement; Chapter 4 The Effects of Job Strain on Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease; Chapter 5 Sickness Presenteeism and Attendance Pressure Factors: Implications for Practice; Part II: Individual Differences and Health

Chapter 6 Individual Differences, Work Stress and HealthChapter 7



Gender and Work Stress: Unique Stressors, Unique Responses; Chapter 8 Work Experiences, Stress and Health among Managerial Women: Research and Practice; Part III: The Role of Workplace Factors on Health; Chapter 9 The Role of Job Control in Employee Health and Well-Being; Chapter 10 Stress and Careers; Chapter 11 New Technologies and Stress; Chapter 12 Flexibility at Work in Relation to Employee Health; Chapter 13 Acute Stress at Work; Part IV: Supporting Individuals atWork

Chapter 14 Management Development for Well-Being and Survival: Developing the Whole PersonChapter 15 Coaching in Organizations; Chapter 16 Women's Coping: Communal Versus Individualistic Orientation; Chapter 17 Employee Assistance Programs: A Research-Based Primer; Part V: Organizational Approaches to Health and Well-Being; Chapter 18 Organizational Culture, Leadership, Change and Stress; Chapter 19 Building Interventions to Improve Staff Well-Being; Chapter 20 Stress and Effectiveness: An Approach for Changing Organizational Culture; Chapter 21 Epilogue; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Now in its third edition, this authoritative handbook offers a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of work and health psychology.Updated edition of a highly successful handbookFocuses on the applied aspects of work and health psychologyNew chapters cover emerging themes in this rapidly growing  fieldPrestigious team of editors and contributors