Workplace health is now recognised as having major legal, financialand efficiency implications for organizations. Psychologists areincreasingly called on as consultants or in house facilitators tohelp design work processes, assess and counsel individuals andadvise on change management.
The second edition of this handbook offers a comprehensive,authoritative and up-to-date survey of the field with a focus onthe applied aspects of work and health psychology.
An unrivalled source of knowledge and references in the field, forstudents and academics, this edition also reflects the need torelate research to effective and realistic interventions in theworkplace.
* Editors are outstanding leaders in their fields
* Focuses on linking research to practice
* Over 50% new chapters. New topics include Coping, ThePsychological Contract and Health, Assessment and Measurement ofStress and Well-Being, the Effects of Change, and chapters ofConflict and Communication
Workplace health is now recognized as having major legal, financial and efficiency implications for organizations. The workplace itself has become a health issue. This new edition of
The Handbook of Work and Health Psychology continues to provide a comprehensive, authoritative and current survey of this important field and its future territory.
With a focus on the applied aspects of work and health psychology and linking research with practice, Marc Schabracq, Jacques Winnubst and Cary Cooper have assembled authors in their respective fields. Together they identify not only the problems but also possible solutions to creating healthier work organizations.
This handbook is an unrivalled source of knowledge and references in the field - an essential resource for libraries serving students, researchers and practitioners in work and organizational psychology, health psychology, occupational medicine, and human resource managers and policy-makers in the workplace.
Contributors
Ronald J. Burke, Canada
Bram P. Buunk, The Netherlands
Neil Conway, UK
Cary L. Cooper, UK
Tom Cox, UK
M. de Best-Waldhober, The Netherlands
Carsten K. W. de Dreu, The Netherlands
Evangelia Demerouti, The Netherlands
Carla L. Dunahoo, USA
Ben [C]. Fletcher, UK
Pamela A. Geller, USA
Sabine A. E. Geurts, The Netherlands
Siegfried Greif, Germany
Amanda Griffiths, UK
David E. Guest, UK
Andrew Guppy, UK
Kai-Christoph Hamborg, Germany
Stevan E. Hobfoll, USA
Fiona Jones, UK
Rolf J. Kleber, The Netherlands
Michiel A. J Kompier, The Netherlands
John Marsden, UK
Joan L. Meyer, The Netherlands
Lawrence R. Murphy, USA
Paul B. Paulus, USA
James Campbell Quick, USA
Kathleen D. Ryan, USA
Marc J. Schabracq, The Netherlands
Wilmar B. Schaufeli, The Netherlands
Norbert K. Semmer, Switzerland
Arie Shirom, Israel
Töres Theorell, Sweden
Peter G. Van der Velden, The Netherlands
D. van Dierendonck, The Netherlands
James L. Whittington, USA
Jacques A. M. Winnubst, The Netherlands
