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The Handbook of Work and Health Psychology

Marc J. Schabracq (Edited by), Jacques A. M. Winnubst (Edited by), Sir Cary Cooper, CBE (Edited by)

9780471892762, Wiley

Hardback, published 27 September 2002

640 pages
25.5 x 17.3 x 4.1 cm, 1.247 kg

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

About the Editors ix

List of Contributors xi

Preface xv

Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Marc J. Schabracq, Cary L. Cooper & Jacques A.M. Winnubst

Part I: Understanding Work and Health Psychology: Theory and Concepts

Chapter 2 Everyday Well-Being and Stress in Work and Organisations 9
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Chapter 3 Organisational Culture, Stress and Change 37
Marc J. Schabracq

Chapter 4 The Effects of Work Stress on Health 63
Arie Shirom

Chapter 5 Individual Differences, Work Stress and Health 83
Norbert K. Semmer

Chapter 6 Job Control, Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being 121
Fiona Jones & Ben (C) Fletcher

Chapter 7 The Psychological Contract, Health and Well-Being 143
David E. Guest & Neil Conway

Chapter 8 Flexibility at Work in Relation to Employee Health 159
Töres Theorell Copyrighted Material

Part II: Research and Diagnosis Issues

Chapter 9 Work and Health Psychology as a Scientific Discipline: Facing the Limits of the Natural Science Paradigm 173
Amanda Griffiths & Marc J. Schabracq

Chapter 10 A Risk Management Approach to the Prevention of Work Stress 191
Tom Cox, Amanda Griffiths & Raymond Randall

Part III: Specific Issues in Work and Health Psychology

Chapter 11 New Technologies and Stress 209
Kai-Christoph Hamborg & Siegfried Greif

Chapter 12 Women’s Coping: Communal Versus Individualistic Orientation 237
Stevan E. Hobfoll, Pamela Geller & Carla Dunahoo

Chapter 13 Work Experiences, Stress and Health among Managerial Women: Research and Practice 259
Ronald J. Burke

Chapter 14 Work/Non-Work Interface: A Review of Theories and Findings 279
Sabine A.E. Geurts & Evangelia Demerouti

Chapter 15 Alcohol and Drug Misuse and the Organization 313
Andrew Guppy & John Marsden

Chapter 16 Issues of the Second Career Half 333
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Chapter 17 Policies and Strategies for the Second Career Half 349
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Chapter 18 Acute Stress at Work 367
Rolf J. Kleber & Peter G. van der Velden

Chapter 19 Burnout: An Overview of 25 Years of Research and Theorizing 383
Wilmar B. Schaufeli & Bram P. Buunk

Part IV: Preventive and Curative Interventions

Chapter 20 Job Design and Well-Being 429
Michiel Kompier

Chapter 21 Organizational Learning 455
Joan L. Meyer

Chapter 22 Management Development, Well-Being and Health in the Twenty-First Century 475
J. Lee Whittington, Paul B. Paulus & James Campbell Quick

Chapter 23 Conflict at Work and Individual Well-Being 495
Carsten K.W. De Dreu, Dirk van Dierendonck & Marjolein De Best-Waldhober

Chapter 24 Creating Shared Commitment for Results: How to Talk about Accountability 517
Kathleen D. Ryan

Chapter 25 Stress Management at Work: Secondary Prevention of Stress 533
Lawrence R. Murphy

Chapter 26 A FIT Approach to Work Stress and Health 549
Ben (C) Fletcher

Chapter 27 Coaching and Counselling in Organizational Psychology 569
Joan L. Meyer

Chapter 28 What an Organisation Can Do about its Employees’ Well-Being and Health: An Overview 585
Marc J. Schabracq

Chapter 29 Epilogue 601
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Index 605

Subject Areas: Psychology [JM]

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