Book description
Workplace Wellbeing is a complete guide to understanding and implementing the principles of a psychologically healthy workplace for psychologists and other practitioners.
Grounded in the latest theory and research yet filled with plenty of case studies and proven techniques
Introduces the core components of psychologically healthy workplaces, including health and safety, leadership, employee involvement, development, recognition, work-life balance, culture and communication
Addresses important issues such as the role of unions, the importance of leadership, healthy workplaces in small businesses, respectful workplace cultures, and corporate social responsibility
Discusses factors that influence the physical safety of employees, as well as their physical and psychological health
Brings together stellar scholars from around the world, including the US, Canada, Europe, Israel, and Australia
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Preface
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Part I: Introduction
- 1 Building a Foundation for Psychologically Healthy Workplaces and Well-Being
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2 Business Benefits of a Healthy Workforce
- Workforce Health: Key Trends Affecting Businesses
- Why a Healthy Workforce Is Good for Business
- Reduced absence from work
- Reduced accidents at work
- Improved retention
- Higher Employee Commitment
- Higher Labor Productivity
- Enhanced Employer “Brand”
- Greater Employee Resilience
- Persuading Business to Engage
- Future Research on Workplace Health Interventions
- Chapter Summary
- References
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3 Positive Psychology and the Healthy Workplace
- A Societal Call for Positive Psychology
- A Disciplinary Call for Positive Psychology
- Positive Organizational Scholarship and Positive Organizational Behavior: Perspectives on Positive Psychology
- Positive Organizational Research: The Debate
- Broaden-and-Build Theory
- Orientations to happiness
- Psychological capital
- Sustainable Happiness Theory
- References
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Part II: The Psychologically Healthy Workplace
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4 Occupational Health and Safety
- Conceptualizing OHS: Managing What Is Measured
- Uses of OHS Performance Metrics
- Classifications of OHS Performance Metrics
- Limitations of Using Lagging OHS Measures
- Key Individual Factors That Shape OHS Performance
- Key Work Contexts That Shape OHS Performance
- Key Organizational Factors That Shape OHS Performance
- Challenges and Future Research Directions
- References
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5 Introduction to Work–Life Balance
- Work–Life Constructs
- Overview of Work–Family Theoretical Frameworks
- Role Theory
- Systems Theory
- Boundary Theory
- Work–Family Border Theory
- Antecedents and Outcomes of Work–Family Conflict
- Organizational and Policy Implications
- New Directions in the Work–Family Field
- Organizational Best Practices and the Corresponding Need for Intervention Evaluation
- Concluding Comments
- References
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6 Employee Empowerment and Engagement
- Introduction
- What Is Empowerment?
- The Measurement of Empowerment
- Antecedents of Empowerment
- Consequences of Empowerment
- How Does Empowerment Enhance Engagement at Work?
- Empowerment as a Driver of Work Engagement
- A Theoretical Framework: The HERO Model
- Empowering Work Engagement: Some Practical Strategies
- A General Overview of the Chapter and Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 7 Employee Development and Growth
- 8 Employee Recognition
- 9 Culture, Communication, and Making Workplaces Healthier
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4 Occupational Health and Safety
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Part III: Building a Psychologically Healthy Workplace
- 10 Respectful Workplaces
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11 Leadership and Climate in a Psychologically Healthy Workplace
- Leadership and Climate in Psychologically Healthy Workplaces: Relational Perspectives
- Behavioral Leadership: Transformational Leaders’ Role in Creating Healthy Organizations
- Transformational Leaders in Eldercare: An Example of Best Practice
- Integrating Relational and Behavioral Perspectives on Leadership
- Leaders Managing Healthy Organizational Change
- Future Research on Leadership and Climate in Creating Psychologically Healthy Workplaces
- References
- 12 Unions and Changes in Working Life
- 13 Corporate Social Responsibility and Psychologically Healthy Workplaces
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14 Creating a Healthy Small Business
- Small Businesses and the Healthy Workplace
- Health Promotion Interventions and Small Businesses
- How to Invest for Success: Interventions to Create a Healthy Organization
- Creating a Healthy Climate for Small Businesses
- Recommendations for the Creation of a Healthy Small Business
- Directions for Future Research
- References
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15 Designing Healthy Workplaces
- Introduction
- Total Worker Health
- Healthy Workplace Practices: Individual and Organizational Outcomes
- Key Aspects of High-Performance Work Systems
- Barriers to High-Performance Work Systems
- High-Performance Work Systems and Total Worker Health
- High-Performance Work Systems: Then and Now
- High Involvement through Information Sharing and Participative Decision Making
- Growth and Development (Training and Knowledge beyond Basic Job Skills)
- Employee Recognition (Including Incentives and Reward Practices Linked to Performance)
- High-Performance Work Systems and the Workforce of the Future
- High-Performance Work Systems in an International Context
- Directions for Future Research
- Conclusion
- Practical Questions for Managers in Designing High-Performance Work Systems Leading to Total Worker Health
- Note
- References
- 16 Concluding Comments
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Workplace Well-being: How to Build Psychologically Healthy Workplaces
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2014
- Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
- ISBN: 9781118469453
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