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Workplace Well-being: How to Build Psychologically Healthy Workplaces

by Joseph Hurrell, E. Kelloway, Arla Brown

June 2014

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360 pages

13h 37m

English

Wiley-Blackwell

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The Historical Development of the Psychologically Healthy Workplace ConstructThe Workplace as a Source of Demands and StressorsThe Workplace as a Health ResourceDefinition and Components of a Psychologically Healthy WorkplaceDiscussionReferences
Workforce Health: Key Trends Affecting BusinessesWhy a Healthy Workforce Is Good for BusinessReduced absence from workReduced accidents at workImproved retentionHigher Employee CommitmentHigher Labor ProductivityEnhanced Employer “Brand”Greater Employee ResiliencePersuading Business to EngageFuture Research on Workplace Health InterventionsChapter SummaryReferences
A Societal Call for Positive PsychologyA Disciplinary Call for Positive PsychologyPositive Organizational Scholarship and Positive Organizational Behavior: Perspectives on Positive PsychologyPositive Organizational Research: The DebateBroaden-and-Build TheoryOrientations to happinessPsychological capitalSustainable Happiness TheoryReferences

Conceptualizing OHS: Managing What Is MeasuredUses of OHS Performance MetricsClassifications of OHS Performance MetricsLimitations of Using Lagging OHS MeasuresKey Individual Factors That Shape OHS PerformanceKey Work Contexts That Shape OHS PerformanceKey Organizational Factors That Shape OHS PerformanceChallenges and Future Research DirectionsReferences
Work–Life ConstructsOverview of Work–Family Theoretical FrameworksRole TheorySystems TheoryBoundary TheoryWork–Family Border TheoryAntecedents and Outcomes of Work–Family ConflictOrganizational and Policy ImplicationsNew Directions in the Work–Family FieldOrganizational Best Practices and the Corresponding Need for Intervention EvaluationConcluding CommentsReferences
IntroductionWhat Is Empowerment?The Measurement of EmpowermentAntecedents of EmpowermentConsequences of EmpowermentHow Does Empowerment Enhance Engagement at Work?Empowerment as a Driver of Work EngagementA Theoretical Framework: The HERO ModelEmpowering Work Engagement: Some Practical StrategiesA General Overview of the Chapter and ConclusionsAcknowledgmentReferences
What Do We Know?Individual Differences MatterLearners Need to be Active Not PassiveLearning Needs to be Challenging but Not OverwhelmingPostlearning Interventions are UsefulClimate can Facilitate (or Inhibit) LearningWhat do We Need to Know?Best PracticesConclusionReferences
Characteristics of Employee Recognition ProgramsMotivational Bases for the Effects of Employee RecognitionCountereffects of Employee Recognition ProgramsConclusions and ImplicationsReferences
Organizational CultureCommunicationMaking Organizations HealthierExamples of Best PracticeDirections for Future ResearchConclusionsReferences
Respect as a Vital ResourceWorkplace Mistreatment as a Workplace DemandConclusionReferences
Leadership and Climate in Psychologically Healthy Workplaces: Relational PerspectivesBehavioral Leadership: Transformational Leaders’ Role in Creating Healthy OrganizationsTransformational Leaders in Eldercare: An Example of Best PracticeIntegrating Relational and Behavioral Perspectives on LeadershipLeaders Managing Healthy Organizational ChangeFuture Research on Leadership and Climate in Creating Psychologically Healthy WorkplacesReferences
ChallengesPsychologically Healthy Workplaces: The Union PerspectiveHealth and well-being initiativesDiscussionConcluding RemarksReferences
Academic Focus on CSRConstruct DefinitionsCSR and Psychologically Healthy WorkplacesConclusionReferences
Small Businesses and the Healthy WorkplaceHealth Promotion Interventions and Small BusinessesHow to Invest for Success: Interventions to Create a Healthy OrganizationCreating a Healthy Climate for Small BusinessesRecommendations for the Creation of a Healthy Small BusinessDirections for Future ResearchReferences
IntroductionTotal Worker HealthHealthy Workplace Practices: Individual and Organizational OutcomesKey Aspects of High-Performance Work SystemsBarriers to High-Performance Work SystemsHigh-Performance Work Systems and Total Worker HealthHigh-Performance Work Systems: Then and NowHigh Involvement through Information Sharing and Participative Decision MakingGrowth 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 FutureHigh-Performance Work Systems in an International ContextDirections for Future ResearchConclusionPractical Questions for Managers in Designing High-Performance Work Systems Leading to Total Worker HealthNoteReferences
Health and SafetyInvolvement, Empowerment, and EngagementWork–Life BalanceEmployee Growth, Development, and RecognitionCulture and ClimateReferences

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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

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