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Informationen zum Autor Cary L Cooper is Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University Management School and Pro Vice Chancellor at Lancaster University. He is the author/editor of over 120 books (on occupational stress, women at work and industrial and organizational psychology), has written over 400 scholarly articles for academic journals, and is a frequent contributor to national newspapers, TV and radio. He is currently Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior and Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Stress & Health . He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, The Royal Society of Arts, The Royal Society of Medicine, The Royal Society of Public Health, The British Academy of Management and an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences. In 2001, Cary was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his contribution to occupational safety and health. Klappentext The field of work and well-being is growing at a phenomenal rate, as obesity, mental health, heart disease and alcohol consumption become increasingly important for organizations in the public and private sector. This collection covers the sources and costs of workplace stress; major theories of organizational stress and well-being; and intervention studies in the field. Within the major work, an international advisory board identifies the best original science, as well as the relevant theories and recent intervention studies that reflect best practice in terms of enhancing well-being at work. Zusammenfassung Edited by an award-winning expert in the field! this collection investigates the sources and costs of workplace stress; major theories of organizational stress and well-being; and intervention studies in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Theories of Organizational Health and Wellbeing Reviewing the Effort-Reward Imbalance Model: Drawing up the Balance of 45 Empirical Studies - N. Van Vegchel et al The Job Demand-Control(-Support) Model and Psychological Well-Being: A Review of 20 Years of Empirical Research - M. Van der Doef and S. Maes The Demands-Control Model of Job Strain: A More Specific Test - T.D. Wall et al Irreconcilable Differences? Strategic Human Resource Management and Employee Well-Being - M. Brown et al Job Security and Job Satisfaction Job Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being as Non-additive Predictors of Workplace Turnover - T.A. Wright and D.G. Bonett Job Insecurity and Psychological Well-Being: Review of the Literature and Exploration of Some Unresolved Issues - H. De Witte Positive Social Interactions and the Human Body at Work: Linking Organizations and Physiology - E.D. Heaphy and J.E. Dutton The Job Satisfaction-Job Performance Relationship: A Qualitative and Quantitative Review - T.A. Judge et al The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Health: A Meta-Analysis - B. Faragher, M. Cass and C.L. Cooper Organizational Health Outcomes - Job Performance, Sickness Absence, Accidents Is Job Strain a Major Source of Cardiovascular Disease Risk? - K.L. Belkic et al Psychosocial Factors and Safety Behaviour as Predictors of Accidental Work Injuries in Farming - D.J. Glasscock et al The Impact of Psychological Distress on Absence from Work - G.E. Hardy, D. Woods and T.D. Wall Emotional Exhaustion as a Predictor of Job Performance and Voluntary Turnover - T.A. Wright and R. Cropanzano Job Strain and Cardiovascular Disease - P.L. Schnall, P.A. Landsbergis and D. Baker Working for Health? Evidence from Systematic Reviews on the Effects on Health and Health Inequalities or Organisational Changes to the Psychosocial Work Environment - C. Bambra et al Advances in Occupational Health: From a Stressful Beginning to a Positive Future? - M. Macik-Frey, J.C. ...
