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Zusatztext "This is a much-needed and timely volume on a major, yet often neglected issue in occupational health psychology. A must-read for those who are interested in improving intervention effectiveness." - Toon W. Taris, Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands"I want to thank and congratulate the editors and authors for making this book possible. It provides clear evidence of how far we have come in the past 20-30 years, and how far we have yet to go in developing, implementing and evaluating effective interventions that reduce adverse psychological outcomes for workers." - Linda M. Goldenhar, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, USA Informationen zum Autor Caroline Biron is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Professor in Occupational Health and Safety Management in the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, and a member of the Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Management at Laval University, Québec, Canada. Her work on the intervention process won the Best Intervention Competition award at the Work, Stress & Health Conference 2011. Maria Karanika-Murray is an Occupational Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Her research focuses on the importance of the organizational context for employee health and well-being, and the assessment and management of work-related health and well-being. Cary L. Cooper CBE is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University Management School, UK; Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences and Editor of the journal Stress and Health . He was honoured by the Queen with Commander of the British Empire for his contribution to occupational health. Klappentext This book brings together a number of experts in the field of organizational interventions for stress and well-being, and discusses the importance of process and context issues to the success or failure of such interventions. Zusammenfassung This book brings together a number of experts in the field of organizational interventions for stress and well-being, and discusses the importance of process and context issues to the success or failure of such interventions. Inhaltsverzeichnis N. K.Semmer , Foreword C. Biron, M. Karinika-Murray, C. L. Cooper, Organizational Interventions for Stress and Well-Being Part 1. Challenges and Methodological Issues in Organizational-Level Interventions A.D. La Montagne, A.J. Noblet, P.A. Landsbergis, Intervention Development and Implementation: Understanding and Addressing Barriers to Organisational-Level Interventions N. Mellor, M. Karanika-Murray, E. Waite, Taking a Multi-Faceted, Multi-Level, and Integrated Perspective for Addressing Psychosocial Issues at the Workplace L. E. Tetrick, J. C. Quick, P. L. Gilmore, Research in Organizational Interventions to Improve Well-Being: Perspectives on Organizational Change and Development M. F. Dollard, Psychosocial Safety Climate: A Lead Indicator of Workplace Psychological Health and Engagement and a Precursor to Intervention Success S. D. Tvedt, P. O. Saksvik, Perspectives on the Intervention Process as a Special Case of Organizational Change R. Randall, K. M. Nielsen, Does the Intervention Fit? An Explanatory Model of Intervention Success and Failure in Complex Organizational Environments G. Baril-Gingras, M. Bellemare, C. Brisson, How can Qualitative Studies Help Explain the Role of Context and Process of Interventions on Occupational Safety and Health and on Mental Health at Work? C. Biron, What Works for Whom in Which Context?: Researching Organizational Interventions on Stress and Well-Being Using Realistic Evaluation Principles Part 2. Addressing Process and Context in Practice R. Bourbonnais, N. Jau...