The Handbook of Work and Health Psychology

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

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.List of Contributors.Preface.Introduction (M. Schabracq, et al.).PART I: UNDERSTANDING WORK AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY: THEORY ANDCONCEPTS.Everyday Well-Being and Stress in Work and Organisations (M.Schabracq).Organisational Culture, Stress and Change (M. Schabracq).The Effects of Work Stress on Health (A. Shirom).Individual Differences, Work Stress and Health (N. Semmer).Job Control, Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being (F. Jonesand B. Fletcher).The Psychological Contract, Health and Well-Being (D. Guest and N.Conway).Flexibility at Work in Relation to Employee Health (T.Theorell).PART II: RESEARCH AND DIAGNOSIS ISSUES.Work and Health Psychology as a Scientific Discipline: Facing theLimits of the Natural Science Paradigm (A. Griffiths and M.Schabracq).A Risk Management Approach to the Prevention of Work Stress (T.Cox, et al.).Part III: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN WORK AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY.New Technologies and Stress (K. Hamborg and S. Greif).Women's Coping: Communal Versus Individualistic Orientation (S.Hobfoll, et al.).Work Experiences, Stress and Health among Managerial Women:Research and Practice (R. Burke).Work/Non-Work Interface: A Review of Theories and Findings (S.Geurts and E. Demerouti).Alcohol and Drug Misuse and the Organization (A. Guppy and J.Marsden).Issues of the Second Career Half (M. Schabracq).Policies and Strategies for the Second Career Half (M.Schabracq).Acute Stress at Work (R. Kleber and P. van der Velden).Burnout: An Overview of 25 Years of Research and Theorizing (W.Schaufeli and B. Buunk).Part IV: PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE INTERVENTIONS.Job Design and Well-Being (M. Kompier).Organizational Learning (J. Meyer).Management Development, Well-Being and Health in the Twenty-FirstCentury (J. Whittington, et al.).Conflict at Work and Individual Well-Being (C. De Dreu, etal.).Creating Shared Commitment for Results: How to Talk aboutAccountability (K. Ryan).Stress Management at Work: Secondary Prevention of Stress (L.Murphy).A FIT Approach to Work Stress and Health (B. Fletcher).Coaching and Counselling in Organizational Psychology (J.Meyer).What an Organisation Can Do about its Employees' Well-Being andHealth: An Overview (M. Schabracq).Epilogue (M. Schabracq, et al.).Index.