Global Perspectives of Employee Assistance Programs
1st Edition
Published on 24. November 2015
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-1-138-96265-1 (ISBN)
Description
Global Perspectives of Employee Assistance Programs is the first book of its kind to empirically address the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) concept and model in a diverse, global context. This book features a variety of studies which deal with the design, delivery, cultural adaptability, evaluation, and measurement of international employee assistance programs in a truly global variety of settings. Contributors also evaluate the impact of EAP on expatriates, the potential for an international well-being assessment tool, and the training of international EAP professionals. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
566 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-96265-1 (9781138962651)
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R. Paul Maiden | David Sharar
Global Perspectives of Employee Assistance Programs
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01/2018
1st Edition
Routledge
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R. Paul Maiden | David Sharar
Global Perspectives of Employee Assistance Programs
E-Book
10/2017
1st Edition
Routledge
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R. Paul Maiden | David Sharar
Global Perspectives of Employee Assistance Programs
E-Book
10/2017
1st Edition
Routledge
€65.99
Available for download
Persons
R. Paul Maiden is Executive Vice Dean and Professor in the School of Social Work, at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. The USC School of Social Work is a top-ranked program and the largest graduate school of social work in the United States. He brings 30 years of expertise to the field of workplace human services. He is Editor-in-Chief (2000-2015) of the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, the only peer-reviewed journal in employee assistance research and practice.
David A. Sharar is Managing Director of Chestnut Global Partners (CGP), Bloomington, Illinois, USA, a provider of domestic and international employee assistance, expatriate support, and crisis?intervention. His passion is to help CGP's international provider partners adapt the 'western' behavioral health and EAP concepts to fit local cultural contexts, as well as building the organizational capability to innovate, execute, and measure results.
David A. Sharar is Managing Director of Chestnut Global Partners (CGP), Bloomington, Illinois, USA, a provider of domestic and international employee assistance, expatriate support, and crisis?intervention. His passion is to help CGP's international provider partners adapt the 'western' behavioral health and EAP concepts to fit local cultural contexts, as well as building the organizational capability to innovate, execute, and measure results.
Content
1. First Nations, Maori, American Indians, and Native Hawaiians as Sovereigns: EAP with Indigenous Nations Within Nations 2. Employee Assistance Programs in Australia: Evaluating Success 3. Using an Interactive Self-Assessment Tool to Strengthen Your Employee Assistance Service 4. Evaluating EAP Counseling in the Chinese Workplace: A Study with a Brief Instrument 5. Eureka: An Employee Services Perception Study in Continental Europe 6. Innovative Career Support Services for Professional Women in India: Pathways to Success 7. A Substance Abuse Intervention Program at a Large Russian Manufacturing Worksite 8. Pricing Models of Employee Assistance Programs: Experiences of Corporate Clients Serviced by a Leading Employee Assistance Program Service Provider in South Africa 9. The Effects of Psychosocial Problems on Employee's Stress, Self-Esteem, and Organizational Commitment: The Case of South Korean Workplaces 10. Response to the Challenge of Training International EAP Professionals: An Online Certificate Program 11. Group Characteristics and Mental Health of Chinese Expatriates in Africa and Central Asia: A Multisite, Multiyear Study