Handbook of Occupational Health Psychology
Published on 1. January 2003
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-1-55798-927-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Handbook of Occupational Health Psychology" brings together an international group of scholars to address a wide variety of topics relevant to this rapidly growing field. From issues of workload and workplace safety, to work schedules and social environments to job future and content, this handbook offers tools intended to combat risks at their source. This is an important resource forscholars, researchers, and practitioners in occupational health psychology, public health, and medicine.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 267 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
1111 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55798-927-7 (9781557989277)
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Content
Prevention at Work - Public Health in Occupational Settings; A History of Occupational Health Psychology; Controlling Occupational Safety and Health Hazards; Toward an Integrated Framework for Comprehensive Organizational Wellness - Concepts, Practices, and Research in Workplace Health Promotion; Health Psychology and Work Stress - A More Positive Approach; Safety Climate - Conceptual and Measurement Issues; Work-Family Balance; Shiftwork and Working Hours; Occupational Stress - Job Pressures and Lack of Support; To Be Able to Exert Control Over One's Own Situation - A Necessary Condition for Coping with Stresses; Technology and Workplace Health; Job-Related Burnout - A Review; The Workplace and Cardiovascular Disease; Employee Assistance Programs; Worksite Health Interventions - Targets for Change and Strategies for Attaining Them; Job Stress Interventions and Organization of Work; Stress Management at Work; An Epidemiological Perspective on Research Design, Measurement, and Surveillance Strategies; Program Evaluation - The Bottom Line in Organizational Health; Economic Evaluations of Workplace Health Interventions - Theory and Literature Review.