
Workplace Well-being
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"This book has a broad and international range ofprofession contributors. It gives a very comprehensivecoverage of many psychological facets that influence a'Healthy Workplace', this through a collection ofdiverse viewpoints. For a reader wishing to understand thegood and bad influences that affect work, and what considerationsthat are needed to establish a 'Healthy Workplace', thebook is highly recommended." (British PsychologicalSociety, 15 November 2014) "This is a really outstanding book on workplacewell-being, with internationally renowned contributors and editors.It explores all the recent research in the field and innovations inpractice to create a positive health and well-being agenda in theworkplace. This is a MUST READ for HR professionals, occupationalhealth practitioners and anybody in the workplace interested inpromoting health and well-being at work." Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Distinguished Professor of OrganizationalPsychology and Health at Lancaster University, England, and Chairof the Academy of Social Sciences, UK "A rich source to turn to in order to learn aboutpsychologically healthy workplaces and thrivingorganizations." Arnold B. Bakker, Professor of Work and OrganizationalPsychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, andLingnan University, ChinaMore details
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Julian Barling, Queen’s University
Julian Barling is the Borden Chair of Leadership in Queen’s University’s School of Business. His research focuses primarily on the antecedents and development of transformational leadership, the effects of leaders’ own mental health on their leadership, and counterproductive workplace behaviors (e.g., workplace aggression, sexual harassment). Julian is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Association for Psychological Sciences, the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, and the Canadian Psychological Association. His book The Science of Leadership: Lessons from Research for Organizational Leaders will be published by Oxford University Press in 2014.
Stephen Bevan, Lancaster University
Stephen Bevan is Director of the Centre for Workforce Effectiveness at The Work Foundation, Lancaster University, and an honorary Professor at Lancaster University Management School. Previously Associate Director at the Institute for Employment Studies at Sussex University, Stephen has conducted applied research and policy evaluation in the fields of workforce health, human resource management, and reward strategy. Stephen has carried out research and policy work for the No. 10 Policy Unit, HM Treasury, the Cabinet Office, the Department of Health, the Department for Work and Pensions, and the European Commission. He has also advised many blue-chip companies on aspects of HR strategy and practice. In 2010, he was named in the Top 10 Most Influential HR Thinkers of the last five years by HR Magazine.
Peter Y. Chen, University of South Australia
Peter Chen is Professor of Management, a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and a member of the board of directors for MATES in Construction SA Ltd. He served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology (2005–2010) and President of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP) (2006–2007). Professor Chen was ranked 29th (2000–2004) based on ISI citation impact in 30 management journals. He has written or cowritten over 90 journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries.
Sharon Clarke, University of Manchester
Sharon Clarke is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. She gained a first-class degree in psychology (Manchester, 1990) and a PhD in Organizational Psychology (Manchester, 1993), before becoming a lecturer in Applied Psychology at Aston University, and later joined UMIST (now the University of Manchester) in 1996. She has research interests in safety culture, safety climate, leadership, occupational stress, well-being and health. Her work has been widely published in leading academic and practitioner journals, national and international conferences, and coauthored books, including Human Safety and Risk Management (CRC Press, 2006). She has held a number of funded research grants, including from IOSH- and government-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). She is currently Associate Editor for the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Stress Management and the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
Cary Cooper, Lancaster University
Cary Cooper is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, United Kingdom; Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences; and President of RELATE. In 2001, he received the CBE from The Queen for services to organizational health. He serves on the Global Agenda Council on Mental Health and Well-Being of the World Economic Forum.
David M. DeJoy, University of Georgia
David M. DeJoy (PhD, Pennsylvania State University) is Professor Emeritus of Health Promotion and Behavior and Founding Director of the Workplace Health Group in the College of Public Health at the University of Georgia. Dr. DeJoy has worked in the area of workplace safety and health for over 35 years as a researcher, instructor, and consultant. His areas of research include climate/culture, work organization, safe work practices, integrated programming, and theory-based intervention design/intervention effectiveness. Dave DeJoy is Professor Emeritus of Health Promotion and Behavior in the College of Public Health at the University of Georgia and founding director of the Workplace Health Group at the university. Dr DeJoy has served on numerous editorial boards, expert panels, review committees, and advisory panels at the national and international levels.
Lindsay J. Della, University of Louisville
Lindsay J. Della, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Louisville. Dr Della received her PhD in health promotion and behavior from the University of Georgia in 2006 and holds a Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communication from Northwestern University. Over the last decade, Dr Della has served as a research consultant for CDC, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, and several hospital systems in the Midwest. She possesses expertise in health communication, social marketing campaign planning, workplace health promotion, and theory-based health promotion intervention development and evaluation. In 2013, she was the recipient of the James A. Applegate Annual Award for Excellence in Research from the Kentucky Communication Association.
Caitlin A. Demsky, Portland State University
Caitlin A. Demsky, MSc, is a doctoral student at Portland State University in the Department of Psychology. Her research focuses on employee health and well-being, with an emphasis on the work–nonwork interface, recovery from work, workplace aggression, and intervention development. She received her MSc in Applied Psychology from Portland State University and is currently pursuing her PhD in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology with a focus in occupational health psychology.
Stephanie Gilbert, Saint Mary’s University
Stephanie Gilbert is a doctoral candidate in I/O Psychology at Saint Mary’s University. Her dissertation research focuses on leader motivation, and her research interests also include positive psychology and occupational health psychology. Stephanie has a Master of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario in health and rehabilitation sciences and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Clifford R. Haimann, George Mason University
Clifford R. Haimann is an I/O Psychology PhD student at George Mason University. He studies a wide range of topics such as organizational support and the uses of personality in the selection context. He has also published on legal issues in I/O psychology.
Leslie B. Hammer, Portland State University
Leslie B. Hammer is a Professor of Psychology at Portland State University. She is the director of the Center for Work-Family Stress, Safety, and Health, one of six centers that make up the National Work, Family, and Health Network. Dr Hammer is also the Director of the Occupational Health Psychology Graduate Training Program at Portland State University that is funded through a training program grant from the NIOSH. She is the associate director of the NIOSH-funded Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC), one of four centers of excellence in Total Worker Health. Her research focuses on ways in which organizations can help reduce work and family stress and improve positive spillover among employees by facilitating both formal and informal workplace supports, such as family supportive supervisor behavior (FSSB) training.
Michael P. Leiter, Acadia University
Michael P. Leiter is Professor of Psychology at Acadia University in Canada and Director of the Centre for Organizational Research and Development (COR&D) that applies high-quality research methods to human resource issues confronting organizations. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health and Well-Being at Acadia University. He is a registered psychologist in Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Leiter has received ongoing research funding for 30 years from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) as well as from international foundations for his work on job burnout and work engagement. He is internationally renowned for his work in these areas. As a coinvestigator with On the Move, he focuses on the impact of mobility on developing and sustaining productive, fulfilling relationships at work.
Yiqiong Li, University of South Australia
Yiqiong Li is a postdoc research fellow at the University of South Australia. Her research focuses on human resource management and industrial relations. She has shown an early career record of high-quality research and has been collaborating with other scholars in the areas of workplace bullying, safety, leadership, and employee well-being.
Susana Llorens, Universitat Jaume I
Susana Llorens is Associate Professor of Work Psychology at Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain; member of the Work Organization Network (WoNT) Research Team (www.wont.uji.es); and Codirector of the Master’s in Work, Organizations, and Human Resources Psychology. Beside publications about burnout, technostress, workaholism, self-efficacy, work engagement, flow, trust, and healthy and resilient organizations, she is also...
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