Over recent years, many companies have developed an awareness of the importance of an active, rather than passive, approach to wellbeing at work. Whilst the value of this approach is widely accepted, turning theory into effective practice is still a challenge for many companies.
The Routledge Companion to Wellbeing at Work is a comprehensive reference volume addressing every aspect of the topic. Split into five parts, it explores different models of wellbeing, personal qualities contributing to wellbeing, job insecurity and organizational wellbeing, workplace supports for wellbeing, and initiatives to enhance wellbeing. The international team of contributors provide a solid foundation to research and practice, including contemporary topics such as architecture, coaching, and fitness in the workplace.
Edited by two of the world’s leading scholars on the subject, this text is a valuable tool for researchers, students, and practitioners in HRM and organizational psychology.
Table of Contents
1. The state of the art of workplace wellbeing Michael P. Leiter and Cary L. Cooper
Part I Models of wellbeing
2. The resilient person and organization Jill Flint-Taylor and Alex Davda
3. Differentiating challenge, hindrance, and threat in the stress process Ben J. Searle and Michelle R. Tuckey
4. Psychological connections with work Christina Maslach and Cristina G. Banks
5. Determinants of mental health in the workplace Peter Hosie, Russel PJ Kingshott, and Piyush Sharma
6. Toward evidence-based practice in organizational wellbeing: methods and measures E. Kevin Kelloway
Part II Personal qualities contributing to wellbeing
7. Character, personality, and psychological wellbeing Thomas A. Wright and Dorothy Klotz
8. Work characteristics, work-specific wellbeing, and employee sleep Christopher Budnick and Larissa Barber
Part III Job insecurity and organizational wellbeing
9. Economic stressors and wellbeing at work: multilevel considerations Tahira M. Probst, Robert R. Sinclair and Janelle H. Cheung
10. Long working hours and presenteeism in Asia: a cultural psychological analysis Luo Lu and Chun-Yi Chou
11. Workplace incivility: a critical review and agenda for research and practice Ashlyn M. Patterson, Alexandra C. Chris, and M. Gloria Gonzales-Morales
Part IV Workplace supports for wellbeing
12. Wellbeing and design at the office Chris Boyko and Rachel Cooper
13. Workplace empowerment and employee health and wellbeing Heather Spence Laschinger and Emily Read
14. Coworking communities as enablers of thriving at work Gretchen Spreitzer, Peter Bacevice, and Lyndon Garrett
15. The long-hours culture: implications for health and wellbeing Marian N. Ruderman, Cathleen Clerkin and Jennifer J. Deal
16. Rethinking work-life balance and wellbeing: the perspectives of fathers Clare Stovell, David Collinson, Caroline Gatrell, and Laura Radcliffe
Part V Initiatives to enhance wellbeing
17. Wellbeing coaching Tim Anstiss and Jonathan Passmore
18. Work and wellbeing: creating a psychologically healthy workplace Matthew J. Grawitch, David W. Ballard, and Kaitlyn R. Erb
19. Job resources as contributors to wellbeing Evangelia Demerouti, Despoina Xanthopoulou, Machteld Van den Heuvel, Lonneke Dubbelt, and Heather J. Gordon
20. Stress management techniques in the workplace Oi Ling Su
21. Physical activity and workplace wellbeing Gemma Ryde and Helen Brown
22. Essential elements of programs to improve workplace wellbeing Arla Day and Samantha A. Penney
23. Improving employee wellbeing through leadership development Maria Karanika-Murray, Henna Hasson, Ulrika Von Thiele Schwarz, and Anne Richter
24. Participatory approach towards a healthy workplace in Japan Akihito Shimazu and Daniel Goering
25. Workplace conflict resolution interventions Debra Gilin Oore and Norman Dolan
Editor(s)
Biography
Sir Cary L. Cooper, CBE, is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the University of Manchester, UK. He is President of the CIPD, President of the British Academy of Management, and President of RELATE. In 2015 he was number one on HR Magazine’s «Most Influential HR Thinkers» list, and he received a Knighthood from the Queen in 2014 for his contributions to the social sciences.
Michael P. Leiter is Professor of Organizational Psychology at the School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. He has published widely in all the leading journals in the field, and is a global scholar on job burnout, speaking throughout the world on this topic and on organizational health and wellbeing more generally.
