The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well Being

Edited by Susan Cartwright and Cary L. Cooper

Oxford Handbooks

Considers the links between business performance and the well being of employees
Covers such issues as absenteeism and presenteeism, health and safety, stress, work-life balance, emotion, risk and rewards, working hours, leadership, emotional labour, and job insecurity
Leading international contributors from the field
Includes work from psychologists, HRM scholars, and organizational theorists

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well Being

Edited by Susan Cartwright and Cary L. Cooper

Description

In today's changing business environment, the financial health of an organization is increasingly dependent on the extent to which it and its members are able to transform and adapt to these changing internal and external circumstances more effectively than their competitors. Health has been identified as a key driver of socio-economic progress internationally, emphasizing the link between the health of individual workers and the overall performance of an organization. Equally, decades of research has highlighted the major role that work plays in determining physical health and psychological well being.

This handbook focuses on organizational well being in its widest sense, and is concerned with reviewing the factors which are associated with ill health, as well as those which promote positive health and well being. In it, leading international scholars focus on the key issues:

* Absenteeism and presenteeism
* Health and safety,
* Models, measures, and methodologies for measuring well being,
* Individual factors associated with well being such as leadership, emotion, stress, and risk and rewards,
* Organizational factors associated with well being such as working hours, emotional labour, technology, and job insecurity,
* Organizational strategies for improving individual well being.

The handbook ends with two chapters setting out new perspectives - the link between well being and geography and climate, and the importance of corporate social responsibility in creating a sustainable and healthy work environment.

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well Being

Edited by Susan Cartwright and Cary L. Cooper

Oxford Handbooks

1: Introduction: Perspectives on Organizational Health, Susan Cartwright and Cary L. Cooper
Section I: The Costs and Indicators of Well Being in the Work Place
2: Absenteeism or Presenteeism? Attendance Dynamics and Employee Well-Being, Gary Johns
3: Accidents and Safety in the Workplace, Sharon Clarke
Section II: Models, Measures, and Methodologies for Assessing Well Being
4: Environmental 'Vitamins', Personal Judgments, Work Values, and Happiness, Peter Warr
5: Measuring Burnout, Christina Maslach, Michael P. Leiter, and Wilmar Schaufeli
6: Job Control and Reward: Effects on Well Being, Johannes Siegrist
7: Organizational Screening: The ASSET Model, Sheena Johnson
Section III: Individual Factors and Well Being
8: Leadership, Psychological Well-Being, and Organizational Outcomes, Ivan T. Robertson and Jill Flint-Taylor
9: Work-Life Balance: Individual and Organizational Strategies and Practices, Steven Poelmans, Heather Odle-Dusseau, and Barbara Beham
10: Positive Emotions, Attitudes, and Health: Motivated, Engaged, Focused, James Campbell Quick, Laura M. Little, and Debra L. Nelson
11: Stress and Coping, Michael P. O'Driscoll, Paula A. Brough, and Thomas J. Kalliath
12: Work Hours, Work Intensity and Work Addiction: Risks and Rewards, Ronald J. Burke and Lisa Fiksenbaum
Section IV: Job/Organizational Factors and Well Being
13: The Impact of Working Hours and Working Patterns on Physical and Psychological Health, Bruce Kirkcaldy, Adrian Furnham, and Roy Shephard
14: Emotional Labour, Well-Being, and Performance, David Holman, David Martinez-Iñigo, and Peter Totterdell
15: Technology and Health, Michael D. Coovert, Ashley A. Gray, Frederick R. B. Stilson, and Matthew S. Prewett
16: Job Insecurity, Unemployment, and Organizational Well-Being: Oxymoron or Possibility?, Tahira M. Probst
17: Building Employee Engagement, Job Satisfaction, Health, and Retention, Victor Callan and Sandra A. Lawrence
Section V: Organizational Interventions to Promote Health and Well Being
18: Mediators and Moderators of Organizational Interventions to Prevent Occupational Stress, Caroline Biron, Cary L. Cooper, and Frank W. Bond
19: The Challenges of Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Interventions, Andrew J. Noblet and Anthony D. LaMontagne
20: Organizational Coaching and Mentoring, Jonathan Passmore and Jodie Anagnos
Section VI: New Perspectives
21: Climato-economic Niches of Employee Well Being, Evert Van de Vliert
22: Creating a Healthy Work Environment Through Sustainable Practices - Future Challenges, Erik Bichard

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well Being

Edited by Susan Cartwright and Cary L. Cooper

Oxford Handbooks

Author Information

Edited by Susan Cartwright, Professor of Organizational Psychology and Well Being and Director of the Centre for Organizational Health and Well Being, Lancaster University, and Cary L. Cooper, Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University Management School, and Pro Vice Chancellor (External Relations), Lancaster University

Contributors:

Jodie Anagnos, Psychology Department, University of East London,
Barbara Beham, University of Hamburg, Germany,
Erik Bichard, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford,
Caroline Biron, Lancaster University Management School, University of Lancaster,
Frank W. Bond, Department of Psychology, Goldsmith College, University of London,
Paula Brough, School of Psychology, Griffith University,
Ronald J. Burke, School of Business, York University,
Victor J. Callan, UQ Business School, University of Queensland,
Susan Cartwright, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester,
Sharon Clarke, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Cary L. Cooper, Vice Chancellor's Office, University House, Lancaster University,
Michael D. Coovert, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida,
Lisa Fiksenbaum, School of Business, York University,
Jill Flint-Taylor, Robertson Cooper Ltd.,
Adrian F. Furnham, Department of Psychology, University College London,
Ashley A.G. Walvoord, Psychology Department, University of South Florida,
David Holman, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield,
Gary Johns, Department of Management, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University,
Sheena Johnson, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester,
Thomas Kalliath, School of Business and Information Management,
Bruce D. Kirkcaldy, International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health,
Anthony D. LaMontagne, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne,
Sandra Lawrence, Griffith Business School, Griffith University,
Michael Leiter, Centre for Organizational Research and Development, Acadia University,
Laura Little, College of Business Administration, Oklahoma State University,
David Martinez-Iñigo, Department of Social Science, University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain,
Christina Maslach, University of California, Berkeley,
Debra Nelson, College of Business Administration, Oklahoma State University,
Andrew Noblet, Deakin Business School, Deakin University,
Heather Odle-Dusseau, Clemson University, USA,
Michael O'Driscoll, Department of Psychology, University of Waikato,
Jonathan Passmore, Psychology Department, University of East London,
Steven Poelmans, IESE Business School, University of Navara, Spain,
Matthew Prewett, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida,
Tahira M. Probst, Department of Psychology, Washington State University Vancouver, Canada,
James Campbell Quick, Goolsby Leadership Academy, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA,
Ivan T. Robertson, Robertson Cooper Ltd., UK,
Wilmar Schaufeli, Utrecht University, The Netherlands,
Roy J. Shephard, Institute of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada,
Johannes Siegrist, Department of Medical Sociology, University of Dusseldorf, Germany,
Fredrick R.B. Stilson, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, USA,
Peter Totterdell, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK,
Evert Van de Vliert, School of Organizational Psychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands,
Peter Warr, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK.