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Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology : Global Perspectives on Research and Practice.

Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice, Volume 2 continues a definitive reference series published in association with the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP) and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP). The seri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Houdmont, Jonathan
Otros Autores: Leka, Stavroula, Sinclair, Robert R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; About the Editors; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Organizational Politics and Occupational Health Psychology: A Demands-Resources Perspective; Organizational Politics and Occupational Health Psychology: What We Already Know; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Employee Commitment and Well-being; The Meaning of Commitment and Well-being; Commitment and Well-being: A Theoretical Framework; Well-being as an Outcome of Commitment; Underlying Mechanisms; Work Conditions as Antecedents; Summary; Directions for Future Research; Implications for Practice; Conclusion.
  • Chapter 3: Developing Evidence-Based Occupational Health PsychologyIntroduction; What are the Problems Evidence-Based Practice has Evolved to Tackle?; What are Evidence-Based Approaches to Practice?; The Role of Systematic Reviews; How Evidence-Based is Occupational Health Psychology?; How Can We Develop Evidence-Based OHP?; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Understanding Mental Health Treatment-Seeking in High Stress Occupations; Mental Health Problems in High Stress Occupations; Do Employees Seek Treatment for Mental Health Problems?; Determinants of the Decision to Seek Treatment.
  • Implications of Our Model for Organizational PracticeChapter 5: Humor as a Human Resource Tool in Organizations; Introduction; Conceptualization: The Egg Model; Individual Sense of Humor and Outcomes (Micro-Level); Work Group and Organizational Humor Use and Outcomes (Meso-Level); Humor Use in the Broader Arena (Macro-Level); Assessment and Intervention; Discussion and Conclusion; Chapter 6: Predicting Abusive Supervision; Definitional Issues and Conceptual Overlap: Abusive Supervision versus Workplace Aggression; Predicting Abusive Supervision; Antecedents of Abusive Supervision.
  • Abusive Supervision: A Social Interactionist ApproachVictim Precipitation; Exacerbating Factors: The Role of Perpetrator Characteristics and Situational Factors; Practical Implications; Conclusion and Future Research; Chapter 7: Designing Jobs for an Aging Workforce: An Opportunity for Occupational Health; Job Design and Worker Outcomes; Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Age at Work; Age and Worker Outcomes; The Age-Job Characteristics Interaction; The Confluence of Job Characteristics and Age; Future Research; Recommendations for Practice; Conclusion.
  • Chapter 8: Moving Towards Positive Organizational Health: Challenges and a Proposal for a Research Model of Organizational Health DevelopmentIntroduction; Moving Towards Positive Organizational Health; Organizational Health Development: Concept and Model; Application of the OHD Research Model to Evaluation Research; Conclusions for Future Research on Organizational Health; Chapter 9: New Directions in Positive Psychology: Implications for a Healthy Workplace; Positive Organizational Scholarship; Towards a Research Agenda for Positive Occupational Health Psychology; Conclusion.