Workplace Well-being (eBook)

Arla Day is the Canada Research Chair and Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Saint Mary's University, Canada. She is a fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, and she is a founding member of both the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety and the Centre for Leadership Excellence, Canada. She chairs the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award committee in Nova Scotia, Canada, which recognizes organizations for their commitment to the health and safety of their employees. She is Associate Editor for the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Her research and consulting focus on occupational health psychology, stress and well-being, healthy workplaces, work-life interface, and workplace interventions. E. Kevin Kelloway is the Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology and a Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary's University, Canada. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology. In addition to serving on several editorial boards, he is Associate Editor of Work & Stress, section editor for Stress & Health, and associate editor for the Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance. He has published over 150 articles, chapters, and reports and has authored/edited 13 books. He maintains an active consulting practice in areas related to occupational health psychology and human resource management. Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr. is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Canada, and an affiliate of the Canadian National Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. He is the current Editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, which he cofounded. Prior to his current appointments, he was employed for over 30 years as a researcher and administrator by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). He has authored over 100 scientific publications and 8 books, serves on the advisory boards of major U.S. occupational health and safety research and education programs, and is internationally recognized for his work.

About the Editors vii

Contributors ix

Preface xvi

Part I Introduction 1

1 Building a Foundation for Psychologically Healthy Workplaces
and Well-Being 3

Arla Day and Krista D. Randell

2 Business Benefits of a Healthy Workforce 27

Cary Cooper and Stephen Bevan

3 Positive Psychology and the Healthy Workplace 50

Stephanie Gilbert and E. Kevin Kelloway

Part II The Psychologically Healthy Workplace 73

4 Occupational Health and Safety 75

Peter Y. Chen and Yiqiong Li

5 Introduction to Work-Life Balance 95

Leslie B. Hammer and Caitlin A. Demsky

6 Employee Empowerment and Engagement 117

Marisa Salanova and Susana Llorens

7 Employee Development and Growth 142

Raymond A. Noe and Michael J. Tews

8 Employee Recognition 161

Lois E. Tetrick and Clifford R. Haimann

9 Culture, Communication, and Making Workplaces Healthier
175

David M. DeJoy and Lindsay J. Della

Part III Building a Psychologically Healthy Workplace
203

10 Respectful Workplaces 205

Michael P. Leiter and Ashlyn Patterson

11 Leadership and Climate in a Psychologically Healthy Workplace
226

Karina Nielsen

12 Unions and Changes in Working Life: New Challenges, New
Opportunities 245

Katharina Näswall and Magnus Sverke

13 Corporate Social Responsibility and Psychologically Healthy
Workplaces 264

Jennifer L. Robertson and Julian Barling

14 Creating a Healthy Small Business 281

Sharon Clarke

15 Designing Healthy Workplaces 299

Catherine Loughlin and Danielle Mercer

16 Concluding Comments 324

Joseph J. Hurrell Jr.

Index 334

"This book has a broad and international range of
profession contributors. It gives a very comprehensive
coverage of many psychological facets that influence a
'Healthy Workplace', this through a collection of
diverse viewpoints. For a reader wishing to understand the
good and bad influences that affect work, and what considerations
that are needed to establish a 'Healthy Workplace', the
book is highly recommended." (British Psychological
Society, 15 November 2014)

"This is a really outstanding book on workplace
well-being, with internationally renowned contributors and editors.
It explores all the recent research in the field and innovations in
practice to create a positive health and well-being agenda in the
workplace. This is a MUST READ for HR professionals, occupational
health practitioners and anybody in the workplace interested in
promoting health and well-being at work."

Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Distinguished Professor of Organizational
Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, England, and Chair
of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK

"A rich source to turn to in order to learn about
psychologically healthy workplaces and thriving
organizations."

Arnold B. Bakker, Professor of Work and Organizational
Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and
Lingnan University, China