The Routledge Companion to Wellbeing at Work

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.

1. The state of the art of workplace wellbeing



Part I Models of wellbeing



2. The resilient person and organization



3. Differentiating challenge, hindrance, and threat in the stress process

4. Psychological connections with work

5. Determinants of mental health in the workplace



6. Toward evidence-based practice in organizational wellbeing: methods and measures



Part II Personal qualities contributing to wellbeing



7. Character, personality, and psychological wellbeing



8. Work characteristics, work-specific wellbeing, and employee sleep



Part III Job insecurity and organizational wellbeing



9. Economic stressors and wellbeing at work: multilevel considerations

10. Long working hours and presenteeism in Asia: a cultural psychological analysis

11. Workplace incivility: a critical review and agenda for research and practice



Part IV Workplace supports for wellbeing



12. Wellbeing and design at the office



13. Workplace empowerment and employee health and wellbeing



14. Coworking communities as enablers of thriving at work

15. The long-hours culture: implications for health and wellbeing

16. Rethinking work-life balance and wellbeing: the perspectives of fathers



Part V Initiatives to enhance wellbeing



17. Wellbeing coaching



18. Work and wellbeing: creating a psychologically healthy workplace

19. Job resources as contributors to wellbeing

20. Stress management techniques in the workplace

21. Physical activity and workplace wellbeing



22. Essential elements of programs to improve workplace wellbeing



23. Improving employee wellbeing through leadership development

24. Participatory approach towards a healthy workplace in Japan

25. Workplace conflict resolution interventions