Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Work and Wellbeing: 03 (Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118608364 ISBN 13: 9781118608364

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Part of the six-volume reference set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume is a comprehensive look at wellbeing in the workplace at organizational, managerial, and individual levels.

• Discusses the implications of theory and practice in the field of workplace wellbeing
• Incorporates not only coverage of workplace stress in relation to wellbeing, but also aspects of positive psychology
• Explores the role of governments in promoting work place well being
• Part of the six-volume set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research on wellbeing from across the social sciences

• Topics include work-life balance; coping strategies and characters of individuals; characteristics of workplaces and organizational strategies that are conducive to wellbeing; and many more

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Peter Y. Chen is Professor of Management at the University of South Australia Business School.

Cary L. Cooper is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University.

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Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide is the first multivolume, interdisciplinary exploration of the topic of wellbeing. The notion of wellbeing has grown in importance and prominence across the globe in recent years and this reference work provides an in-depth examination of the characteristics that enable individuals and organizations to thrive and flourish. Under the direction of noted academic Cary Cooper, and edited by a distinguished group of senior scholars from a variety of disciplines, this project looks at wellbeing from multiple perspectives, including children and families; the environment; the workplace; later life; economics; and interventions and public policy. Spanning the social sciences and encompassing the latest research, this is an essential reference for scholars, students, professionals, and policy makers who want to enhance and promote human wellbeing.

Work and Wellbeing explores a variety of issues in the workplace, from the sources of workplace stress to positive psychology aspects of work. Its scope includes issues at the organizational, managerial, and individual level, including characteristics of workplaces and organizational strategies that are conducive to wellbeing; work-life balance issues; the coping strategies and characters of individuals, and role of government to strengthen wellbeing in a modern society. Chapter authors are international experts in the field, and each contribution reviews the evidence base and discusses the implications for theory and practice in the field of workplace wellbeing.

Online edition available on Wiley Online Library at www.referencewellbeing.com

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1118608364
• ISBN 13: 9781118608364
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 544
• Herausgeber: Chen Peter Y., Cooper Cary
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