Handbook of Work and Health Psychology

Dr Marc J. Schabracq (1949, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; schabracq@humanfactor.nl) is a work and health psychologist. As an independent organizational consultant, Marc Schabracq has acquired much experience with the human aspect of organizations (organizational culture change, leadership, personal transitions, stress management and personal integrity) in a great number of profit and non-profit organizations. In addition, he has worked at the University van Amsterdam since 1973, and subsequently in clinical psychology, social psychology and - since 1987 - work and organizational psychology. He has produced more than 20 scholarly and professional books about psychology, as well as more than 100 articles and book chapters. In addition, he has written three novels and a bundle of short stories.Jacques A. M. Winnubst is the author of The Handbook of Work and Health Psychology, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.Cary Cooper is Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST. He has authored over 80 books and 300 scholarly articles on different aspects of occupational health in general and stress in particular, and is a frequent contributor to the media. He is founding editor of the Journal of Organisational Behaviour, co-editor of Stress Medicine and the International Journal of Management Review. He is a Fellow of the BPS, the Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Health. Currently, Professor Cooper is President of the British Academy of Management, a Companion of the Institute of Management and a Fellow of the American Academy of Management.

• About the Editors ixList of Contributors xiPreface xvChapter 1 Introduction 1Marc J. Schabracq, Cary L. Cooper & Jacques A.M. WinnubstPart I: Understanding Work and Health Psychology: Theory and ConceptsChapter 2 Everyday Well-Being and Stress in Work and Organisations 9Marc J. SchabracqChapter 3 Organisational Culture, Stress and Change 37Marc J. SchabracqChapter 4 The Effects of Work Stress on Health 63Arie ShiromChapter 5 Individual Differences, Work Stress and Health 83Norbert K. SemmerChapter 6 Job Control, Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being 121Fiona Jones & Ben (C) FletcherChapter 7 The Psychological Contract, Health and Well-Being 143David E. Guest & Neil ConwayChapter 8 Flexibility at Work in Relation to Employee Health 159Töres Theorell Copyrighted MaterialPart II: Research and Diagnosis IssuesChapter 9 Work and Health Psychology as a Scientific Discipline: Facing the Limits of the Natural Science Paradigm 173Amanda Griffiths & Marc J. SchabracqChapter 10 A Risk Management Approach to the Prevention of Work Stress 191Tom Cox, Amanda Griffiths & Raymond RandallPart III: Specific Issues in Work and Health PsychologyChapter 11 New Technologies and Stress 209Kai-Christoph Hamborg & Siegfried GreifChapter 12 Women’s Coping: Communal Versus Individualistic Orientation 237Stevan E. Hobfoll, Pamela Geller & Carla DunahooChapter 13 Work Experiences, Stress and Health among Managerial Women: Research and Practice 259Ronald J. BurkeChapter 14 Work/Non-Work Interface: A Review of Theories and Findings 279Sabine A.E. Geurts & Evangelia DemeroutiChapter 15 Alcohol and Drug Misuse and the Organization 313Andrew Guppy & John MarsdenChapter 16 Issues of the Second Career Half 333Marc J. SchabracqChapter 17 Policies and Strategies for the Second Career Half 349Marc J. SchabracqChapter 18 Acute Stress at Work 367Rolf J. Kleber & Peter G. van der VeldenChapter 19 Burnout: An Overview of 25 Years of Research and Theorizing 383Wilmar B. Schaufeli & Bram P. BuunkPart IV: Preventive and Curative InterventionsChapter 20 Job Design and Well-Being 429Michiel KompierChapter 21 Organizational Learning 455Joan L. MeyerChapter 22 Management Development, Well-Being and Health in the Twenty-First Century 475J. Lee Whittington, Paul B. Paulus & James Campbell QuickChapter 23 Conflict at Work and Individual Well-Being 495Carsten K.W. De Dreu, Dirk van Dierendonck & Marjolein De Best-WaldhoberChapter 24 Creating Shared Commitment for Results: How to Talk about Accountability 517Kathleen D. RyanChapter 25 Stress Management at Work: Secondary Prevention of Stress 533Lawrence R. MurphyChapter 26 A FIT Approach to Work Stress and Health 549Ben (C) FletcherChapter 27 Coaching and Counselling in Organizational Psychology 569Joan L. MeyerChapter 28 What an Organisation Can Do about its Employees’ Well-Being and Health: An Overview 585Marc J. SchabracqChapter 29 Epilogue 601Marc J. Schabracq, Cary L. Cooper & Jacques A.M. WinnubstIndex 605