Psychology of the Recession on the Workplace

Edited by Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou, Associate Professor of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece and Cary Cooper, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

‘Two deep human needs are to master the world and to feel safe and secure. The Great Recession thwarted both needs for millions of people around the world. Cooper and Antoniou’s global team of scholars address the psychological, economic, social, and other dimensions of our current crisis while charting paths whereby we can again satisfy these needs. Let us rise above the crisis and follow Aristotle’s path to living well and faring well. This book offers a plan for doing so.’

• Contents:ForewordLennart LeviPrefacePART I: INDIVIDUAL HEALTH, STRESS AND WELL-BEING1. Well-being Among Greeks and Immigrants Before and After the Current Financial Crisis Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou and Marina Dalla2. Socioeconomic Adversity and Family Stressors in Relation to School Achievement Among Greek, Serbian and Albanian Students Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, Marina Dalla, Ledi Kashahu, Dhori Karaj, George Michailidis and Evi Georgiadi3. The Impact of the Recession and its Aftermath on Individual Health and Well-beingEsther Greenglass, Zdravko Marjanovic and Lisa Fiksenbaum4. Workaholism and Psychosocial Functioning: Individual, Family and Workplace Perspectives Diana Malinowska, Monika Trzebińska, Aleksandra Tokarz and Bruce D. Kirkcaldy5. The Mark of Recession in the High-tech Industry: High Stress and Low Burnout Ayala Malach-Pines and Nurit Zaidman 6. The Adverse Effects of Recession-related Events on the Health and Well-being of IndividualsOi-Ling Siu 7. Temporary Employment, Quality of Working Life and Well-being Alfred F. Wagenaar, Michiel A.J. Kompier, Toon W. Taris and Irene L.D. Houtman PART II: JOB INSECURITY, JOB LOSS AND UNEMPLOYMENT8. Economic Recession, Job Insecurity and Employee and Organizational Health Ronald Burke 9. The Psychology of Unemployment: Laying off People in a RecessionAdrian Furnham 10. Perceiving and Responding to Job Insecurity: The Importance of Multilevel Contexts Lixin Jiang, Tahira Probst and Robert R. Sinclair 11. Unemployment and Mental Health Howard Kahn 12. The Effects of Not Working: A Psychological Framework for Understanding the Experience of Job LossEllen I. Shupe and Katelyn A. Buchholz PART III: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN RECESSION13. Effects of the Recession on Psychological Contracts between Employers and EmployeesDonald A.J. Cable and Michael O’Driscoll 14. The Individual Afront the Antinomies of the Contemporary WorldMenelaos Givalos15. The Psychological Effects of Restructuring Kathleen Otto, Thomas Rigotti and Gisela Mohr16. Social Support in Times of Economic StressEwelina Smoktunowicz, Roman Cieslak and Charles C. BenightPART IV: WORK-FAMILY BALANCE/CONFLICT17. The Dynamism of Balancing Work and Family in a Developing Society: Evidence from Taiwan Luo Lu 18. Low Income Families and Occupational Health: Implications of Economic Stress for Work-Family Conflict Research and PracticeRobert R. Sinclair, Tahira Probst, Leslie B. Hammer and Meline M. SchafferIndex