Wellbeing at Work in a Turbulent Era

Edited by Paula Brough, Professor of Organisational Psychology; Director, Centre for Work, Organisation & Wellbeing; Griffith University, Australia and Gail Kinman, Professor of Occupational Health Psychology, Department of Organisational Psychology, Birbeck, University of London, UK

‘International conflicts, societal and climate change, technological advances and, of course, the wake of Covid-19 have forced organizations and their employees to adapt and respond as never before. In this “turbulent” context, the volume edited by Professor Paula Brough and Professor Gail Kinman is a valuable guide to shaping organizational responses. In particular, the book provides a valuable focus on employee wellbeing and consideration of topics such as workplace trauma, managing work-nonwork relationships, diversity in the workplace and many others. For me, the value of the work is enhanced by the authors not merely documenting problems but considering the way forward. This future orientation makes the book a valuable addition to the libraries of all those concerned with employee wellbeing as we manage the challenges yet-to-come.’

• Contents1 Will work ever be the same? Future trends for wellbeing at work 1Paula Brough and Gail Kinman2 Occupational stress and wellbeing: Key considerations forimprovements 10Amanda Biggs, Paula Brough, and Sheetal Gai3 Managing workplace trauma and moral distress 27Jo Billings4 Work and non-work boundary management includingremote and hybrid working 56Xi Wen (Carys) Chan and Gail Kinman5 Supporting diversity and intersectionality at work:implications for wellbeing 76Almuth McDowall6 The interplay between uncertainty and insecurity andemployee wellbeing during planned and emergent changes 95Phong T. Nguyen, Alannah E. Rafferty, and Matthew J. Xerri7 Workplace emotions in turbulent environments:implications for workers’ wellbeing and performance 114Ashlea C. Troth, Peter J. Jordan, and Alannah E. Rafferty8 Managing sickness absence behaviours in thepost-pandemic workplace 134Gail Kinman, Andrew J. Clements, and Karen Maher9 Sustaining and embedding: a strategic and dynamicapproach to workplace wellbeing 162David Watson, Rachel Nayani, Olga Tregaskis, and Kevin Daniels10 Using digital tools to improve well-being and workperformance in agile work 179Emma Russell and Christine Grant11 Working patterns and wellbeing 200Jo Yarker, Rachel Lewis, Sophie Walker, and RodrigoRodriguez Fernandez12 Work structures, work cultures and wellbeing in turbulent times 220Ida Bagus Gede Adi Permana, Sudong Shang, and Peter J. Jordan13 An integrated approach to managing wellbeing in the workplace 240Karina Nielsen, Cristina Di Tecco, Jo Yarker, andMichela Vignoli