Workplace Well-being

Arla Day is the Canada Research Chair and Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. She is a fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, and she is a founding member of both the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety and the Centre for Leadership Excellence, Canada. She chairs the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award committee in Nova Scotia, Canada, which recognizes organizations for their commitment to the health and safety of their employees. She is Associate Editor for the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Her research and consulting focus on occupational health psychology, stress and well-being, healthy workplaces, work–life interface, and workplace interventions.E. Kevin Kelloway is the Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology and a Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology. In addition to serving on several editorial boards, he is Associate Editor of Work & Stress, section editor for Stress & Health, and associate editor for the Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance. He has published over 150 articles, chapters, and reports and has authored/edited 13 books. He maintains an active consulting practice in areas related to occupational health psychology and human resource management.Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr. is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada, and an affiliate of the Canadian National Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. He is the current Editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, which he cofounded. Prior to his current appointments, he was employed for over 30 years as a researcher and administrator by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). He has authored over 100 scientific publications and 8 books, serves on the advisory boards of major U.S. occupational health and safety research and education programs, and is internationally recognized for his work.

“This book has a broad and international range of profession contributors.  It gives a very comprehensive coverage of many psychological facets that influence a ‘Healthy Workplace’, this through a collection of diverse viewpoints.  For a reader wishing to understand the good and bad influences that affect work, and what considerations that are needed to establish a ‘Healthy Workplace’, the book is highly recommended.”  (British Psychological Society, 15 November 2014)

• About the Editors vii Contributors ixPreface xviPart I Introduction 11 Building a Foundation for Psychologically Healthy Workplaces and Well-Being 3Arla Day and Krista D. Randell2 Business Benefits of a Healthy Workforce 27Cary Cooper and Stephen Bevan3 Positive Psychology and the Healthy Workplace 50Stephanie Gilbert and E. Kevin KellowayPart II The Psychologically Healthy Workplace 734 Occupational Health and Safety 75Peter Y. Chen and Yiqiong Li5 Introduction to Work–Life Balance 95Leslie B. Hammer and Caitlin A. Demsky6 Employee Empowerment and Engagement 117Marisa Salanova and Susana Llorens7 Employee Development and Growth 142Raymond A. Noe and Michael J. Tews8 Employee Recognition 161Lois E. Tetrick and Clifford R. Haimann9 Culture, Communication, and Making Workplaces Healthier 175David M. DeJoy and Lindsay J. DellaPart III Building a Psychologically Healthy Workplace 20310 Respectful Workplaces 205Michael P. Leiter and Ashlyn Patterson11 Leadership and Climate in a Psychologically Healthy Workplace 226Karina Nielsen12 Unions and Changes in Working Life: New Challenges, New Opportunities 245Katharina Näswall and Magnus Sverke13 Corporate Social Responsibility and Psychologically Healthy Workplaces 264Jennifer L. Robertson and Julian Barling14 Creating a Healthy Small Business 281Sharon Clarke15 Designing Healthy Workplaces 299Catherine Loughlin and Danielle Mercer16 Concluding Comments 324Joseph J. Hurrell Jr.Index 334