Sir Cary L. Cooper CBE is Pro Vice Chancellor for External Relations and Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University. He is Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences, President of RELATE, President of Institute of Welfare and was lead scientist on the UK government's Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing. James Campbell Quick is John and Judy Goolsby Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, and Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Lancaster University Management School, UK. He is Editor-in-Chief of Foundations and Trends in Organizational Behavior, now publications. Jim has over 130 publications available in ten languages. Jim is married to the former Sheri Grimes Schember. Marc J. Schabracq teaches courses on work and health psychology at the University of Amsterdam and is an independent organizational consultant in human aspects of production and change in both profit and non-profit organisations. He has produced more than twenty scholarly and professional books on psychology, as well as more than 100 articles and book chapters.

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• About the Editors ix List of Contributors xiChapter 1 Introduction 1Cary L. Cooper, James Campbell Quick and Marc J. SchabracqPart I: The Context ofWork and Health Today 7Chapter 2 Health andWell-Being: The Role of the Psychological Contract 9David Guest and Neil ConwayChapter 3 The Social Context of Work Life: Implications for Burnout and Work Engagement 25Michael P. Leiter and Naomi StrightChapter 4 The Effects of Job Strain on Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease 49Arie Shirom, Galit Armon, Shlomo Berliner, Itzhak Shapira and Samuel MelamedChapter 5 Sickness Presenteeism and Attendance Pressure Factors: Implications for Practice 77Caroline Biron and Per Øystein SaksvikPart II: Individual Differences and Health 97Chapter 6 Individual Differences, Work Stress and Health 99Norbert K. Semmer and Laurenz L. MeierChapter 7 Gender and Work Stress: Unique Stressors, Unique Responses 123Faye K. Cocchiara and Myrtle P. BellChapter 8 Work Experiences, Stress and Health among Managerial Women: Research and Practice 147Ronald J. Burke and Astrid M. RichardsenPart III: The Role ofWorkplace Factors on Health 171Chapter 9 The Role of Job Control in Employee Health and Well-Being 173Paul E. SpectorChapter 10 Stress and Careers 197Yehuda BaruchChapter 11 New Technologies and Stress 221Kai-Christoph Hamborg and Siegfried GreifChapter 12 Flexibility at Work in Relation to Employee Health 251T¨ores TheorellChapter 13 Acute Stress at Work 269Rolf J. Kleber and Peter G. van der VeldenPart IV: Supporting Individuals atWork 293Chapter 14 Management Development for Well-Being and Survival: Developing the Whole Person 295Rosemary Maellaro and J. Lee WhittingtonChapter 15 Coaching in Organizations 329Helen Williams and Stephen PalmerChapter 16 Women’s Coping: Communal Versus Individualistic Orientation 353Pamela A. Geller, Stevan E. Hobfoll and Carla DunahooChapter 17 Employee Assistance Programs: A Research-Based Primer 383Mark AttridgePart V: Organizational Approaches to Health andWell-Being 409Chapter 18 Organizational Culture, Leadership, Change and Stress 411Manfred Kets de Vries, Laura Guill´en Ramo and Konstantin KorotovChapter 19 Building Interventions to Improve Staff Well-Being 427Gordon Tinline and Ben MossChapter 20 Stress and Effectiveness: An Approach for Changing Organizational Culture 445Marc J. Schabracq and Iva SmitChapter 21 Epilogue 471Cary L. Cooper, James Campbell Quick and Marc J. SchabracqIndex 477