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This exciting Handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of managerial behavior and occupational health. Containing both theoretical and empirical contributions written by eminent academics, the Handbook covers a range of factors that influence behavior including migration and health, job insecurity, the impact of age diversity, work stress and health in the context of social inequality as well as occupational health from a psychological perspective. It is an essential reference tool to further research on psychology, stress and understanding the behaviors of health within working environments. The book will be invaluable to academics and students in the fields of occupational health.

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Author:   Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou ,  Cary Cooper ,  George P. Chrousos ,  Charles D. Spielberger
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781848440951

ISBN 10:   1848440952
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   30 April 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword Ayala Malach Pines Preface PART I: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 1. Occupational Health Psychology: From Preventive Medicine to Psychologically Healthy Workplaces Marilyn Macik-Frey, Jonathan D. Quick, James Campbell Quick and Debra L. Nelson 2. When Stress is Less (Harmful) Terry A. Beehr and Simone I. Grebner 3. Leadership Development from a Complexity Perspective Richard E. Boyatzis 4. Addiction at Work: A Challenge for Occupational Health Psychology Wolfgang P. Beiglböck and Senta Feselmayer 5. Coping and Appraisals in a Work Setting: A Closer Examination of the Relationship Philip Dewe PART II: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 6. The Impact of Age Diversity in Teams on Group Performance, Innovation and Health Jürgen Wegge and Klaus-Helmut Schmidt 7. Single Childfree Adults: The Work–Life Stress of an Unexpected Group Wendy J. Casper and Jennifer E. Swanberg 8. Russian Managers and Doctors’ Indexes of Latent Motivation Associated with Social Frustration Vladimirn Kuznetsov 9. Enhancing Occupational Safety: Non-Technical Skills Rhona Flin 10. The Moderating Role of Interpersonal Justice on the Relationship between Eysenckian Personality Dimensions and Employee Voice and Employee Silence Alicia Omar 11. ‘Unhealthy’ Relationships at Work and Emerging Ethical Issues Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou PART III: OCCUPATIONAL STRESS, WELL-BEING AND HEALTH 12. How Altruism Undermines Mental Health and Happiness Edwin A. Locke and Ellen Kenner 13. Work Stress and Health in the Context of Social Inequality Johannes Siegrist and Cristina Menni 14. The Challenges Facing the Temporary Workforce: An Examination of Stressors, Well-being Outcomes and Gender Differences Sarah E. Crozier and Marilyn J. Davidson 15. Affect Regulation and Well-being in the Workplace: An International Perspective Karen Niven, Peter Totterdell and David Holman 16. Well-being and Stress in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Chris Brotherton, Carolyn Deighan and Terry Lansdown PART IV: PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT, COPING AND PREVENTION 17. Value Congruence, Burnout, and Culture: Similarities and Contrasts for Canadian and Spanish Nurses Michael P. Leiter, Santiago Gascón and Begoña Martínez-Jarreta 18. Coping with Burnout: A Theoretical Perspective and a Corresponding Measure Ayala Malach Pines 19. Implications of Burnout for Health Professionals Timothy P. Munyon, Denise M. Breaux and Pamela L. Perrewé 20. Self-efficacy Training Programs to Cope with Highly Demanding Work Situations and Prevent Burnout Carmen Tabernero, Alicia Arenas and Elena Briones 21. The Relationship between Unfairness, Bullying, Stress and Health Problems in Organizations Herman Steensma PART V: IMMIGRATION, ACCULTURATION AND HEALTH 22. Immigration, Unemployment and Career Counseling: A Multicultural Perspective Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou and Marina Dalla 23. Migration and Health: Psychosocial Determinants Bruce Kirkcaldy, Adrian Furnham and Georg Siefen 24. Acculturative Stress in Professional Immigrants: Towards a Cultural Theory of Stress Rabi S. Bhagat, Charlotte A. Davis and Manuel L. London 25. Immigration, Acculturation and Drug Abuse: Multicultural Aspects of Treatment Marina Dalla, Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou and Katerina Matsa PART VI: EMOTION AT WORK 26. Emotional Intelligence and Coping with Occupational Stress: What Have We Learned So Far? Moshe Zeidner 27. The Relationship between the Psychological Contract and Emotional Labour at Work and the Implications for Psychological Well-being and Organizational Functioning Aashley Weinberg PART VII: SOCIAL SUPPORT ASPECTS 28. Stress, Social Support and Blood Pressure: Worktime–Downtime Distinctions Brian M. Hughes 29. Social Support in the Work Stress Context Roman Cieslak Index

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`The reader will find the articles themselves very well-written and well-researched. . . this book would best be utilized as a reference tool for a researcher or as a reader for a masters- or doctoral-level course in organizational studies, industrial or organizational psychology. . . this text will be extremely valuable.' -- Jeffrey D. Yergler, Leadership & Organization Development Journal

'The reader will find the articles themselves very well-written and well-researched... this book would best be utilized as a reference tool for a researcher or as a reader for a masters- or doctoral-level course in organizational studies, industrial or organizational psychology... this text will be extremely valuable.' -- Jeffrey D. Yergler, Leadership & Organization Development Journal

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Edited by Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou, Associate Professor of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, Cary Cooper, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, George P. Chrousos, Professor of Pediatrics and Chairman, First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens Medical School, Greece, Charles D. Spielberger, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology and Director, Center for Research in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology, University of South Florida, US and Michael William Eysenck, Professor, Psychology Department, Royal Holloway, the University of London, UK

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