Organizational Health and Wellbeing

Cooper (organizational psychology and health, Lancaster U. Management School, UK) offers a three-volume compilation of 50 previously published articles (from 1994 to 2010) on organizational health and well-being. Articles address theories, such as the effort-reward model and the job demand-control-support model; research linking job satisfaction and job security to health, well-being, and performance; the negative organizational outcomes of stressful work environments, such as sickness absence, safety, cardiovascular illness, exhaustion, and poor performance; the issue of burnout; issues for teachers, doctors, nurses, police trainees, and rock and pop stars; job characteristics associated with organizational stress and well-being, such as control at work, job demands, overtime, and violence and aggression; managerial style and its links to psychological health and physical illnesses; work-life balance issues, such as work to family conflict and its impact on job satisfaction and cross-cultural and cross-national differences, turnover, and role satisfaction; health promotion and wellness programs, with a focus on the impact of worksite programs; the theory and research on how psychosocial interventions at work can enhance health and well-being; and happiness and health. There is no index. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)