Occupational Health Psychology: Euro. Perspectives On Research, Education and Practice (Vol 1)
The discipline of occupational health psychology concerns the application of the principles and practices of psychology to the understanding and management of the dynamic relationship between workers and their work environment.
The ten chapters, authored by international experts in their fields, are divided across the three pillars of Academy activity: research, education and professional practice. Each chapter offers an up-to-date review and empirical data on a discrete topic of current relevance and interest in Europe and beyond; themes include ageing and work, well-being and work performance, educational curriculum developments, the establishment of occupational health psychology services in organizations, work-related violence training and approaches to combating psychosocial risks to health, among others.
The book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, educators and students in occupational health psychology and exists as an ideal vehicle for the updating of professional skills and knowledge in the domain.
Contents:
- Age related differences in the relation between work and mental health: results from the longitudinal TAS study (de Lange, Taris, Jansen, Smulders, Houtman and Kompier)
- Work and healthy ageing: lessons from research on psychosocial stress at work (Siegrist and Dragano)
- Understanding task-related learning: when, who, why and how (Wielenga, Taris, Kompier and Wigboulds)
- Well-being and job performance (Demerouti and Bakker)
- Occupational health psychology: perspectives from the EU and the US concerning training, research and practice (Tetrick)
- Education and training in OHP: the case for E-learning (Houdmont, Leka and Cox)
- Occupational health psychology in practice: the organisation, its employees and their mental health (Arthur)
- Developing occupational health psychology services in healthcare settings (Wren, Schwartz, Allen, Boyd, Gething, Hill-Tout, Jennings, Morrison and Pullen)
- Building quality approaches to work related violence training: the pillars of best practice (Leather, Zarola and Santos)
- Combating psychosocial risks in work organisations: some European practices (Oeij, Wiezer, Elo, Nielsen, Vega, Wetzstein & Zolnierczyk)