Health and Safety in Organizations

Health has often been defined as the absence of illness and as thestate of well-being. This definition, however, actually constitutestwo different criteria: the absence of illness and the presence ofhealth. For example, a person may not have any signs of illness butmay still have a cholesterol level that is too high. When thinkingabout healthy organizations, we often make the same distinction. Ahealthy organization, for example, is not only free from illnessand doesn't harm employees but also possesses the presence ofhealth as exemplified by its long-term adaptability and ability tothrive. This book considers this broader definition of health andsafety in organizations--one that encompasses both the absence ofillness as well as the presence of health--and the implications ithas for industrial/organizational psychology and human resources.

A distinguished group of contributors provides a review andintegration of different lines of research focusing on health andsafety in organizations, including a broad array of topics rangingfrom the role of individual differences and training to humanresource management strategy. They explore cross-level theoreticallinkages between aspects of health and safety at the individual,group, and organizational level. These discussions examine thelinkages between individual health and certain aspects of theoverall health of the organization, as well as how certain aspectsof organizations can influence individual health andwell-being. Foreword (Neal Schmitt).

Preface.

The Contributors.

1 The Etiology of the Concept of Health: Implications for"Organizing" Individual and Organizational Health (David A.Hofmann, Lois E. Tetrick).

PART ONE: INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTS.

2 Individual Differences in Health and Well-Being inOrganizations (Paul E. Spector).

3 Improving Worker Safety and Health Through Interventions(Michael J. Burke, Sue Ann Sarpy).

4 Designing Healthy Work (Sharon K. Parker, Nick Turner, Mark A.Griffin).

5 Group and Normative Influences on Health and Safety:Perspectives from Taking a Broad View on Team Effectiveness (PaulTesluk, Narda R. Quigley).

6 Antisocial Work Behavior and Individual and OrganizationalHealth (Michelle K. Duffy, Anne M. O'Leary-Kelly,Daniel C. Ganster).

7 The Influence of Leadership and Climate onOccupational Healthand Safety(Dov Zohar).

PART TWO: STRATEGY AND POLICY.

8 Strategic HRM and Organizational Health (Jason D. Shaw, JohnE. Delery).

9 Work Arrangements: The Effects of Shiftwork, Telework, andOther Arrangements (Carlla S. Smith, Lorne M. Sulsky, Wayne E.Ormond).

10 The Work and Family Interface: Conflict, Family-FriendlyPolicies, and Employee Well-Being (Pamela L. Perrewé, DarrenC. Treadway, Angela T. Hall).

11 Workplace Health Promotion (Amanda Griffiths, FehmidahMunir).

12 Using Workers' Compensation to Promote a HealthyWorkplace (Karen Roberts).

13 The Role of External Policies in Shaping OrganizationalHealth and Safety (Chris Brotherton).

14 Concluding Comments: Integration and Future Directions (LoisE. Tetrick, David A. Hofmann).

Name Index.

Subject Index. David A. Hofmann is associate professor of management at theKenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill. His research appears in a number journals,including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of ManagementReview, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management,Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Process, andPersonnel Psychology.
Lois E. Tetrick is professor of psychology at theUniversity of Houston. She is an associate editor of Journal ofOccupational Health Psychology and past associate editor of theJournal of Applied Psychology. She is on the editorial boardof Journal of Organizational Behavior. Her research appearsin a number of journals including Journal of Applied Psychology,Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Journal ofOrganizational Behavior. Health has often been defined as the absence of illness and as the state of well-being. This definition, however, actually constitutes two different criteria: the absence of illness and the presence of health. For example, a person may not have any signs of illness but may still have a cholesterol level that is too high. When thinking about healthy organizations, we often make the same distinction. A healthy organization, for example, is not only free from illness and doesn't harm employees but also possesses the presence of health as exemplified by its long-term adaptability and ability to thrive. This book considers this broader definition of health and safety in organizations ¾ one that encompasses both the absence of illness as well as the presence of health ¾ and the implications it has for industrial/organizational psychology and human resources.
A distinguished group of contributors provides a review and integration of different lines of research focusing on health and safety in organizations, including a broad array of topics ranging from the role of individual differences and training to human resource management strategy. They explore cross-level theoretical linkages between aspects of health and safety at the individual, group, and organizational level. These discussions examine the linkages between individual health and certain aspects of the overall health of the organization, as well as how certain aspects of organizations can influence individual health and well-being. The twentieth book in the Organizational Frontiers Series, Health and Safety in Organizations offers a framework integrating various aspects of organizational health and a timely examination of the most-current individual, group, and organizational health research. With contributions from some of the country's most renowned experts on the topic of health in the workplace, this volume explores such vital issues as individual and organizational effects, improving worker safety, designing healthy work, group influences on health, antisocial work behavior, the influence of leadership on occupational health and safety, strategic HRM and organizational health, work and family interface, and workplace health promotion.
Contributors include:
Chris Brotherton, Michael J. Burke, John E. Delery, Michelle K. Duffy, Daniel C. Ganster, Mark A. Griffin, Amanda Griffiths, Angela T. Hall, David A. Hofmann, Fehmidah Munir, Anne M. O'Leary-Kelly, Wayne E. Ormond, Sharon K. Parker, Pamela L. Perrewe, Narda R. Quigley, Karen Roberts, Sue Ann Sarpy, Jason D. Shaw, Carlla S. Smith, Paul E. Spector, Lorne M. Sulsky, Paul Tesluk, Lois E. Tetrick, Darren C. Treadway, Nick Turner, and Dov Zohar