The Handbook of Work and Health Psychology

Workplace health is now recognised as having major legal, financialand efficiency implications for organizations. Psychologists areincreasingly called on as consultants or in house facilitators tohelp design work processes, assess and counsel individuals andadvise on change management.

The second edition of this handbook offers a comprehensive,authoritative and up-to-date survey of the field with a focus onthe applied aspects of work and health psychology.

An unrivalled source of knowledge and references in the field, forstudents and academics, this edition also reflects the need torelate research to effective and realistic interventions in theworkplace.
* Editors are outstanding leaders in their fields
* Focuses on linking research to practice
* Over 50% new chapters. New topics include Coping, ThePsychological Contract and Health, Assessment and Measurement ofStress and Well-Being, the Effects of Change, and chapters ofConflict and Communication

About the Editors ix

List of Contributors xi

Preface xv

Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Marc J. Schabracq, Cary L. Cooper & Jacques A.M. Winnubst

Part I: Understanding Work and Health Psychology: Theory and Concepts

Chapter 2 Everyday Well-Being and Stress in Work and Organisations 9
Marc J. Schabracq

Chapter 3 Organisational Culture, Stress and Change 37
Marc J. Schabracq

Chapter 4 The Effects of Work Stress on Health 63
Arie Shirom

Chapter 5 Individual Differences, Work Stress and Health 83
Norbert K. Semmer

Chapter 6 Job Control, Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being 121
Fiona Jones & Ben (C) Fletcher

Chapter 7 The Psychological Contract, Health and Well-Being 143
David E. Guest & Neil Conway

Chapter 8 Flexibility at Work in Relation to Employee Health 159
Töres Theorell Copyrighted Material

Part II: Research and Diagnosis Issues

Chapter 9 Work and Health Psychology as a Scientific Discipline: Facing the Limits of the Natural Science Paradigm 173
Amanda Griffiths & Marc J. Schabracq

Chapter 10 A Risk Management Approach to the Prevention of Work Stress 191
Tom Cox, Amanda Griffiths & Raymond Randall

Part III: Specific Issues in Work and Health Psychology

Chapter 11 New Technologies and Stress 209
Kai-Christoph Hamborg & Siegfried Greif

Chapter 12 Women’s Coping: Communal Versus Individualistic Orientation 237
Stevan E. Hobfoll, Pamela Geller & Carla Dunahoo

Chapter 13 Work Experiences, Stress and Health among Managerial Women: Research and Practice 259
Ronald J. Burke

Chapter 14 Work/Non-Work Interface: A Review of Theories and Findings 279
Sabine A.E. Geurts & Evangelia Demerouti

Chapter 15 Alcohol and Drug Misuse and the Organization 313
Andrew Guppy & John Marsden

Chapter 16 Issues of the Second Career Half 333
Marc J. Schabracq

Chapter 17 Policies and Strategies for the Second Career Half 349
Marc J. Schabracq

Chapter 18 Acute Stress at Work 367
Rolf J. Kleber & Peter G. van der Velden

Chapter 19 Burnout: An Overview of 25 Years of Research and Theorizing 383
Wilmar B. Schaufeli & Bram P. Buunk

Part IV: Preventive and Curative Interventions

Chapter 20 Job Design and Well-Being 429
Michiel Kompier

Chapter 21 Organizational Learning 455
Joan L. Meyer

Chapter 22 Management Development, Well-Being and Health in the Twenty-First Century 475
J. Lee Whittington, Paul B. Paulus & James Campbell Quick

Chapter 23 Conflict at Work and Individual Well-Being 495
Carsten K.W. De Dreu, Dirk van Dierendonck & Marjolein De Best-Waldhober

Chapter 24 Creating Shared Commitment for Results: How to Talk about Accountability 517
Kathleen D. Ryan

Chapter 25 Stress Management at Work: Secondary Prevention of Stress 533
Lawrence R. Murphy

Chapter 26 A FIT Approach to Work Stress and Health 549
Ben (C) Fletcher

Chapter 27 Coaching and Counselling in Organizational Psychology 569
Joan L. Meyer

Chapter 28 What an Organisation Can Do about its Employees’ Well-Being and Health: An Overview 585
Marc J. Schabracq

Chapter 29 Epilogue 601
Marc J. Schabracq, Cary L. Cooper & Jacques A.M. Winnubst

Index 605

Dr Marc J. Schabracq (1949, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; schabracq@humanfactor.nl) is a work and health psychologist. As an independent organizational consultant, Marc Schabracq has acquired much experience with the human aspect of organizations (organizational culture change, leadership, personal transitions, stress management and personal integrity) in a great number of profit and non-profit organizations. In addition, he has worked at the University van Amsterdam since 1973, and subsequently in clinical psychology, social psychology and - since 1987 - work and organizational psychology. He has produced more than 20 scholarly and professional books about psychology, as well as more than 100 articles and book chapters. In addition, he has written three novels and a bundle of short stories.

Jacques A. M. Winnubst is the author of The Handbook of Work and Health Psychology, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Cary Cooper is Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST. He has authored over 80 books and 300 scholarly articles on different aspects of occupational health in general and stress in particular, and is a frequent contributor to the media. He is founding editor of the Journal of Organisational Behaviour, co-editor of Stress Medicine and the International Journal of Management Review. He is a Fellow of the BPS, the Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Health. Currently, Professor Cooper is President of the British Academy of Management, a Companion of the Institute of Management and a Fellow of the American Academy of Management.

Workplace health is now recognized as having major legal, financial and efficiency implications for organizations. The workplace itself has become a health issue. This new edition of The Handbook of Work and Health Psychology continues to provide a comprehensive, authoritative and current survey of this important field and its future territory.

With a focus on the applied aspects of work and health psychology and linking research with practice, Marc Schabracq, Jacques Winnubst and Cary Cooper have assembled authors in their respective fields. Together they identify not only the problems but also possible solutions to creating healthier work organizations.

This handbook is an unrivalled source of knowledge and references in the field – an essential resource for libraries serving students, researchers and practitioners in work and organizational psychology, health psychology, occupational medicine, and human resource managers and policy-makers in the workplace.

Contributors

Ronald J. Burke, Canada

Bram P. Buunk, The Netherlands

Neil Conway, UK

Cary L. Cooper, UK

Tom Cox, UK

M. de Best-Waldhober, The Netherlands

Carsten K. W. de Dreu, The Netherlands

Evangelia Demerouti, The Netherlands

Carla L. Dunahoo, USA

Ben [C]. Fletcher, UK

Pamela A. Geller, USA

Sabine A. E. Geurts, The Netherlands

Siegfried Greif, Germany

Amanda Griffiths, UK

David E. Guest, UK

Andrew Guppy, UK

Kai-Christoph Hamborg, Germany

Stevan E. Hobfoll, USA

Fiona Jones, UK

Rolf J. Kleber, The Netherlands

Michiel A. J Kompier, The Netherlands

John Marsden, UK

Joan L. Meyer, The Netherlands

Lawrence R. Murphy, USA

Paul B. Paulus, USA

James Campbell Quick, USA

Kathleen D. Ryan, USA

Marc J. Schabracq, The Netherlands

Wilmar B. Schaufeli, The Netherlands

Norbert K. Semmer, Switzerland

Arie Shirom, Israel

Töres Theorell, Sweden

Peter G. Van der Velden, The Netherlands

D. van Dierendonck, The Netherlands

James L. Whittington, USA

Jacques A. M. Winnubst, The Netherlands