Arla Day - Workplace Well-Being: How to Build Psychologically Healthy Workplaces

1. Chapter 09
2. Chapter 15

1. Chapter 01
2. Chapter 02
3. Chapter 06
4. Chapter 09
5. Chapter 13
6. Chapter 15

Edited by

Arla Day, E. Kevin Kelloway, and Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr.

This edition first published 2014
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Day, Arla.
Workplace well-being: how to build psychologically healthy workplaces/edited by Arla Day, E. Kevin Kelloway, and Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr.
pagescm
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-46946-0 (cloth) ISBN 978-1-118-46945-3 (pbk.)1.Industrial psychiatry.2.Psychology, Industrial.3.EmployeesMental health.4.Employee health promotion.5.WorkPsychological aspects.6.Work environmentPsychological aspects.I.Kelloway, E. Kevin.II.Hurrell, Joseph J.III.Title.
RC967.5.D39 2014
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2013050098

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Arla Day, Saint Marys University
Arla Day is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology at Saint Marys University and a fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association. Dr Day is a founding member of two research and community outreach centers: the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety and the Centre for Leadership Excellence. She conducts research in psychologically healthy workplaces and has helped promote healthy workplaces through her work as chair of the Nova Scotia Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program and as steering committee member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Center for Organizational Excellence. She is an associate editor at the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Her research focuses on developing healthy employees and healthy organizations, in terms of creating and assessing interventions aimed at improving working conditions, psychological and physical health, and work and life balance.

Joseph J. Hurrell Jr., Saint Marys University
Joseph J. Hurrell Jr. is an adjunct Professor of Psychology at Saint Marys University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and an affiliate of the Canadian National Center for Occupational Health and Safety. He is the current editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology (which he cofounded) and holds Bachelors and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Psychology from Miami University and a Masters in Clinical Psychology from Xavier University. Prior to his current appointments, he was employed for over 30 years as a researcher and administrator by the U.S. CDCs NIOSH. Dr Hurrell has authored over a hundred scientific publications and eight books, serves on the advisory boards of major U.S. occupational health and safety research and education programs, and is internationally recognized for his work.

E. Kevin Kelloway, Saint Marys University
Kevin Kelloway is the Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology and professor of Organizational Psychology at Saint Marys University. A prolific researcher, he has published over 150 articles, book chapters, and technical reports in addition to three authored/edited books. In 2007, Dr Kelloway received the SMU Presidents Award for Excellence in Research, and in 2009 he was named a fellow of both the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Association for Psychological Science. In 2010, he was named a fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association. He is the Associate Editor of Work & Stress and the Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance. He also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, and Canadian Psychology. He is the Section Editor (Conceptual Reviews) for Stress and Health. He maintains an active consulting practice working with private and public sector organizations on issues related to occupational health, leadership, and human resource management.

Julian Barling, Queens University
Julian Barling is the Borden Chair of Leadership in Queens Universitys School of Business. His research focuses primarily on the antecedents and development of transformational leadership, the effects of leaders own mental health on their leadership, and counterproductive workplace behaviors (e.g., workplace aggression, sexual harassment). Julian is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Association for Psychological Sciences, the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, and the Canadian Psychological Association. His book The Science of Leadership: Lessons from Research for Organizational Leaders will be published by Oxford University Press in 2014.

Stephen Bevan, Lancaster University