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Part of the six-volume reference set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume is a comprehensive look at wellbeing in the workplace at organizational, managerial, and individual levels. Discusses the implications of theory and practice in the field of workplace wellbeingIncorporates not only coverage of workplace stress in relation to wellbeing, but also aspects of positive psychologyExplores the role of governments in promoting work place well beingPart of the six-volume set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research on wellbeing from across the social sciencesTopics include work-life balance; coping strategies and characters of individuals; characteristics of workplaces and organizational strategies that are conducive to wellbeing; and many more. |
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Trade John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. |
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Work and Wellbeing; Contents of this Volume; About the Editors; Contributors; Full Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide; Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide; Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction: From Stress to Happiness; Chapter 2 Conceptualizing and Measuring Wellbeing at Work; Part 2 Resources, Coping, and Control; Chapter 3 Job DemandswResources Theory; Chapter 4 Positive Psychology and Coping: Towards a Better Understanding of the Relationship; Chapter 5 The Role of Workplace Control in Positive Health and Wellbeing. |
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Part 3 Happy Workers and Happy OrganizationsChapter 6 The Happy Worker: Revisiting the ""Happy-Productive Worker"" Thesis; Chapter 7 Organizational Characteristics of Happy Organizations; Part 4 Character and Wellbeing; Chapter 8 Character and Wellbeing; Chapter 9 Stress, Health, and Wellbeing in Practice: Workplace Leadership and Leveraging Stress for Positive Outcomes; Part 5 Organizational Strategies to Promote Wellbeing; Chapter 10 Cancer, Work, and the Quality of Working Life: A Narrative Review; Chapter 11 Lead Well, Be Well: Leadership Behaviors Influence Employee Wellbeing. |
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Chapter 12 Organizational Coping Strategies and WellbeingChapter 13 Workplace Mistreatment: Recent Developments in Theory, Research, and Interventions; Chapter 14 The Sustainable Workforce: Organizational Strategies for Promoting Work-Life Balance and Wellbeing; Chapter 15 Development of a Theoretically Grounded Model of Sexual Harassment Awareness Training Effectiveness; Chapter 16 The Working Wounded: Stigma and Return to Work; Chapter 17 Job Stress in University Academics: Evidence from an Australian National Study; Part 6 From Research to National Policy. |
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Chapter 18 Longitudinal Research in Occupational Stress: A Review of Methodological IssuesChapter 19 Measuring Wellbeing in Modern Societies; Index. |
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Psychology.
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Psychology |
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Psychologie. |
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psychology. |
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Psychology |
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Chen, Peter Y., editor Editor.
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Cooper, Cary L., editor Editor.
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Print version: Chen, Peter Y. Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Work and Wellbeing. Hoboken : Wiley, ©2014 9781118608364 |
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9781118716212 |
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1118716213 (E-Book) |
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9781118716212 |
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EB00225137 Recorded Books |
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