Well-Being in Organizations: A Reader for Students and Practitioners (Key Issues in Industrial & Organizational Psychology)

Part of a three-volume set of themed collections of reprintedarticles from the International Review of Industrial andOrganizational Psychology (IRIOP) from 1997-2001. Each volumeprovides collections around a topic area, with new introductionswritten by the editors for each volume. Written by leading scholarswith international reputations in their fields, this authoritativecollection provides a high quality, review that will be aninvaluable resource for students, researchers and practitioners.
* Topic focussed, 'best of' collections on a specific themeconveniently incorporated into one book
* Ideal for graduate study, dissertations, projects, seminars


This volume considers the culture of the world of work and coverssuch issues as productivity and performance, employee control andhealth, workplace bullying, working time, gender issues and thepressure of work on the individual and it's consequences.

The world of work is very different now to that of twenty years ago. Longer hours, frequent changes in culture and structure, the loss of lifetime career paths and demanding new technology are all impacting on employee well-being and ultimately, on productivity.
This volume gathers together key articles on organizational and individual well-being into three sections. Section one has productivity and performance as its focus. It includes employee control and health, workplace bullying, working time, job and off-job roles and betrayal. A second section examines gender issues for men and women and the final section concentrates on increasing pressure at work. It includes chapters on work adjustment, coping with drugs and alcohol and respite or other breaks from stress.
Written by leading scholars with international reputations in their fields, this collection provides a high quality review that will be invaluable to researchers and practitioners alike.