Employee Well-being Support : A Workplace Resource

by Kinder, Andrew; Hughes, Rick; Cooper, Cary L.

• ISBN13: 9780470058992
• ISBN10: 0470058994
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-30
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Organisations today have to place much greater weight on the emotional and psychological health of employees. Those that neglect this are risking reduced productivity, poorer labour relations, adverse publicity and even litigation.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Foreword - The Fourth Wave	p. xxiii
Acknowledgements	p. xxvii
Introduction: Adapting to Change	p. 1
Organisational Behaviour Issues and Well-being	p. 7
In Consideration of a Toxic Workplace: a Suitable Place for Treatment	p. 9
Leading to a Healthy Workplace	p. 25
Understanding and Improving Psychological Well-being for Individual and Organisational Effectiveness	p. 39
Employee Well-being: the Heart of Positive Organizational Behavior	p. 51
Employee Support Strategies in Large Organisations	p. 61
Coaching Skills for Managers	p. 69
Behaviour Risk Management	p. 79
Positive Coping Strategies at Work	p. 91
Organisational Duty of Care: Workplace Counselling as a Shield against Litigation?	p. 99
Managing Diversity	p. 111
Understanding Mental Health - a Guide for All Employees	p. 119
Responding to Specific Organisational Challenges	p. 133
Organisational Responses to Traumatic Incidents	p. 135
Managing Suicide and Sudden Death within Organisations	p. 147
Bullying and Mistreatment at Work: How Managers May Prevent and Manage Such Problems	p. 161
Counselling and Coaching in Organisations: An Integrative Multi-Level Approach	p. 175
What Makes a Good Employee Assistance Programme?	p. 183
Tackling the Macho Culture	p. 201
Mental Health, Emotions and Work	p. 211
Rehabilitation of Mental Health Disabilities	p. 213
An Organisational Approach to the Rehabilitation of Employees Following Stress-Related Illness	p. 223
Stress Management for Employees: an Evidence-based Approach	p. 239
Perspectives on Managing Workplace Conflict	p. 251
Whose Agenda Does Workplace Counselling Serve?	p. 269
The Emergence of Coaching as a New Profession and Its Global Influence	p. 285
Mentoring and Employee Well-being	p. 297
Building Resilience - An Organisational Cultural Approach to Mental Health and Well-being at Work: A Primary Prevention Programme	p. 309
Index	p. 323
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