Looks at people's happiness and unhappiness in their jobs and endeavours to help the reader to actually do something about it. This book aims to improve your approach to work - and therefore your happiness at work - for good.

Looks at people's happiness and unhappiness in their jobs and endeavours to help the reader to actually do something about it. This book aims to improve your approach to work - and therefore your happiness at work - for good.

An exploration into the ways in which friendships, isolation and enemy-ships influence and affect our experience of work. The theme of the research volume is 'Alienation to Suffocation'; canvassing issues from loneliness and isolation through to the positive aspects of a friendly workplace.

Offers a comprehensive survey of work and health psychology. This handbook focuses on the applied aspects of work and health psychology. It features chapters that cover themes in this field.

A just culture protects people's honest mistakes from being seen as culpable. But what is an honest mistake, or rather, when is a mistake no longer honest? Drawing on author's experience with practitioners (in nursing, air traffic control and professional aviation) whose errors were turned into crimes, this title lays out a view of just culture.

Different types of teamwork in and between organizations have attracted a lot of research, analyzing different team characteristics and context factors and their influence on team processes and various team outcomes.

The third edition of this acclaimed text introduces students to the psychological factors active in the workplace, including the psychology of the workforce, employee health and well-being, organizational behavior, motivation, human resources, and various dynamics of work interaction.

Considers outsourcing from both management and staff perspectives. This book includes chapters on cultural and individual differences, the life-cycle approach, best practices, and recruitment, as well as featuring informative case studies from the field. It is suitable for organizational psychologists and consultants.

This text provides an alternative to prevailing approaches to stress at work. It sets stress at work in the context of debates about emotion, subjectivity and power in organizations, viewing it as an emotional product of the social and political features of work and organizational life.

Topics in Applied Psychology is a series of integrated texts combining both the academic and professional aspects of applied psychology. Written by a team of high-profile UK academics, this series is ideal for second- and third-year psychology undergraduates.

Helps businessmen to develop techniques of creative thinking in the boardroom.

The updated fourth edition of 'Work Psychology by John Arnold retains its blend of theory, research and examples offers an accessible and fascinating examination of human behaviour in today's workplace. Covering a range of core topics, the book is suitable for undergraduate students in business and management, and psychology and more.

Since 1990, we have learnt a lot from occupational psychology about workplace culture and, in particular, stress in the workplace. This book provides a plan for tackling workplace stress from within. It allows organizations to identify and then seek solutions to its own specific problems.

Covers psychological processes, the study of groups and work teams, and the nature of complex organizations as a whole. Reflecting developments in psychology as well as society generally, this book contains topics that range from skill and workload, shiftwork, personnel selection, and training and careers.

Explores why some people at work are happier or unhappier than others. This book evaluates different approaches to the definition and assessment of happiness, and combines environmental and person-based themes to explain differences in people's experience. It is written for academic readers.

Provides a practical application of Tibetan Buddhist spiritual values to the world of work. This book shows us how to place our working lives into the context of our lives. It helps us to reach a pathway that can lead us to true life fulfilment and purpose.

Examines the origins of the field of stress research. This book explores different theories and models of stress such as the psychosomatic approach, homeostasis, and general adaptation syndrome. It also explains the origins of key concepts in stress such as stressful life events, the coronary-prone personality, and appraisals and coping.

What is the psychological contract? How do the psychological contracts of professional workers change over time? Do professional workers feel more committed to their profession or to their employing organization? Can psychological contracts be 'managed'? This book addresses these questions.

Deals with the role of the organisation in scientific research. This book examines organisational influences such as leadership, resources and technology, and their importance in relation to scientific performance. It focuses on the organisation of scientific research and the importance of the research environment to scientific performance.