Surviving the Workplace

A Guide to Emotional Well-Being

Cary L Cooper author Ashley Weinberg author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cengage Learning EMEA

Published:15th Jun '07

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This book examines the experience of emotional well-being in the workplace and its relationship with the functioning of modern organizations. Viewing the understanding of emotional and psychological health as central to our survival at work, this text highlights the pressures of changing employment conditions and the shifting expectations of our own and others’ abilities, both inside and out of workplace. The importance of identifying strategies to help cope with the challenges of work-related experiences is emphasized throughout, embodying the theme of the Psychology at Work series of uniting academic expertise with practical relevance. Students of management and occupational psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and managers and HR professionals, will benefit from the clear and concise coverage of this important topic.

Part 1 ? The meaning of emotional and psychological health 1. Defining and recognizing emotional and psychological health 2. Prevalence and significance of emotional and psychological health problems 3. Models of emotional well-being at work Part 2 ? Identifying sources of emotional challenge in the modern workplace 4. The psychological contract 5. New technology 6. Relationships at work 7. How we manage people 8. The home?work interface 9. Measuring and assessing emotions in the workplace Part 3 ? Coping and survival at work 10. The effective psychological survival kit for the employee 11. Survival kit for the organization 12. The future of emotions at work

ISBN: 9781861529992

Dimensions: 231mm x 154mm x 15mm

Weight: 538g

288 pages

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