The costs of stress and ill-health to society are enormous. In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on workplace initiatives to reduce stress and improve individual resilience. This volume brings chief medical officers, leading health professionals and academics to present their views on innovations in the field of stress and health. SUSAN CARTWRIGHT is Professor of Organisational Psychology and Well Being and Director of the Centre for Organisational Health and Well Being at Lancaster University. Professor Cartwright is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the British Academy of Management. She is past President of the British Academy of Management and past editor of the Leadership and Organisation Development Journal and Associate Editor of the British Journal ofManagment. Susan was previously Professor or Organisational Psychology and Director of Postgraduate Studies at Manchester Business School. She has published over 60 scholarly articles and numerous books in the area of employee healthand well-being and has extensive consultancy experience. . CARY COOPER is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Lancaster University Management. School, UK. He is the author of over 100 books, has written over 400 scholarly articles, and is a frequent contributor to. national newspapers, television and radio. He is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management and also of the US-based Academy of Management. In 2001 he was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, and he was Founding Chair of the Sunningdale Institute in the National School of Government, UK. He was also thelead scientist to the UK Government Office for Science on their Foresight programme on Mental Capital and Wellbeing, and was appointed a member of the expert group on establishing guidance for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on stress management in the workplace in. 2009. Professor Cooper is Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences, President of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, a national Ambassador of the Samaritans and Patron of Anxiety UK. HR Magazine named him the '6th Most Influential Thinker in HR' in 2009. He was awarded the Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award at the Times Higher Education Awards 2010. INDICE: Introduction; 'S.Cartwright' & 'C.L.Cooper - 'Is Pressure or Energy Management the Key to High Performance?; 'E.Teasdale' & 'S.Connelly - 'Developing Vitality: Evidence from the Lamplighter Health Initiative; 'J.Cooper, D.Patterson, S.Cartwright '& 'P.Gibbs - 'Organizational Factors that can Help toSupport, or Work Against, the Introduction of Interventions to Reduce Stress at Work; 'S.Whitaker - 'The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts: Developing a Systems Approach to Tackling Mental Health in the Workplace; 'S.Wang' &'A.Kinder - 'Promoting Emotional Well-Being through Social Prescribing; 'H.Abernethy - '
- ISBN: 978-0-230-25191-5
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 160
- Fecha Publicación: 29/07/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés