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Occupational Health Psychology
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This ground-breaking textbook is the first to cover the new and rapidly developing field of occupational health psychology. Provides a thorough introduction to occupational health psychology and an accessible overview of the key themes in research and practice Each chapter relates to an aspect of the core education curriculum delineated by the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Written by internationally recognized experts in the field Examines a host of contemporary workplace health issues, including work-related stress; the psychosocial work environment;?positive psychology and employee well-being; psychosocial risk management; workspace design; organizational research methods; and corporate culture and health
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| Title of eBook: Occupational Health Psychology | |
| Release Date: 03-02-2010 | |
| Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell |
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| SKU | 9781444324167 |
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Occupational Health Psychology
Chapter One
An Introduction to Occupational Health PsychologyJonathan Houdmont and Stavroula Leka
CHAPTER OUTLINE
This chapter introduces occupational health psychology by defining the subject matter and exploring the features that make it distinct from other related areas. The influence of key research groups and studies, characteristics of the changing world of work, and legislative developments that have contributed to the development of the discipline, are considered. The chapter closes by introducing the bodies that represent and support research, training, and professional practice in occupational health psychology on the international stage.
Introduction
There are numerous descriptors for subject specialties that concern the application of psychology in the workplace: industrial and organizational psychology, work and organizational psychology, work and health psychology, vocational psychology, and occupational psychology to name but a few. Each of these specialties has a distinct perspective on the dynamic relationship between work and the worker (although some overlap is inevitable), and exists as a formalized entity supported, to varying degrees, by representative bodies, academic and practitioner journals, international conferences, and professional training pathways. To this collection there is a new entrant that since the early 1990s has attracted interest, but about which little has been written for the student embarking upon study
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