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Well-Being and Work

Towards a Balanced Agenda

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  • © 2012

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  1. Philip Dewe

    1. Birkbeck University London, UK

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  2. Cary Cooper

    1. Lancaster University, UK

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Part of the book series: Psychology for Organizational Success (POS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Philip Dewe, Cary Cooper
    Pages 1-12

  3. Setting The Scene

    • Philip Dewe, Cary Cooper
    Pages 13-32

  4. The Changing Nature of Work and Its Challenges

    • Philip Dewe, Cary Cooper
    Pages 33-47

  5. Work and Well-Being:Progress and Prospects

    • Philip Dewe, Cary Cooper
    Pages 48-73

  6. Resource Depletion

    • Philip Dewe, Cary Cooper
    Pages 74-98

  7. Resource Accumulation

    • Philip Dewe, Cary Cooper
    Pages 99-133

  8. Coping and Stress Interventions

    • Philip Dewe, Cary Cooper
    Pages 134-158

  9. Conclusions

    • Philip Dewe, Cary Cooper
    Pages 159-164

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 165-194
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About this book

Work and well-being is one of the fastest growing areas of concern to business, public sector and government. This book looks at the causes of stress in the modern work-place, and offers practical advice for managers on how to combat stress in their employees, and put in place strategies for developing a healthy workplace.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Birkbeck University London, UK

    Philip Dewe

  • Lancaster University, UK

    Cary Cooper

About the authors

PHILIP DEWE Vice-Master of Birkbeck and Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. He graduated with a Masters degree in Management and Administration from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, and with an MSc and PhD (in Organizational Psychology) from the London School of Economics. After a period of work in commerce in New Zealand he became a Senior Research Officer in the Work Research Unit, Department of Employment (UK). In 1980 he joined Massey University in New Zealand and headed the Department of Human Resource Management until joining the Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London in 2000. Research interests include work stress and coping, emotions and human resource accounting. He is a member of the editorial board of Work & Stress and the International Journal of Stress Management and an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Heath Promotion. He has written widely in the area of work stress and coping.

CARY COOPER 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 CBEin 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 the lead scientist to the UK Government Office for Science on their Foresight program 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, President of RELATE, President of the Institute of Welfare and Patron of Anxiety UK. HR Magazine named him the 5th Most Influential Thinker in HR' in 2011. He was awarded the Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award at the Times Higher Education Awards 2010.


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