ABSTRACT

Over recent years, many companies have developed an awareness of the importance of an active, rather than passive, approach to wellbeing at work. Whilst the value of this approach is widely accepted, turning theory into effective practice is still a challenge for many companies.

The Routledge Companion to Wellbeing at Work is a comprehensive reference volume addressing every aspect of the topic. Split into five parts, it explores different models of wellbeing; personal qualities contributing to wellbeing; job insecurity and organizational wellbeing; workplace supports for wellbeing; and initiatives to enhance wellbeing. The international team of contributors provide a solid foundation to research and practice, including contemporary topics such as architecture, coaching, and fitness in the workplace.

Edited by two of the world’s leading scholars on the subject, this text is a valuable tool for researchers, students, and practitioners in HRM and organizational psychology.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. The state of the art of workplace wellbeing

Part I Models of wellbeing

2. The resilient person and organization

3. Differentiating challenge, hindrance, and threat in the stress process

4. Psychological connections with work

5. Determinants of mental health in the workplace

6. Toward evidence-based practice in organizational wellbeing: methods and measures

Part II Personal qualities contributing to wellbeing

7. Character, personality, and psychological wellbeing

8. Work characteristics, work-specific wellbeing, and employee sleep

Part III Job insecurity and organizational wellbeing

9. Economic stressors and wellbeing at work: multilevel considerations

10. Long working hours and presenteeism in Asia: a cultural psychological analysis

11. Workplace incivility: a critical review and agenda for research and practice

Part IV Workplace supports for wellbeing

12. Wellbeing and design at the office

13. Workplace empowerment and employee health and wellbeing

14. Coworking communities as enablers of thriving at work

15. The long-hours culture: implications for health and wellbeing

16. Rethinking work-life balance and wellbeing: the perspectives of fathers

Part V Initiatives to enhance wellbeing

17. Wellbeing coaching

18. Work and wellbeing: creating a psychologically healthy workplace

19. Job resources as contributors to wellbeing

20. Stress management techniques in the workplace

21. Physical activity and workplace wellbeing

22. Essential elements of programs to improve workplace wellbeing

23. Improving employee wellbeing through leadership development

24. Participatory approach towards a healthy workplace in Japan

25. Workplace conflict resolution interventions