The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Occupational Safety and Workplace Health - (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

• A Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Psychology focusing on occupational safety and workplace health.
• The editors draw on their collective experience to present thematically structured material from leading thinkers and practitioners in the USA, Europe, and Asia Pacific
• Provides comprehensive coverage of the major contributions that psychology can make toward the improvement of workplace safety and employee health
• Equips those who need it most with cutting-edge research on key topics including wellbeing, safety culture, safety leadership, stress, bullying, workplace health promotion and proactivity

From the Back Cover

"This Handbook provides an excellent overview of the psychology of occupational safety and health in the workplace. The contributors are outstanding international scholars and the themes highlighted are very topical and important in helping to create a healthy and safe workplace. The Editors should be congratulated on producing an outstanding contribution to the field. This is a must read for people working in occupational safety and health."
Professor Sir Cary Cooper, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

"This volume provides an integration of multiple perspectives on occupational health and safety, primarily from an occupational health psychology view, attending to issues at the individual, job, group/team, organizational, and societal level. Further, the contributions to the volume provide a science and practice perspective."
Lois E. Tetrick, PhD, Professor of Psychology, George Mason University, USA

This authoritative Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Psychology examines occupational safety and workplace health. The editors have drawn on their collective experience in collating thematically structured material from leading thinkers and practitioners in the USA, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Coinciding with growing international interest in the applications of psychology to organizations, the work offers a unique depth of analysis from an explicitly psychological perspective. Each chapter includes a detailed literature review that offers academics, researchers, scientist-practitioners, and students an invaluable frame of reference. Coverage is built around competencies set forth by regulatory agencies and includes organizational climate and culture, safety leadership, work-related stress, workplace bullying, workplace health promotion, and employee proactivity.

About the Author

Sharon Clarke is Professor of Organizational Psychology, Head of Division and Deputy Head of School at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. Her research interests are in occupational safety, health and wellbeing, particularly safety leadership, climate and culture. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and Associate Editor at the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. She is also on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Stress Management.

Tahira M. Probst is a Professor of Psychology at Washington State University Vancouver, USA. Her research focuses on occupational health and safety, with a particular interest in the psychosocial antecedents of accident underreporting. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of Stress & Health and an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Occupational Health Science, Military Psychology and the Journal of Business and Psychology.

Frank Guldenmund is Ass. Professor in the Safety Science and Security Group at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He works primarily in the field of occupational, process and nuclear safety, where he focusses on human behaviour in a technological environment. Within this context he developed an interest in the topic of safety culture, into which he has conducted research for two decades. He has been Associate Editor of Safety Science for many years.

Jonathan Passmore (Series Editor) is the Professor of Coaching and Behavioural Change at Henley Business School, University of Reading and a professor of psychology at the University of Evora, Portugal. He is a chartered psychologist, holds five degrees, and has an international reputation for his work in coaching and leadership, including being listed by Thinkers50 as one of the top 10 coaches in the world. He has published widely books on the themes of leadership, personal development and change, and served as editor for the Association for Coaching book series. He speaks widely at conferences across the world and has published over 100 journal papers and book chapters.