Industrial Health category: 2135 books
Research Methods in Occupational Health Psychology
Measurement, Design and Data Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Research Methods in Occupational Health Psychology: Measurement, Design, and Data Analysis provides a state-of-the-art review of current issues and best practices in the science of Occupational Health Psychology. Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) is a multidisciplinary and rapidly growing area...
Resilience Training for Firefighters
An Approach to Prevent Behavioral Health Problems
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
Developing resilience skills has the potential to shield firefighters and other emergency responders from the negative effects of stressful incidents and situations. Drawing on cutting-edge research, this SpringerBrief proposes strategies to prevent firefighter behavioral health issues using the...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
During the course of the last two decades, the health effects of tea and its catechins have been docmnented in nmnerous scientific studies and the scientific basis of these effects has been elaborated. Professor Kuroda and Dr. Hara provide in this volmne a translation of a thorough and extensive book...
Managing Health and Wellbeing in the Public Sector
A Guide to Best Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
As governments throughout the world experience increasing fiscal challenges, the pressures on public sectors to streamline services and harness technological advances is unprecedented. Many have undergone huge budgetary cuts as a result, but what are the effects of this intense organisational change...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2002
Organizations need to contend with issues related to disruptive psychopathological behavior that in years past may have been swept under the rug. Also, clinicians are more aware that their clients' mental health concerns are influenced by the workplace and that treatment without regard to what happens...
by G. Ffrench
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
"HOLD THOU THE GOOD: DEFINE IT WELL ... " The quotation above from Tennyson, is apt when describing the purpose and achievement of this book. The author is dedicated to his subject-personal health in industry: his research covers practical experience in the U.K. and other lands. In non-technical...
Psychology and Work Today
Pearson New International Edition CourseSmart eTextbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
This book describes industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology programs in action, showing how they are developed and implemented in a variety of organizational settings, using workers who differ by gender, age, culture, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
Snakes in Suits
When Psychopaths Go to Work
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Revised and updated with the latest scientific research and updated case studies, the business classic that offers a revealing look at psychopaths in the workplace—how to spot their destructive behavior and stop them from creating chaos in the modern corporate organization.
Over the past...
The Handbook of Work Analysis
Methods, Systems, Applications and Science of Work Measurement in Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This new handbook, with contributions from experts around the world, is the most comprehensive treatise on work design and job analysis practice and research in over 20 years. The handbook, dedicated to Sidney Gael, is the next generation of Gael’s successful Job Analysis Handbook for Business,...
Wage and Hour Law
Guide to Methods and Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2018
This practical guide offers management, psychology, and related professionals comprehensive background in—and robust methods for evaluating—frequently litigated wage and hour issues. Wage and hour compliance is impacted by numerous sources including federal laws such as the Fair Labor Standards...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Since the increased attention toward diversity in the workplace, the concepts of "diversity initiatives" and "diversity management" have become a common place in many conversations among academics and practitioners alike. The diversity movement in the workplace originated from...
Adverse Impact Analysis
Understanding Data, Statistics, and Risk
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Compliance with federal equal employment opportunity regulations, including civil rights laws and affirmative action requirements, requires collection and analysis of data on disparities in employment outcomes, often referred to as adverse impact. While most human resources (HR) practitioners are...
Improving Organizational Interventions For Stress and Well-Being
Addressing Process and Context
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This book brings together a number of experts in the field of organizational interventions for stress and well-being, and discusses the importance of process and context issues to the success or failure of such interventions. The book explores how context and process can be incorporated into program...
Making Work and Family Work
From hard choices to smart choices
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Making Work and Family Work investigates the difficult choices that contemporary employees must face when juggling work and family with a view to identifying the smart choices that all parties involved—society, employers, employees and families—should make to promote greater work–life balance.
Leading...