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Psychosocial Factors at Work in the Asia Pacific
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2016
This book presents research and best practice examples from the Asia Pacific region to address the gap in global expertise on psychosocial factors at work. It explores practices in the region that promote healthy workplaces and workers by presenting research from around the globe on issues such as...
Leadership Psychology
How the Best Leaders Inspire Their People
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
A better understanding of the psychological relationships at play within current working environments will enable leaders to achieve greater success for themselves and their organizations. Leadership Psychology outlines how inspirational leaders across a range of award-winning companies of all sizes...
Managing Health, Safety and Well-Being
Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
To achieve sustainable progress in workplace and societal functioning and development, it is essential to align perspectives for the management of health, safety and well-being. Employers are responsible for providing every individual with a working environment that is safe and does not harm their...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
This series promotes theory and research in the growing area of occupational stress, health and well being, and in the process, showcases the work of the best researchers and theorists who contribute to this area. Furthermore, the series promotes the development of truly path-breaking contributions...
Work, Family, and Community
Exploring Interconnections
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Research in recent decades has proven that the seemingly disparate worlds of family life and the workplace are in fact closely intertwined. Moreover, scholars have begun to recognize the extent to which community life influences the work-family interface, for instance, the lack of fit between school...
Stress and Quality of Working Life
Current Perspectives in Occupational Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
This book was developed for the 2005 International Stress Management Association Conference in Brazil. The original book was recently published in Portuguese, but because of the popularity of the topics and the worldrenowned stress scholars who contributed chapters, we are very pleased to have the...
Journal Article Writing and Publication
Your Guide to Mastering Clinical Health Care Reporting Standards
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
The ability to demonstrate that a specific health care profession provides valuable and effective services that meet society’s health needs is a major objective for all health care academicians and researchers. Such skills are critical to ensure service reimbursement from an increasingly small pool...
The Practical Applicability of Toxicokinetic Models in the Risk Assessment of Chemicals
Proceedings of the Symposium The Practical Applicability of Toxicokinetic Models in the Risk Assessment of Chemicals held in The Hague, The Netherlands, 17–18 February 2000
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
In 2000 OpdenKamp Registration & Notification organized a two-day symposium in The Hague, The Netherlands, on `The Practical Applicability of Toxicokinetic Models in the Risk Assessment of Chemicals'. Several speakers from Europe and the United States were invited to present the different aspects....
by David Fontana
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2000
Personality influences every aspect of our behaviour. Nowhere is this more true than in the workplace. From childhood to retirement, personality helps determine how we relate to others, how we approach our work, the level of our motivation, our ambitions and life goals, and our response to rules and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
All industrial countries have developed regulatory systems to assess and manage the risk of chemical substances to the working and natural environment. The pressure to harmonize these often specialized regulatory systems is increasingly strong at the international level. Such harmonization not only...
Industrial Hygiene Simplified
A Guide to Anticipation, Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Workplace Hazards
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2006
Other books on industrial hygiene focus more on classroom use than on practical application and are too large and cumbersome to use on the job. Author Frank Spellman, a certified safety professional and certified hazardous materials manager, fulfills the need for a more field-friendly reference with...
by Julie Zigo, Marcia Lajoie, Felicity Baker
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
There is a rapidly emerging and developing area of music therapy practice that uses electronic music technologies in a range of therapeutic and clinical settings to help clients with complex needs. This edited volume explains cutting edge technologies and how to apply these tools in practice.
With...
Challenging Stress, Burnout and Rust-Out
Finding Balance in Busy Lives
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
A balanced lifestyle enhances health, happiness and wellbeing. With practical techniques and strategies, this book explores how this balance can be found and how stress and anxiety, which are linked to being overworked and over busy, may be alleviated.
It begins by examining the state of work-life...
by Christine Hodson
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Psychology and Work provides a concise, user-friendly introduction to the field of occupational psychology. The book covers the main issues in the psychology of work and organizations. Topics discussed include the significance of work to the individual, the motivation to work, selection and training...