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Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology

Global Perspectives on Research and Practice, Volume 2

Edited by

Jonathan Houdmont

Stavroula Leka

Robert R. Sinclair

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About the Editors

Dr Jonathan Houdmont BSc PGCE MSc PhD is a Lecturer in Occupational Health Psychology and Director of the Workplace Health & Wellbeing postgraduate studies program in the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations (IWHO) at the University of Nottingham, UK. His current research interests focus on measurement and intervention issues in relation to work-related stress and psychosocial risk, and workplace health promotion. He is co-editor of Occupational Health Psychology, also published by Wiley-Blackwell and currently the discipline's sole student textbook. Further information about Jonathan and his work can be found at www.nottingham.ac.uk/iwho/people/jonathan.houdmont

Dr Stavroula Leka is an Associate Professor in Occupational Health Psychology at I-WHO and Director of its programme of work for the World Health Organization. Her primary research interests are the translation of occupational health and safety knowledge and policy into practice, and psychosocial risk management. She has been awarded an early career achievement award in occupational health psychology by the American Psychological Association, US NIOSH and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology. She is Chair of the Education Forum of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. Further information about Stavroula and her work can be found at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/iwho/people/stavroula.leka

Dr Robert R. Sinclair is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Clemson University. He is a founding member and Past-President of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology and a current Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Dr Sinclair's research focuses on occupational health concerns faced by retail employees, military personnel, and nurses, and covers topics such as economic stress, leadership and mental health, work scheduling, personal resilience, and safety. Further information about Robert and his work can be found at http://bobsinclair.webnode.com/

Contributors

Simon L. Albrecht simon.albrecht@monash.edu
School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Georg F. Bauer gfbauer@ifspm.uzh.ch
University of Zürich, Switzerland
Nathan A. Bowling nathan.bowling@wright.edu
Wright State University, USA
Rob B. Briner rbb25@bath.ac.uk
University of Bath, United Kingdom
Thomas W. Britt TWBRITT@clemson.edu
Clemson University, USA
David M. Cadiz dave.cadiz@gmail.com
Oregon Nurses Foundation, USA
William Cockburn cockburn@osha.europa.eu
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
Annet de Lange A.delange@psych.ru.nl
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Josje Dikkers josje.dikkers@hu.nl
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands
Sibe Doosje S.Doosje@uu.nl
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Clive Fullagar fullagar@ksu.edu
Kansas State University, USA
Birgit A. Greiner b.greiner@ucc.ie
University College Cork, Ireland
M. Sandy Hershcovis Sandy_hershcovis@umanitoba.ca
University of Manitoba, Canada
Xabier Irastorza irastorza@osha.europa.eu
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
Gregor J. Jenny gjenny@ifspm.uzh.ch
University of Zürich, Switzerland
Gary Johns gjohns@jmsb.concordia.ca
Concordia University, Canada
Fiona Jones fiona.jones@beds.ac.uk
University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
E. Kevin Kelloway kevin.kelloway@smu.ca
St. Mary's University, Canada
Gail Kinman gail.kinman@beds.ac.uk
University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Cristina Kirkendall cristina1180@yahoo.com
Wright State University, USA
Erin M. Landells Erin.Landells@monash.edu
Monash University, Australia
Elyse R. Maltin emaltin@uwo.ca
The University of Western Ontario, Canada
Anna C. McFadden anna.mcfadden1@gmail.com
Clemson University, USA
John P. Meyer meyer@uwo.ca
The University of Western Ontario, Canada
Malgorzata Milczarek milczarek@osha.europa.eu
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
Nicola Payne n.payne@mdx.ac.uk
Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Alannah E. Rafferty a.rafferty@unsw.edu.au
University of New South Wales, Australia
Eusebio Rial González rial@osha.europa.eu
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
Jennifer R. Rineer jenn.rineer@gmail.com
Portland State University, USA
Sabrina Thai sthai2@uwo.ca
University of Toronto, Canada
Donald M. Truxillo truxillod@pdx.edu
Portland State University, USA

Preface

Welcome to the second volume of Contemporary occupational health psychology: Global perspectives on research and practice. We are delighted that the first volume was well received by researchers, practitioners, and students of the discipline and we hope that readers will be similarly engaged by the variety of contemporary topics addressed in the current volume.

Published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology, the series sets out to:

  1. 1. Publish authoritative, “stand-alone” reviews in the field of occupational health psychology.
  2. 2. Publish new empirical research, where it is appropriate to do so, to enable contributors to advance the field in ways that are not typically possible within the confines of the traditional journal article. This applies particularly to developments in professional practice, education, and training.
  3. 3. Attract contributions from an international constituency of experts which, in time, become citation classics.
  4. 4. Include topics of contemporary relevance to the interests and activities of occupational health psychology researchers, practitioners, educators, and students.

Preparations are already underway for the third volume (2014/2015) and the editors would welcome informal enquires from prospective contributors. Please note that contributions are evaluated on the following criteria:

  1. 1. contemporary relevance of the topic to the activities of researchers, educators, practitioners, and students;
  2. 2. appropriateness and strength of the literature review;
  3. 3. conceptual strength;
  4. 4. strength of methodology and data analysis (where a contribution contains new empirical data);
  5. 5. quality of writing;
  6. 6. implications for professional practice.

We hope that you enjoy this volume and that it becomes a useful resource in your work.

Jonathan Houdmont
Stavroula Leka
Robert Sinclair