1st Edition
Work Psychology and the Climate Crisis A Handbook of Principles and Practice
1. Introduction
· The purpose of this book
· What is meant by Work Psychology?
· Climate Change and the Climate Crisis
· Environmental Sustainability and Ecological sustainability – definitions
· How can psychology help with tackling the climate crisis?
2. Organisational Development, Organisational Change, Organisational Culture
· Global and international aspects
· Strategy development
· How to implement change effectively in organisations
· The consultancy cycle
· How to develop a green organisational culture
· Integrating models such as the Sustainable Development Goals into organisational strategy and practice
3. Work Design, Recruitment and Selection, Performance Appraisal
· Comparison of the concepts of ‘work design’ and ‘job design’
· The concept of ‘green jobs for all’
· The psychology of people and technology
· Job Descriptions and Person Specifications
· The processes used within recruitment and selection
· Integrating environmental sustainability actions and competencies into work design, recruitment, selection and performance appraisal
· Performance appraisal
· The implications of hybrid and remote working
4. Leadership
· What is leadership and what is management - in relation to climate change
· Theories of leadership and management
· Leadership as strategy
· Leadership and role models - Motivational Theory of Role Modelling
· Leadership and Ethical Decision Making
· Individual factors that can affect decision making
· Wicked messes and wicked problems faced by leaders
· Sustainable management and the triple bottom line
5. Employee Engagement
· Why don’t people engage in climate action?
· Engaging employees in sustainable actions
· Employee commitment, values, and organisational citizenship
· The Psychological Contract
· Psychological Safety
· Groups, teams and teamwork: intra- and inter-group processes and their relevance to environmental sustainability action
6. Motivation and Job Satisfaction
· Communication for motivating climate action - Optimism vs pessimism
· Job Satisfaction
· Nudge Theory
· Pro-environmental behaviour change
7. Learning, Training, Coaching, Mentoring, and Career Development
· Theories of learning and skill acquisition
· Integrating environmental sustainability into the training cycle
· E-learning vs traditional learning methods
· Coaching and Mentoring
· Careers, occupational choice and green career development
· The environmental impact of learning activities
8. Wellbeing, Stress and Resilience
· The climate crisis is a health crisis
· The implications for individuals
· Implications for organisations
· Stress
· What can organisations do?
· What can individuals do?
· Positive psychological perspectives
· The co-benefits of climate action on health and wellbeing
9. Psychological Assessment
· Psychological Assessments and Psychological Tests
· The content and process of psychological assessment
· Individual differences – personality, aptitude, values and beliefs and their relevance to climate action
· Ethical issues in Psychological Assessment
10. Conclusion
Biography
Jan Maskell is a Teaching Fellow at Lancaster University Management School, UK, and Co-chair and Education Director at Scientists for Global Responsibility, UK. She is a practising Occupational Psychologist.
