The Fulfilling Workplace The Organization's Role in Achieving Individual and Organizational Health

Contents: Part I Nature of the Issues: The healthy organization: reducing high-risk individual behavior and organizational toxicity, Ronald J. Burke. Part II Optimal Individual and Organizational Outcomes: Becoming fully engaged in the workplace: what individuals and organizations can do to foster work engagement, Arnold B. Bakker, Wido G.M. Oerlemans and Lieke L. ten Brummelhuis; Experiencing flow in the workplace and what individuals and organizations can do to foster it, Evangelia Demerouti and Clive J. Fullagar; Passion in organizations, Adrian Furnham; The importance of social capital in the workplace and how individuals and organizations can support its development, Fred O. Walumba and Amanda L. Christensen. Part III Individual Resources: Person-situated dynamics and well-being at work: an achievement goal theory perspective, Christina G.L. Nerstad, Glyn C. Roberts and Astrid M. Richardsen; When pulling to the negative emotional attractor is too much or not enough to inspire and sustain outstanding leadership, Richard E. Boyatzis; The emotional intelligence response to coping with narcissism in the work place, Roy Lubit. Part IV Organizational Initiatives: Enhancing well-being in organizations through selection and development, Jill Flint-Taylor and Ivan T. Robertson; Meaningful work is healthy work, Paul Fairlie; Discrimination in the workplace and employee health, Robert L. Dipboye, Barbara A. Fritzsche and Lindsay Dhanani; Changing sexual harassment within organizations via training interventions: suggestions and empirical data, Vicki J. Magley, Louise F. Fitzgerald, Jan Salisbury, Fritz Drasgow and Michael J. Zickar; The relationship between work design and retirement: implications for organizational policy, Amanda Griffiths, Alec Knight and Nor Diana Mohd Mahudin; Creating a safe and healthy work environment: the latest thinking and research evidence, Sharon Clarke, Sara Guediri and Elinor O’Connor; Inculcating values-based leadership: one Canadian firm

Biography

Ronald Burke's work has focused on the relationship between the work environment and individual and organizational health. He was Founding Editor of the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences and has served on editorial boards of more than a dozen journals. He has served as Director of the PhD Program at Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, and as Associate Dean for Research. Cary L. Cooper, CBE, is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University, England. He is Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior and Editor in Chief of the medical journal Stress & Health. He is Fellow of the Academy of Management, Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the Royal College of Physicians. He is currently Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences. In 2001, Cary was awarded a CBE by the Queen for his contribution to organizational health. He was the lead scientist on the UK government’s Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing.

’This book addresses individual well-being through coverage of issues such as engagement, flow, social connectivity, and personal resources. It links this to the organizational implications to do with resourcing, meaningful work, values, corporate wellness and a lack of discrimination. In so doing it brings together the views and insights of leading scholars from around the world.’ Paul R. Sparrow, Lancaster University Management School, UK ’We all want it, but how do we get it? In The Fulfilling Workplace a top-notch pair of authors addresses this question for individuals and organizations. This timely international volume not only documents major barriers to fulfilling work, but also points the way toward hopeful paths for progress. It’s essential reading for organizational scholars and business leaders alike.’ Debra Major, Old Dominion University, USA ’This volume of essays deals with vital issues in today’s workplaces - health and well-being. Each chapter critically reflects on how these can be enhanced in organisations. The authors’ accumulated knowledge and experience are clearly displayed. For researchers and practitioners, this will be a very valuable resource, as it deals with both individual-level issues (such as employee psychological well-being) and organisational practices (for instance, corporate culture and ethics) that are crucial to the enhancement of both personal and organisational health. Highly recommended!’ Michael P. O’Driscoll, University of Waikato, New Zealand ’...The fulfilling workplace is a very necessary antidote to the prevailing mood of the times in our workplaces. It holds out the hope of a future where people are no simply left to sink or swim when their health and well-being is negatively impacted by their work, but are support by the whole ethos of the organisations in which they serve...’ RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal