Occupational health psychology has emerged as a vital new field in its own right in recent years and its key areas of focus are occupational stress, work wellbeing, and work-life balance. This Encyclopedia is the godfather of this new discipline, defining the diversity of its concepts, theories and methods. It will be the essential resource for scholars, practitioners and students for years to come.

The scholarly field of occupational health psychology has emerged from the broad study of worker health and wellbeing, mixing concepts, theories and methods from occupational/organizational/business psychology and health psychology. Authoritative and comprehensive in scope, the Elgar Encyclopedia of Occupational Health Psychology offers definitions from job crafting, organizational justice, employee voice, workplace bullying, workplace health and wellbeing strategy, and interventions - to gig work, the four-day working week, remote and virtual work, entrepreneurship, technostress, and AI and Cobotics. This Encyclopedia is breaking new ground in helping to define this new field for psychologists across the globe.

Key Features:

• 72 entries covering each of the central topics in occupational health psychology
• Each entry provides a definition, key association, future directions and readings as a fundamental starting point for future research.
• All entries written by experts on occupational health psychology from around the world.

Table of Contents:
Contents Foreword xiii Stavroula Leka Preface xiv Cary Cooper, Paula Brough and Vicki Anderson 1 Absenteeism, presenteeism and leaveism 1 Ian Hesketh 2 A contemporary view on job crafting 4 Maria Tims and Melissa Twemlow 3 Addressing the psychosocial harm of destructive leadership at work 7 Vicki Webster 4 Advancing psychological contract scholarship 10 Yannick Griep, Johannes M. Kraak and Samantha D. Hansen 5 An introduction to job insecurity 14 Tinne Vander Elst and Hans De Witte 6 Burnout 18 Michael P. Leiter 7 Cognitive appraisal 21 Mitchell J. Raper, Ben Searle and Michelle R. Tuckey 8 Common mental disorders at work 24 Anthony D. LaMontagne and Kathryn Page 9 Conceptualisation and measurement of thriving at work 28 Sebastiaan Rothmann 10 Coping with stress 32 Amanda Biggs 11 Crossover of emotions and experiences at the workplace 36 Mina Westman 12 The effectiveness of individual interventions to improve workplace health and wellbeing 39 Christian van Stolk 13 Emotional intelligence of leaders: implications for wellbeing and performance 42 Ashlea C. Troth 14 Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) 45 Andrew Kinder and Eugene Farrell 15 Employee retention and turnover 48 Peter W. Hom 16 Employee voice and silence 51 Maria Khan, Paula K. Mowbray and Adrian Wilkinson 17 Entrepreneurship 54 Elliroma Gardiner, Jonas Debrulle and Johan Maes 18 Equity, diversity and inclusion at work 57 Kate Hutchings and Snejina Michailova 19 Fatigue at work 61 Madeline Sprajcer and Drew Dawson 20 Fifth industrial revolution – artificial intelligence and cobotics 65 Rudolf M. Oosthuizen 21 Five factor (big five) model of personality 68 Ivan Robertson 22 Flexible work practices, including family-friendly practices 71 Oi Ling Siu 23 The four-day working week 75 David Frayne, Daiga Kamerade and Brendan Burchell 24 Generational differences and generational identity in the workplace 78 Sean T. Lyons 25 Gig work 81 Alice Brawley Newlin, Madalyn Filetti and João Branco Chaves 26 Impact of organizational change on employees’ stress 84 Maria Vakola 27 Individual differences in occupational health psychology 87 Annamaria Di Fabio 28 Individual, occupational and organisational impacts of workplace sexual harassment 91 Paula McDonald 29 Industrial relations 94 Michael Barry 30 Interpersonal conflict: current and future directions in occupational health 97 Ashley Nixon 31 Job demands and resources 100 Arnold B. Bakker 32 Job satisfaction and organisational commitment 103 Maree Roche 33 Leadership development 106 David V. Day 34 Leadership styles and workplace well-being 109 James Campbell Quick 35 Menstruation, maternity, motherhood, and menopause: milestones that shape women’s careers and work experiences 112 Rebecca Mitchell, Anna Carmella Ocampo, Kerry Sherman and Jun Gu 36 Mental health first aid training in workplaces 115 Nicola Reavley and Anthony Jorm 37 Organisational citizenship behaviour 118 Vicki Anderson and Paula Brough 38 Organizational climate and culture 122 Yiqiong Li and Vicki Anderson 39 Organizational identification and employee health 126 Rolf van Dick and Svenja B. Frenzel 40 Organizational interventions 129 Karina Nielsen and Cristian Vasquez 41 Organizational justice 132 Patrick Raymund James M. Garcia, Aeson Luiz Dela Cruz and Amrita Gautam 42 Perceived organisational support 135 May Young Loh and Mohd Awang Idris 43 Person–environment fit 139 Amy Kristof-Brown 44 Positive psychological capital and the hero within: meaning, measurement, impact and development 142 Fred Luthans, Kyle Luthans and Brett Luthans 45 Presenteeism interventions 146 Caroline Biron and Maria Karanika-Murray 46 Primary/secondary/tertiary interventions 149 Caroline Biron and Marie-Ève Beauchamp Legault 47 Psychosocial risk management 153 Kirsten Way and Annabelle Neall 48 Psychosocial safety climate 157 Maureen Dollard, May Young Loh and Rachael Potter 49 PTSD in populations at high risk for workplace traumatic exposure 161 Shannon L. Wagner and Nicole White 50 Remote work 165 Maria Karanika-Murray and Caroline Biron 51 The role of policy for the promotion of a healthy psychosocial work environment 168 Stavroula Leka and Aditya Jain 52 Safety climate 171 Adam Robertson, Jennifer Chelsea Veres and Rebecca Loudoun 53 Shaping the future of migrant workers’ occupational health research: trends and considerations 174 Sheetal Gai 54 Shiftwork and work hours 179 Philip Tucker 55 Stress management 182 Annabelle Neall and Kirsten Way 56 Stress versus strain 186 Philip Dewe 57 Technostress 188 Jean-François Stich and Monideepa Tarafdar 58 Theories of workplace stress 191 Kimberly E. O’Brien 59 Unpacking age-inclusive practices at work 194 Katrina Radford and Ellie Meissner 60 Vocational psychology for occupational health 197 Paul J. Hartung 61 Well-being in work teams 200 Cristian Vasquez and Nicola Thomas 62 Workaholism 203 Malissa A. Clark 63 Work design theories 206 Sharon K. Parker, Tristan C. Borman and E. İlker Camgšz 64 Work engagement 209 Marisa Salanova, Susana Llorens and Valeria Cruz 65 Work, physical activity, health, and productivity 213 Richard J. L. Heron 66 Worker health and productivity 216 Stacey L. Parker 67 Work–family conflict, balance, and enhancement 219 Sudong Shang, Matthew J. Xerri and Alannah E. Rafferty 68 Workload 223 Paul E. Spector 69 Work performance 226 Mark A. Griffin 70 Workplace bullying 229 Michelle R. Tuckey and Elfi Baillien 71 Workplace health and wellbeing strategy 232 Rachel Nayani, David Watson, Olga Tregaskis and Kevin Daniels 72 Workplace wellbeing 235 Matthew J. Xerri, Alannah Rafferty and Sudong Shang