Arla Day & E. Kevin Kelloway 
Workplace Well-being [PDF ebook] 
How to Build Psychologically Healthy Workplaces

About the Editors vii
Contributors ix
Preface xvi
Part I Introduction 1
1 Building a Foundation for Psychologically Healthy Workplaces
and Well-Being 3
Arla Day and Krista D. Randell
2 Business Benefits of a Healthy Workforce 27
Cary Cooper and Stephen Bevan
3 Positive Psychology and the Healthy Workplace 50
Stephanie Gilbert and E. Kevin Kelloway
Part II The Psychologically Healthy Workplace 73
4 Occupational Health and Safety 75
Peter Y. Chen and Yiqiong Li
5 Introduction to Work-Life Balance 95
Leslie B. Hammer and Caitlin A. Demsky
6 Employee Empowerment and Engagement 117
Marisa Salanova and Susana Llorens
7 Employee Development and Growth 142
Raymond A. Noe and Michael J. Tews
8 Employee Recognition 161
Lois E. Tetrick and Clifford R. Haimann
9 Culture, Communication, and Making Workplaces Healthier
175
David M. De Joy and Lindsay J. Della
Part III Building a Psychologically Healthy Workplace
203
10 Respectful Workplaces 205
Michael P. Leiter and Ashlyn Patterson
11 Leadership and Climate in a Psychologically Healthy Workplace
226
Karina Nielsen
12 Unions and Changes in Working Life: New Challenges, New
Opportunities 245
Katharina Näswall and Magnus Sverke
13 Corporate Social Responsibility and Psychologically Healthy
Workplaces 264
Jennifer L. Robertson and Julian Barling
14 Creating a Healthy Small Business 281
Sharon Clarke
15 Designing Healthy Workplaces 299
Catherine Loughlin and Danielle Mercer
16 Concluding Comments 324
Joseph J. Hurrell Jr.
Index 334

Arla Day is the Canada Research Chair and Professor of
Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Saint Mary’s
University, Canada. She is a fellow of the Canadian Psychological
Association, and she is a founding member of both the CN Centre for
Occupational Health and Safety and the Centre for Leadership
Excellence, Canada. She chairs the Psychologically Healthy
Workplace Award committee in Nova Scotia, Canada, which recognizes
organizations for their commitment to the health and safety of
their employees. She is Associate Editor for the Journal of
Occupational Health Psychology. Her research and consulting
focus on occupational health psychology, stress and well-being,
healthy workplaces, work-life interface, and workplace
interventions.
E. Kevin Kelloway is the Canada Research Chair in
Occupational Health Psychology and a Professor of Psychology at
Saint Mary’s University, Canada. He is a fellow of the
Association for Psychological Science, the Canadian Psychological
Association, and the Society for Industrial & Organizational
Psychology. In addition to serving on several editorial boards, he
is Associate Editor of Work & Stress, section editor for
Stress & Health, and associate editor for the Journal
of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance. He has
published over 150 articles, chapters, and reports and has
authored/edited 13 books. He maintains an active consulting
practice in areas related to occupational health psychology and
human resource management.
Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr. is an Adjunct Professor of
Psychology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada, and
an affiliate of the Canadian National Centre for Occupational
Health and Safety. He is the current Editor of the Journal of
Occupational Health Psychology, which he cofounded. Prior to
his current appointments, he was employed for over 30 years as a
researcher and administrator by the U.S. Center for Disease Control
and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH). He has authored over 100 scientific
publications and 8 books, serves on the advisory boards of major
U.S. occupational health and safety research and education
programs, and is internationally recognized for his work.