Handbook of Occupational Health Psychology

This book will be a great resource for researchers, instructors, policymakers, consultants, and activists in the area of occupational health psychology. It is multidisciplinary and integrative in its combination of classical and innovative theory, empirical evidence, and guidelines for organizational policy and change. I plan to use it myself, as a key source in my own research and funding proposals, as well as for a textbook or supplemental reading for advanced graduate symposia.---Suzy Fox, PhD, Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations, Loyola University, Chicago. IL; coauthor of Counterproductive Work Behavior: Investigations of Actors and Targets

The Handbook of Occupational Health Psychology continues to be the leading resource in the field. This edition introduces many important new content areas, including chapters on leadership, organizational justice, and cross-cultural issues, and also provides useful revisions to the first edition to reflect cutting-edge advancements in theory, research, and practice. For graduate students, researchers, practitioners, and anyone else seeking to learn more about occupational health psychology, this book is the single best resource available.---Robert R. Sinclair, PhD, Past President, Society for Occupational Health Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

This is an important sourcebook for students, investigators, and practitioners interested in various aspects of occupational health and safety. It compiles a considerable amount of useful information in a single place and does so with an authoritative and comprehensive approach.---Andrew Baum, PhD, Jenkins Garrett Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for the Study of Stress and Illness, University of Texas, Arlington

This three-volume handbook offers an in-depth examination of the types of behavioral and structural issues that I/O psychologists study every day, from both a theoretical and applied perspective. It explores a natural progression, from how problems are diagnosed to how research is conducted to generate answers to those problems to how interventions are implemented and, finally, to how they are evaluated. It examines what is currently known---including basic historical reviews---and identifies the most pertinent sources of information in both the core and emerging literatures. The editors and contributors pinpoint practical issues, probe unresolved and controversial topics, and look at future theoretical, research, and practice trends.

In today's difficult global economy, work stress is high, and this stress---along with other health factors---can affect work productivity, satisfaction, safety, absenteeism, and turnover, and can even lead to workplace violence. As a result, organizations are increasingly tuming to occupational health psychology (OHP) to develop, maintain, and promote the health of employees.

This second edition of the Handbook of Occupational Health Psychology reviews the history of OHP; theories and models; causes of work problems and risk factors; resulting symptoms and disorders; prevention, intervention, and treatment strategies used by practicing professions; and methods of research and evaluation. The chapters have been updated since the first edition was published, and several new chapters address cross-cultural issues, leadership, pain and musculoskeletal conditions, substance abuse, and organizational justice.

With its comprehensive scope and interdisciplinary approach, this book will interest professionals from a range of specialties, including industrial and organizational psychology, human factors, social psychology, health psychology, clinical psychology, public health, preventive medicine, and industrial engineering.

James Campbell Quick, PhD, is John and Judy Goolsby Distinguished Professor, Goolsby Leadership Academy at the University of Texas at Arlington, and visiting professor, Lancaster University Management School, United Kingdom. He is a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, American Psychological Association (APA), and of the American Institute of Stress. He was awarded an APA presidential citation in 2001 and the 2002 Harry and Miriam Levinson Award by the American Psychological Foundation. He and his brother Jonathan originated preventive stress management, a term included in the 2007 APA Dictionary of Psychology. He has more than 100 publications in 10 languages and holds a 2009 University Award for Distinguished Record of Research. Colonel (Ret.) Quick was awarded the Legion of Merit by the United States Air Force and the Maroon Citation by Colgate University. He is married to the former Sheri Grimes Schember, both are members of the Chancellor's Council of the University of Texas System and the Silver Society, American Psychological Foundation.
Lois E. Tetrick, PhD, received her doctorate in industrial and organizational psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1983. Upon completion of her doctoral studies, she joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University and remained there until 1995, when she moved to the Department of Psychology at the University of Houston. She joined the faculty at George Mason University as the director of the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Program in 2003. Dr. Tetrick is editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. She coedited the first edition of the Handbook of Occupational Health Psychology with James Campbell Quick and Health and Safety in Organizations with David Hofmann. She also coedited The Employment Relationship: Examining Psychological and Contextual Perspectives with Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro, Lynn Shore, and Susan Taylor. Dr. Tetrick is a fellow of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and the Association for Psychological Science. She served as president of SIOP (2007-2008), chair of the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management (2001-2002), SIOP representative on the APA Council of Representatives (2003-2005), and member of the APA Board of Scientific Affairs (2006-2009).