Research Methods in Occupational Health Psychology ─ Measurement, Design and Data Analysis

While focusing primarily on the core methodological issues that arise in traditional occupational health psychology (OHP) research, this book also provides the reader with exposure to the benefits of some of the methodologies used in more mainstream occupational health and safety research. Recent innovations in methodology are translated into sets of concrete recommendations. Part 1 contains brief chapters on the measurement of areas of health such as musculoskeletal functioning, sleep, and emotions, as well as interpersonal maltreatment in organizations, depression and anxiety in occupational health psychology, and work engagement. Part 2 contains longer reviews addressing research design and statistical issues in OHP, with chapters on experimental design, event-sampling methods, quantitative and qualitative approaches, use of archival data, multilevel modeling, person-centered analysis, and longitudinal research. Sinclair teaches industrial and organizational psychology at Clemson University. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr. Robert Sinclair is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Clemson University, where he also serves as the Graduate Program Coordinator for the Department of Psychology. He completed his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Wayne State University in 1995. Prior to moving to Clemson University in 2008, he held faculty positions at the University of Tulsa and Portland State University. Dr. Sinclair is a founding member and Past-President of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology. He currently serves as an editorial board member for the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Management, and Journal of Organizational Behavior and as a panel member for the Occupational Safety and Health Study Section of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. His recent work includes an edited volume (in press with Jonathan Houdmont and Stavroula Leka) titled Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice (Volume 2) and an edited volume (in press with Tom Britt) titled Psychological Resilience in Military Personnel: Theory and Practice. Dr. Sinclair's research focuses on individual (e.g., personality) and organizational (e.g., leadership) factors that contribute to occupational health concerns faced by military personnel, nurses, and entry-level hourly employees. His specific interests include economic stress, the employment relationship, work schedules, counterproductive workplace behavior, and psychological resilience.

Dr. Mo Wang is an Associate Professor of Management at University of Florida, where he also serves as the co-director of the Human Resource Research Center. He received his joint Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Developmental Psychology at Bowling Green State University in 2005. Prior to moving to University of Florida, he held faculty positions at Portland State University (2005-2008) and the University of Maryland (2009-2011). Dr. Wang specializes in research and applications in the areas of retirement and older worker employment, occupational health psychology, cross-cultural HR management, leadership, and advanced quantitative methodologies. He has received Academy of Management HR Division Scholarly Achievement Award (2008), Careers Division Best Paper Award (2009), and Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology (2009) for his research in these areas. He also received Early Career Achievement Awards from Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (2012), Academy of Management’s HR Division (2011) and Research Methods Division (2011), and Society for Occupational Health Psychology (co-sponsored by the APA and NIOSH, 2009). He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Journal of Applied Psychology. He also serves on the Editorial Boards of Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Journal of Business and Psychology.

Dr. Lois Tetrick received her doctorate in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from 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 served as Editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2006-2010, Associate Editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2002-2006, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology 1996-2001. She currently serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Management a