Cary Cooper: 34 books
Managing the Risk of Workplace Stress
Health and Safety Hazards
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
Working in a stressful environment not only increases the risk of physical illness or distress, but also increases the likelihood of workplace accidents. While legislation provides some guidelines for risk assessment of physical hazards, there remains limited guidance on the risks of psychosocial...
by Cary Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This research shows the dynamic relationship between work, health and satisfaction. New Directions in Organizational Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, comprehensively covers new developments in the field of occupational health psychology and provides insight into the many challenges that will change...
Boards That Dare
How to Future-proof Today's Corporate Boards
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
THE CHALLENGE
Corporate boards as fiduciaries are responsible for delivering maximum value and the highest standards of care. The persistent misconception that boards should be driven primarily by shareholder value will soon be an outdated one, and boards that continue to apply narrow interpretations...
Wellbeing at Work
How to Design, Implement and Evaluate an Effective Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2019
Stress at work is rising year on year, long hours are becoming the norm and presenteeism is increasing across all industries. This is not only having a detrimental effect on employee health, happiness and productivity, but is also impacting the bottom line. HR professionals are uniquely placed to...
by Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
It seems everyday we encounter a "crisis" or difficult issue of some sort that affects our work. Such difficulties can come from within work (eg, a difficult client or boss, missing a target or deadline, rejection of a proposal or plan, feeling undervalued) or outside of it (eg, personal...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
by Sue Cartwright, Cary L. Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Mergers, acquisitions, and alliances continue to be almost an everyday feature of the contemporary business scene, yet at least half prove to be unsuccessful. The authors show the contribution that psychology can make to our understanding of the merger phenomena - how it affects organizational performance,...
by Sir Cary L. Cooper, Sydney Finkelstein
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions stands out from the competition due to its focus on three key characteristics: studies from scholars in different countries, with different research questions, relying on different theoretical perspectives. Such a broad and inclusive approach to mergers and acquisitions...
Organizational Stress
A Review and Critique of Theory, Research, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2001
This book examines stress in organizational contexts. The authors review the sources and outcomes of job-related stress, the methods used to assess levels and consequences of occupational stress, along with the strategies that might be used by individuals and organizations to confront stress and its...
WELL-BEING
Productivity and Happiness at Work
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
This book is the second edition of Well-being: Productivity and Happiness at Work that shows how to improve well-being in organizations. As with its predecessor, this new edition is remarkably timely. It explores the latest findings in the research on wellbeing and offers practical guidelines to the...
The Aging Workforce Handbook
Individual, Organizational and Societal Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
This volume critically reviews the phenomenon of the aging workforce, adopting an interdisciplinary perspective that examines the challenges raised on an individual, organizational and societal level. Core issues framing the concept of the aging workforce and its consequences are presented by a team...
Risky Business
Psychological, Physical and Financial Costs of High Risk Behavior in Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
What are the financial and psychological costs of risky behavior in business to the individuals concerned and their organizations? Risky Business provides a perspective on addictive behaviors such as gambling, drug taking and even addiction to work; criminal behaviors such as theft and corruption;...
by Paul Sparrow, Cary L. Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Challenges Facing the Employment Relationship in Future Organizations addresses the issues of change within employee relationships resulting from the impact of factors such as:
* international competitive pressures
* technological change
* changing individual expectations and behaviours
The...
Work Stress and Coping
Forces of Change and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
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In Work Stress and Coping the authors provide an historical account of workplace stress, taking a broad approach by integrating the macro forces impacting the micro, and highlighting what the research in the field tells...