Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Employees have a set of needs as part of the 'psychological contract' of employment. However, organizations operate for a reason and they too have agendas and needs. It is how the two come together that determines the capacity for good human relations and optimum productivity. Employee Well-being Support is an edited collection of expert contributions that explores all key issues in this increasingly critical area.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• About the Editors (p. ix)
• List of Contributors (p. xi)
• Foreword - The Fourth Wave (p. xxiii)
• Acknowledgements (p. xxvii)
• Introduction: Adapting to Change (p. 1)
• Part 1 Organisational Behaviour Issues and Well-being (p. 7)
• 1 In Consideration of a Toxic Workplace: a Suitable Place for Treatment (p. 9)
• 2 Leading to a Healthy Workplace (p. 25)
• 3 Understanding and Improving Psychological Well-being for Individual and Organisational Effectiveness (p. 39)
• 4 Employee Well-being: the Heart of Positive Organizational Behavior (p. 51)
• 5 Employee Support Strategies in Large Organisations (p. 61)
• 6 Coaching Skills for Managers (p. 69)
• 7 Behaviour Risk Management (p. 79)
• 8 Positive Coping Strategies at Work (p. 91)
• 9 Organisational Duty of Care: Workplace Counselling as a Shield against Litigation? (p. 99)
• 10 Managing Diversity (p. 111)
• 11 Understanding Mental Health - a Guide for All Employees (p. 119)
• Part 2 Responding to Specific Organisational Challenges (p. 133)
• 12 Organisational Responses to Traumatic Incidents (p. 135)
• 13 Managing Suicide and Sudden Death within Organisations (p. 147)
• 14 Bullying and Mistreatment at Work: How Managers May Prevent and Manage Such Problems (p. 161)
• 15 Counselling and Coaching in Organisations: An Integrative Multi-Level Approach (p. 175)
• 16 What Makes a Good Employee Assistance Programme? (p. 183)
• 17 Tackling the Macho Culture (p. 201)
• Part 3 Mental Health, Emotions and Work (p. 211)
• 18 Rehabilitation of Mental Health Disabilities (p. 213)
• 19 An Organisational Approach to the Rehabilitation of Employees Following Stress-Related Illness (p. 223)
• 20 Stress Management for Employees: an Evidence-based Approach (p. 239)
• 21 Perspectives on Managing Workplace Conflict (p. 251)
• 22 Whose Agenda Does Workplace Counselling Serve? (p. 269)
• 23 The Emergence of Coaching as a New Profession and Its Global Influence (p. 285)
• 24 Mentoring and Employee Well-being (p. 297)
• 25 Building Resilience - An Organisational Cultural Approach to Mental Health and Well-being at Work: A Primary Prevention Programme (p. 309)
• Index (p. 323)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Andrew Kinder (Epsom, UK) is a Counseling and Occupational Psychologist, Chair of the UK Association for Counselling at Work, and head of workplace counseling and employee assistance programme services for Atos Origin, UK.

Rick Hughes (Glasgow, UK) is Senior Partner at Calma Partnership, a specialist employee support consultancy, and editor of the journal Counselling at Work .

Cary Cooper (Lancaster, UK) is Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, UK, and Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior .