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Preventing Stress in Organizations:How to Develop Positive Managersoffers an innovative, evidence-based approach to help managers prevent and reduce workplace stress in their staff. * Winner of the 2013 BPS Book Award - Practitioner Text category * Provides information on the critical skills managers must develop in order to prevent stress in their staff, and the key ongoing behaviours that promote a healthy work environment * Shows practitioners in occupational psychology, HR, Health and Safety and related professions how positive management can be integrated into an organizationâEUR(TM)s existing practices and processes * Serves as an essential guide for managers themselves on how to incorporate proven stress management skills into their everyday interactions with team members * Balances rigorous research grounding with real-world vignettes, case studies and exercises
"In its way, this is a groundbreaking book since it recognisesthat, no matter what the policy says, tackling organisationalstress has to be implemented by normal, fallible people who happento be managers - and that they could do with all the help they canget." (RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal, 1 September2011)
"The three authors - all chartered occupationalpsychologists - have used their real-life experience andcoupled it with a good understanding of research and theory tocreate an excellent "How to" book for line managers. Iwould go so far as to say this is almost an essential read foranybody with line-management responsibility and it also has animportant educative role for strategic managers who need tounderstand exactly the psychological culture that will protect andsupport their organisation." People Management (July 2011)"This is a really important book because it looks at the roleof managers in creating or preventing stress in theworkplace. The UK Government's Foresight project onMental Capital and Wellbeing clearly highlights the fact thatmanagerial style is implicated in people's health andwellbeing at work. A must-read for those trying to managestress in organizations."
--Professor Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Distinguished Professor ofOrganizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster UniversityManagement School
"The authors of this book know their stuff and have written avery practical guide. This is much more than just another "how to"book for managers; it draws on the authors' extensive research andprovides a solid evidence-based framework for positivemanagement."
--Professor Ivan Robertson, Director, Robertson CooperLtd
"This is a comprehensive and practical review which ishelpful in documenting the key role of line managers in ensuringhealth-promoting workplaces. The authors' experience issupported by well-chosen case studies and helps to provide clearadvice. Preventing Stress in Organizations clarifies theplethora of research in this complex field and provides pragmaticsolutions to the common and costly issue of organizational stressmanagement."
--Dr Steven Boorman, Chief Medical Adviser Royal MailGroup, NHS Workforce Health & Well-being Lead Reviewer
"The three authors - all chartered occupationalpsychologists - have used their real-life experience andcoupled it with a good understanding of research and theory tocreate an excellent "How to" book for line managers. Iwould go so far as to say this is almost an essential read foranybody with line-management responsibility and it also has animportant educative role for strategic managers who need tounderstand exactly the psychological culture that will protect andsupport their organisation." People Management (July 2011)"This is a really important book because it looks at the roleof managers in creating or preventing stress in theworkplace. The UK Government's Foresight project onMental Capital and Wellbeing clearly highlights the fact thatmanagerial style is implicated in people's health andwellbeing at work. A must-read for those trying to managestress in organizations."
--Professor Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Distinguished Professor ofOrganizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster UniversityManagement School
"The authors of this book know their stuff and have written avery practical guide. This is much more than just another "how to"book for managers; it draws on the authors' extensive research andprovides a solid evidence-based framework for positivemanagement."
--Professor Ivan Robertson, Director, Robertson CooperLtd
"This is a comprehensive and practical review which ishelpful in documenting the key role of line managers in ensuringhealth-promoting workplaces. The authors' experience issupported by well-chosen case studies and helps to provide clearadvice. Preventing Stress in Organizations clarifies theplethora of research in this complex field and provides pragmaticsolutions to the common and costly issue of organizational stressmanagement."
--Dr Steven Boorman, Chief Medical Adviser Royal MailGroup, NHS Workforce Health & Well-being Lead Reviewer