BookGeorg F. Bauer, Oliver Hämmig.
Summary: In our complex, fast changing society, health is strongly influenced by the continuously changing interactions between organisations and their employees. Three major fields contribute to health-oriented improvements of these interactions: occupational health, organizational health and public health. As currently only partial links exist amongst these fields, the book aims to explore potential synergies more systematically. Considering the high mental and social demands in a service and knowledge sector economy, the first part of the book focuses on work-related psychosocial factors. As a large proportion of inequalities in health in developed countries can be explained by inequalities in working conditions, those psychosocial factors with a particularly high public health impact are highlighted. As addressing these psychosocial factors requires to involve the organization as the key change agent, the second part covers approaches to improve public health through organizational level health interventions. The last section takes a look into the future of occupational, organizational and public health: what are the future challenges regarding occupational health and how can they be tackled within and beyond the organizational level. Overall, this integrating book will help to broaden the evidence-base, legitimacy and efficacy of occupational- and organizational-level health interventions and thus increase their public health impact.
Contents:
Part I: Psychosocial Factors in Occupational and Organizational Health: A Key Public Health Issue
Social Inequalities in Work and Health in a Globalized Economy
Towards Organizational Health: Stress, Positive Organizational Behavior, and Employee Well-Being
A Critical Review of the Job Demands-Resources Model: Implications for Improving Work and Health
The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Musculoskeletal Disorders
The Impact of Social Capital on the Health and Performance of Organizations
Part II: Improving Public and Organizational Health
Capacity Building as a Key Mechanism of Organizational Health Development
Systemic Consulting for Organizational Health Development: Theory and Practice
Improving Organizational Health: The Case of Health Promoting Hospitals
Integration of Work and Personal Life as a Key Factor for Individual, Organizational and Public Health
Part III: Beyond Organizational Health: Social and Political Issues
Mental Health as a Complete State: How the Salutogenic Perspective Completes the Picture
Recovery from Work During Off-Job Time
Beyond Paid Work: Voluntary Work and its Salutogenic Implications for Society
Policy Approaches to Occupational and Organizational Health.