The workplace can be a major source of stress and this can cause health problems that have a
negative impact on the individuals organizational and society. This concise evidence-based
volume written by a leading occupational health psychologist explores how work conditions and
organizational characteristics pose threats and harms to people's wellbeing through the lens of
occupation stress theories and models. The author then summarizes the potential adverse impacts
of major job stressors across individuals families organizations and nations. In a final
section several evidence-based prevention strategies targeting individuals management and
organizations are explored including recovery from work job crafting and supervisors as
change agents. Practitioners can modify and tailor these actionable strategies to assist
employees and organizations in managing occupational stress. This book is essential reading for
clinical and occupational psychologists managers supervisors and anyone interested in making
the workplace a healthier place.
