Workplaces can often be sources of stress, interfering with both job satisfaction and performance. This book explores ways to combat the factors contributing to an unhealthy workplace by building on the advances in positive psychology and organizational scholarship over the last 15 years.

Contents: Acknowledgements Part I Introduction 1. Creating psychologically healthy workplaces Ronald J. Burke 2. Pseudoscience won’t create a psychologically healthy workplace Matthew J. Grawitch and David W. Ballard 3. Setting the agenda for evidence-based and sustainable psychologically healthy workplaces Arla Day 4. Shared values for health, safety and well-being at work Gerard I.J.M. Zwetsloot Part II Building individual resources. 5. The benefits of developing psychological capital in workplaces Carolyn M. Youssef-Morgan and Karl Petersen 6. Non-work time as individual resource building: A review and research agenda Charlotte Fritz and Caitlin A. Demsky 7. Job crafting: An individual strategy to develop oneself Maria Tims and Caroline Knight Chapter 8. Promoting happiness in the workplace Kristin Layous Part III Improving relationships inside and outside the workplace 9. The role and importance of leadership in creating psychologically healthy workplaces Duygu Biricik Gulseren, Tabatha Thibault and E. Kevin Kelloway 10. Where differences dwell: Inclusion and the healthy workplace Laura E. M. Traavik 11. Costs of incivility in workplaces and potential remedies Michael P. Leiter 12. Sweet dreams (are made of this): Cultivating relational agency through high-quality connections in the workplace Joanne Sundet and Arne Carlsen 13. Generational identity in the workplace: Toward understanding and empathy Sean T. Lyons and Joshua E. Leblanc Part IV Organizational-level initiatives 14. How thriving at work matters for creating psychologically healthy workplaces: Current perspectives and implications for the new world of work Gretchen Spreitzer and Eun Bit Hwang 15. Work engagement: Increasing employee well-being and organizational effectiveness Astrid M. Richardsen 16. Holistic stress: Primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions Kahla A. Davis and Valerie J. Morganson 17. Positive people make for healthy workplaces Paul Fairlie 18. Work–life balance, stress and well-being: Moderating effects of psychological capital Carolyn M. Youssef-Morgan and Lanell Craig 19. Cultivating healthy, inclusive workplaces: Why it matters and how organizations make progress Dnika J. Travis, Julie S. Nugent and Rebecca Lengnick-Hall 20. The importance of corporate wellness programs for psychological health and productivity in the workplace Rebecca K. Kelly and Sheri Snow 21. Supporting employees with caregiving responsibilities Clarissa Bohlmann and Hannes Zacher 22. Oh my aching back: Making workplaces senior-friendly Deborah M. McPhee and Marcia Carvalho de Azevedo 23. Quality of employment and well-being: Updating our understanding and insights Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes and Tay K. McNamara Index