Impact of Social and Commercial Change on Workplace Mental Health

It is very easy for organizations to ignore or overlook the impact of social and commercial change—such as increased pressure to deliver profit (above all else)—and of transformation in the ways in which we are now working—on the mental health and, consequently, the performance of their employees.

Performance, Stress, and Work-Life Balance

And yet there is plenty of evidence that in many workplaces, performance is down, stress is up, and professional employees are struggling to balance their home and work lives.

Organizational Initiatives to Support Employees

This collection, while looking at individuals, places the spotlight on organizational initiatives to support the development of attitudes, values, character, and behaviors in employees. The aim of these initiatives is to increase our resilience to those experiences and events which impact on performance. There is a particular focus on managerial and professional jobs where employee discretion and commitment are critical.

The Fulfilling Workplace

The Fulfilling Workplace extends the themes developed in early titles in the Psychological and Behavioral Aspects of Risk Series deeper into organizations; to explore the organization’s role in coming to grips both with human frailties and toxic workplaces—both destructive to individual and organizational health.