ABSTRACT

What motivates us to do a good job? When does the pressure of work impact upon our health and well-being? How can employers choose the right candidates?

The Psychology of Working Life shows how, whether we like it or not, the way we work, and our feelings about it, play a fundamental role in overall well-being. From the use of psychometrics in recruiting the right candidate, to making working life more efficient, the book illustrates how work in industrialized societies continues to be founded upon core psychological ideas.

Motivation and job satisfaction have become recognized as key to job design and The Psychology of Working Life suggests that changing the way we work can impact on our stress levels, overall health, and productivity.

chapter 2|15 pages

Harder, better, faster, stronger

The rationalization of working life

chapter 3|15 pages

It’s life, Jim, life as we know it

Happiness at work

chapter 4|16 pages

Promoting happiness at work

chapter 5|19 pages

The best possible man

Optimizing worker-environment fit

chapter 6|13 pages

The seventh day

Recovery from work

chapter 7|11 pages

The shape of things to come

Psychology and working life