ABSTRACT
This volume is an attempt to highlight that healthy workplaces can be developed using different paths. Contributors draw on the literatures from both positive psychology organizational scholarship (POS), as well as on the more “traditional” occupational stress prevention. POS can be defined as Positive “the study of that which is positive, flourishing, and life-giving in organizations” (Cameron and Caza 2004: 731). It puts emphasis on generative dynamics that make organizations, organizational units, and organizational members flourish and thrive. Interventions presented include both individual-level, that is interventions attempting to improve individuals’ capacity to cope with stress, and organizational-level, or interventions aiming to reduce exposure to the sources of stress in the work environment. Interventions have various targets, from leadership training, to improving physical health, work–life balance, or developing participative work climate and workers’ engagement. In the last section of the book, contributors highlight the importance of paying attention to the implementation process and the factors that can hinder and facilitate the intervention. Overall, in this volume, we wish delve into how interventions emerging from different approaches, with different scopes and targets, can contribute to creating healthier workplaces.
