Occupational and industrial psychology

This book examines the factors involved in consumer responses to food produced in regions near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant following the March 2011 Eastern Japanese earthquake, and assesses how responses to reports on food safety and risk of radiation contamination shaped consumer perceptions of and subsequent behavior toward products from the Fukushima prefecture.

Filled with stories of successful social change leadership in diverse contexts, this book demonstrates that the best change agents love the people involved most of all.

In einer Welt, die ständig Meinungen und Erwartungen an uns stellt, ist es eine wahre Kunst, sich selbst treu zu bleiben und das eigene Glück zu finden.

Hilfe für belastete Frauen in Schwangerschaft und Postpartalzeit- Angesprochen sind: Alle, die eine Gruppe für Schwangere und Mütter anbieten wollen - von der ÄrztIn und PsychotherapeutIn bis zur Hebamme und BeraterIn- In die Zukunft gedacht: Psychoedukation von Müttern ebnet den Weg für eine sichere Bindung und eine bessere psychische Gesundheit für Mutter und Kind sowie die gesamte Familie- Niederschwellig: Einmal die Woche à 90 Minuten am besten in der Gruppe, um fehlende soziale Kontakte auszugleichen- Hilfe durch: Stabilisierung, Wissensvermittlung und EntlastungBevorzugt im Gruppensetting, aber auch in Einzelsitzungen, lernen Frauen Bewältigungsstrategien sowie mögliche Hilfen im Alltag kennen.

This book provides detailed examination of start-up companies which entered the smartphone industry following the revolution triggered by Apple with its iPhone in 2007.

Sharing the results of her four-year research journey in simple, jargon-free language, Pryce-Jones exposes the secrets of being happy at work.

Lennart Straus untersucht in drei Experimenten, wie sich die Kundenmitwirkung in der Spezifizierungsphase des Dienstleistungsprozesses auf die kundenseitige Leistungsbeurteilung und die Verhaltensabsichten der Kunden auswirkt.

Greece's economy and society have undergone important structural changes in recent years as a result of the financial crisis and consequent austerity policies that have been implemented.

Tackling precarious work has been described by the United Nations (UN)'s International Labour Organization (ILO) as the main challenge facing the world of work.

With close attention to Wilfred Bion's influence on the literature about groups and organisations, this book explores how containment has been transposed from the clinical setting to enlighten the work being carried out by psychodynamic practitioners and researchers, especially within organisations.

The objective of this series is to promote theory and research in the increasingly growing area of occupational stress, health and well being, and in the process, to bring together and showcase the work of the best researchers and theorists who contribute to this area.

This is the first book to focus on the scope of social work practice within military settings from an international perspective, and therefore addresses what has been a significant gap in the literature.

A curious ambiguity surrounds errors in professional working contexts: they must be avoided in case they lead to adverse (and potentially disastrous) results, yet they also hold the key to improving our knowledge and procedures.

Employee engagement, or more specifically how to obtain more engagement and what to do with the disengaged, preoccupies C-level executives, human resources professionals, and consultants.

Solution Focused Coaching in Practice is a practical 'how-to' guide that provides an invaluable overview of Solution Focused Coaching skills and techniques.

The Chinese characters for "e;danger"e; and "e;opportunity"e; form the word "e;crisis"e;.

Chaos, catastrophe, self-organization, and complexity theories (nonlinear dynamics) now have practical and measurable roles in the functioning of work organizations.

The costs of occupational stress in terms of sickness absence, ill-health-related retirement, litigation and lost productivity are increasing, putting strain on economies across the world.

Higher education leaders, managers, human resource professionals, faculty, and staff increasingly face uncivil, bullying behaviors in academe.

Das katathyme Bilderleben eröffnet einen faszinierenden Zugang zur Welt der Imagination und deren therapeutischen Potenzialen.

Recent financial crises and other high-profile mismanagement cases have brought a spotlight to the quality of leader character in the business sector.

Psychische Krisen sind normal, heute leidet jeder zweite Mensch im Lauf des Lebens an einer psychischen Erkrankung.

One current challenge of conducting research from the leadership-as-practice perspective is a practical one: how to capture and analyse the elusive practice of leadership within the web of mundane organising processes.

Mitarbeiterbefragungen sind integrierter Bestandteil des Change Managements.

History is full of examples of how the skilful use of language is a fundamental aspect of charismatic leadership.

Career Pathways: From School to Retirement brings together leading workforce researchers and practitioners to provide new perspectives on school-to-work and workplace career pathways.

This book provides an up-to-date review of commonly undertaken methodological and statistical practices that are sustained, in part, upon sound rationale and justification and, in part, upon unfounded lore.

Are you looking to use counselling skills to enhance your existing helping role?

Schon seit jeher verlassen Menschen ihre Heimat, um vor Krieg, Gewalt und Zerstörung zu fliehen.

Mentoring ist ein vielversprechendes Beratungskonzept, um die Karrieren junger Akademiker und Fachkräfte gezielt zu fördern.

This edited book brings together an international cast of contributors and chapters which recognise the complexity of teacher leadership and its situated and dynamic nature.

Public safety professionals work together in life-and-death situations.

Covering important topics such as job satisfaction, workplace stress, and the changing nature of jobs and careers in the 21st century, this valuable resource explores how working affects us psychologically, for better and for worse and sometimes in imperceptible ways.

Die Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie beschäftigt sich mit der Gewinnung und Anwendung psychologischer Erkenntnisse in der Arbeitswelt.

These proceedings summarize the best papers in each research field represented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (GfA) in the German-speaking area, held at Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics of RWTH Aachen University from March 2-4.

"e;Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you who you are,"e; said Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

This volume examines the role of apologia and apology in response to public attack.

Learning Made Simple books give you skills without frills.

Organisational Psychology offers an accessible, engaging and practical introduction to this fascinating discipline.

This handbook provides an overview and synthesis of relevant literature related to the issue of the well-being of working women.