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The Oxford handbook of the psychology of working.
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ISBN: 9780199758791 9780199984510 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York Oxford University Press

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This edited Handbook is designed to expand and deepen a growing discourse about the psychological nature of working. Building on critiques of traditional assumptions and practices about work and career in psychology, the psychology-of-working perspective has been advanced as an inclusive, broad-reaching framework that explores the nature of working for the full spectrum of people who work and who want to work. The book is characterized by disciplinary pluralism, with contributions from a wide range of scholars and practitioners interested in the role of work in people's lives. The major themes examined in this book include theoretical foundations, the context of working, counseling and psychotherapy, organizational implications, community-based interventions, and public policy


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Rethinking work : essays on building a better workplace
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ISBN: 1003272398 1003272398 1000866874 1032223901 Year: 2023 Publisher: New York, NY : Routledge,

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"This collection of brief essays by thought-leaders, scholars, activists, psychologists, and social scientists imagines new workplace structures and policies that promote decent and fair work for all members of society, especially those who are most vulnerable. The world of work has been deteriorating for decades and the very institution of work needs to be systematically understood, critiqued, reimagined, and rebuilt. This book offers thoughtful suggestions for new work arrangements, individual strategies for enhancing one's work life, and recommendations for innovative systemic and institutional reforms. The collection offers critical analyses in conjunction with constructive solutions on rebuilding work, providing direction and context for ongoing debates and policy discussions about work. The book will be of interest to activists, policy makers, management and leaders, scholars, professionals, students, and general readers interested work-based reform efforts and social change"--

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