Supporting Sleep

The Importance of Social Relations at Work
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-43784-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 97 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 281 g

Social support and sleep are both health promoting factors and important in the prevention of illness and sick-leave. Promoting healthy work by providing good conditions for strong social relationships and by preventing bullying or harassment can improve sleep and consequently employee health, increasing work productivity and efficiency overall.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nordin, M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Gesundheitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Forschungsmethoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Importance of Work 2. Social Support - Health Benefits from Social Relations 3. Bullying at Work - Exclusion from the Group 4. Sleep and Stress - Opposite Concepts 5. Social Support at Work and Sleep 6. Bullying at Work and Sleep 7. Methodological Considerations 8. Supporting Sleep, A Tool for Work Health Promotion?

Über Autor(innen)

Maria Nordin is Associate Professor in Psychology and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology at Umeå University in Sweden. She has published articles on topics including social support and sleep, psychosocial work factors and health, return to work in patients with burnout, and the impact of the forest in the rehabilitation of these patients.