Working Patterns and Wellbeing

Working Patterns and Wellbeing

This chapter discusses research on factors impacting wellbeing for three groups of employees with very different working patterns: business travellers, remote rotational workers, and hybrid workers. The chapter presents three studies, conducted with global samples between 2018 and 2021, which explored the psychological outcomes of each particular pattern of work, and the organisational, social and individual factors that both supported and hindered the psychological health of each employee group. The three studies applied the evidence-based practice model as described by Briner et al (2009), taking a three-phased approach to gather the best available evidence. This model facilitates the perspectives of a wide range of stakeholders in developing solutions and therefore enables the creation of clearer and more targeted guidance and recommendations for employees, their managers and their organisations.

Look here for the full book: "Wellbeing at Work in a Turbulent Era"

Edited by Paula Brough, Professor of Organisational Psychology; Director, Centre for Work, Organisation & Wellbeing; Griffith University, Australia and Gail Kinman, Professor of Occupational Health Psychology, Department of Organisational Psychology, Birbeck, University of London, UKThis book provides a comprehensive examination of the physical and mental health challenges facing workers today, focusing particularly on the social, technological, and political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Delving into core perceptions of work culture, chapters also map out ways of thinking about wellbeing at work in the future to make workplaces healthier and more productive.

Working Patterns and Wellbeing

Date Published
Tue, 23rd Jul 2024
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Author
Yarker, J., Lewis, R., Walker, S., & Fernandez, R. R.
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Working Patterns/ Wellbeing

This chapter discusses research on factors impacting wellbeing for three groups of employees with very different working patterns: business travellers, remote rotational workers, and hybrid workers. The chapter presents three studies, conducted with global samples between 2018 and 2021, which explored the psychological outcomes of each particular pattern of work, and the organisational, social and individual factors that both supported and hindered the psychological health of each employee group. The three studies applied the evidence-based practice model as described by Briner et al (2009), taking a three-phased approach to gather the best available evidence. This model facilitates the perspectives of a wide range of stakeholders in developing solutions and therefore enables the creation of clearer and more targeted guidance and recommendations for employees, their managers and their organisations.

Look here for the full book: "Wellbeing at Work in a Turbulent Era"

Edited by Paula Brough, Professor of Organisational Psychology; Director, Centre for Work, Organisation & Wellbeing; Griffith University, Australia and Gail Kinman, Professor of Occupational Health Psychology, Department of Organisational Psychology, Birbeck, University of London, UKThis book provides a comprehensive examination of the physical and mental health challenges facing workers today, focusing particularly on the social, technological, and political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Delving into core perceptions of work culture, chapters also map out ways of thinking about wellbeing at work in the future to make workplaces healthier and more productive.