An integrated approach to managing wellbeing in the workplace

Mental health presents a major challenge in the modern workplace, and COVID-19 exacerbated this challenge. In this chapter, we propose the Integrated Organizational Mental Health Resilience Framework, a framework that outlines the steps needed for organizations to develop resilience against turbulence. The development of the framework is based on three case studies conducted during the height of the pandemic. The first case study suggests that primary interventions containing flexible work policies and practices need to be in place. The second case study suggests that secondary interventions need to be tailored to the emerging needs of workers during turbulent times. The third case study suggests that there is a need to review and adapt policies and practices, and provide additional support for the 'walking wounded' of turbulent times - in the case of the pandemic, workers suffering from 'long Covid' - to ensure their sustained employment.

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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.

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