Given the growing awareness of the negative effects of work-related stress, Many Businesses Are Focusing On Active Health Promotion To Enhance employee health, well-being and performance. This text aims to review the state of the art and offer ideas and suggestions for how stress-related employee health problems can be combated through the provision of effective fitness and exercise programmes.
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With growing awareness of the negative effects of work-related stress, many Businesses Are Focusing On Active Health Promotion To Enhance Employee health, well-being and performance. This text aims to review the state of the art and offer ideas for
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Contributors -- Preface: promoting workplace health -- 1 Employee exercise programmes: organisational and individual perspectives /Amanda Griffiths -- 2 Financial aspects of employee fitness programmes /Roy J. Shephard -- 3 Assessing the relationship between exercise and employee mental health: methodological concerns /Steve M. Jex and Deanne A. Heinisch -- 4 Exercise and mental health: the role of activity and fitness /Kathryn Thirlaway and David Benton -- 5 The psychological benefits of physical exercise for women: improving employee quality of life /Precilla Y.L. Choi and Nanette Mutrie -- 6 Exercise programmes and the promotion of health /Larry L. Fahlberg and Lauri A. Fahlberg -- 7 Understanding exercise as a method of stress management: a constructivist framework /Karen R. Flood and Bonita C. Long -- 8 Exercise, shiftwork and sleep /Mikko Harma -- 9 Alcohol abuse, physical fitness and the prevention of relapse /Sven Svebak -- 10 Employee fitness programmes and reduced absenteeism: a case study /John H. Kerr -- 11 Employee fitness and exercise: the way forward /John H. Kerr -- Author biographies -- Index.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780748401437
Publisert
1996-10-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
326 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
208

Biographical note

John H. Kerr Institute of Health and Sports Sciences The University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Ibaraki 305 Japan. Amanda Griffiths Centre for Organizational Health & Development Department of Psychology University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD UK. Tom Cox Centre for Organizational Health & Development Department of Psychology University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD UK.