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Creating Healthy Organizations

Taking Action to Improve Employee Well-Being, Revised and Expanded Edition

by (author) Graham Lowe

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2020
Category
General, Leadership, Human Resources & Personnel Management
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442614291
    Publish Date
    Sep 2012
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487505158
    Publish Date
    Apr 2020
    List Price
    $40.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442698765
    Publish Date
    Dec 2011
    List Price
    $45
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442698772
    Publish Date
    Sep 2012
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802099808
    Publish Date
    May 2010
    List Price
    $36.95

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How can you future-proof your organization by making it humanly sustainable? Creating Healthy Organizations answers this question, showing how to forge stronger links between employee well-being and the future success of any organization. The book makes a compelling case for resilient and humanly sustainable businesses by focusing on improving employees’ well-being.

 

Employee stress, burnout, work-life conflict, and disengagement remain significant workplace problems. Yet, there are important signs of progress. The healthy organization concept has begun moving into the mainstream of corporate wellness. Scholarly research has advanced beyond making a business case for workplace health promotion to showing how successful interventions are based on a culture of health and closer ties with occupational health and safety. More companies are addressing mental health issues, striving to make workplaces psychologically healthy and safe. Expanded environmental sustainability frameworks provide an opening for the more sustainable use of human resources. As well, extensive tools are now available in many countries to guide actions aimed at developing healthy, safe, and thriving workplaces.

 

These recent workplace trends and resources highlight the need for an updated, concise, integrated, and practical analysis of the challenges of creating a healthier organization, the hurdles that must be overcome along the way, and the key success factors that can guide the improvement process. Creating Healthy Organizations, Revised and Expanded Edition fills this gap in knowledge and practice, guiding those committed to making their organizations healthier.

About the author

Graham Lowe is professor emeritus at the University of Alberta. He is currently the president of the workplace consulting firm The Graham Lowe Group Inc.

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