Risky Business: Psychological, Physical and Financial Costs of High Risk Behavior in Organizations
- 9h 12m
- Cary L. Cooper (eds), Ronald J. Burke
- Ashgate Publishing
- 2010
What are the financial and psychological costs of risky behavior in business to the individuals concerned and their organizations? Risky Business provides a perspective on addictive behaviors such as gambling, drug taking and even addiction to work; criminal behaviors such as theft and corruption; and behaviors such as aggression and violence. The authors then look at their implications to employee and organizational health within the context of the workplace environment; an environment that is often synonymous with psychological demands, stress, long hours, overwork and shortages of staff or other essential resources.
An essential guide for occupational psychologists, human resource specialists, risk managers and for researchers in this field.
About the Editors
Ronald J. Burke is Professor of Organizational Behavior, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada. He is the editor or co-editor of 31 books and has published over 500 journal articles. He was the founding Editor of the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, and has served on the editorial boards of over 20 journals. His current research interests include work and health, crime and corruption in organizations, occupational health and safety, corporate reputation, and women in management. He has participated in numerous management development courses and consulted with both private and public sector organizations on human resource management issues.
Cary L. Cooper is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University Management School. He is the author of over 100 books (on occupational stress, women at work and industrial and organizational psychology), has written over 400 scholarly articles, and is a frequent contributor to national newspapers, TV and radio Professor Cooper is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management and also of the Academy of Management (having also won the 1998 Distinguished Service Award). In 2001 he was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his contribution to organizational health. He was also the lead scientist to the UK Government Office for Science on their Foresight programme on Mental Capital and Well Being (2007-2008), and was appointed a member of the expert group on establishing guidance for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on ‘promoting mental wellbeing through productive and healthy working conditions’, 2009. Professor Cooper is Chair of the UK's Academy of Social Sciences.
In this Book
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Human Frailties and Toxic Organizations
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Work Hours, Work Intensity and Work Addiction—Weighing the Costs
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Understanding and Treating Workaholism—Setting the Stage for Successful Interventions
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Dangerous Concoctions—Alcohol, Employment and the Family
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Case Studies on Substance Abuse in the Workplace
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Discrimination as High Risk Behavior in the Workplace
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Psychologically Intimate, Romantic, and Sexually Intimate Relationships in the Workplace
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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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Job Demands, Resources and Psychological and Physical Well-Being—Critical Factors Which May Make Some Jobs More Stressful than Others
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Tragic Duty
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The Nature and Outcomes of Destructive Leadership Behavior in Organizations
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Bullying in the Workplace
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Workplace Violence—The American Experience
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Managing the Risk of Workplace Accidents
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Biting the Hand That Feeds—The Employee Theft Epidemic—A Human Face on Theft
