All Outputs (47)

Overtime and psychological well-being among Chinese office workers (2011)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Zhou, J., & Hassard, J. (2011). Overtime and psychological well-being among Chinese office workers. Occupational Medicine, 61(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqr029

Background: Research on the relationship between overtime and psychological well-being, and workers’ perceptions of the factors that determine overtime, has been conducted exclusively in the Western cultural context. Aims: To examine whether existin... Read More about Overtime and psychological well-being among Chinese office workers.

Work-related stress case definitions and prevalence rates in national surveys (2010)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Cox, T., & Griffiths, A. (2010). Work-related stress case definitions and prevalence rates in national surveys. Occupational Medicine, 60(8), https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqq138

Background: There is concern about lack of consistency in the design of case definitions used to measure work-related stress in national workforce surveys and the implications of this for the reliability and validity of prevalence estimates as well a... Read More about Work-related stress case definitions and prevalence rates in national surveys.

The Management Standards Indicator Tool and the estimation of risk (2010)
Journal Article
Bevan, A., Houdmont, J., & Menear, N. (2010). The Management Standards Indicator Tool and the estimation of risk. Occupational Medicine, 60(7), https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqq109

Background: The Health & Safety Executive’s (HSE) Indicator Tool offers a measure of exposure to psychosocial work conditions that may be linked to stress-related outcomes. The HSE recommends that Indicator Tool data should be used as a basis for dis... Read More about The Management Standards Indicator Tool and the estimation of risk.

The Definition of Curriculum Areas in Occupational Health Psychology (2008)
Book Chapter
Houdmont, J., Leka, S., & Bulger, C. (2008). The Definition of Curriculum Areas in Occupational Health Psychology. In Occupational Health Psychology: European Perspectives on Research, Education and Practice. Nottingham University Press

Across the international educational landscape, numerous higher education institutions (HEIs) offer postgraduate programmes in occupational health psychology (OHP). These seek to empower the next generation of OHP practitioners with the knowledge and... Read More about The Definition of Curriculum Areas in Occupational Health Psychology.

Education in occupational health psychology: Where have we been, where are we now and where are we going? (2007)
Book Chapter
Houdmont, J., Leka, S., & Cox, T. (2007). Education in occupational health psychology: Where have we been, where are we now and where are we going?. In Occupational Health Psychology: European Perspectives on Research, Education and Practice. ISMAI Publishers

At the first full conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (Lund, 1999), the decision was ratified to organise activities around three fora. These together represented the pillars on which the European Academy had been fou... Read More about Education in occupational health psychology: Where have we been, where are we now and where are we going?.

Education and Training in Occupational Health Psychology: The Case for E-Learning (2006)
Book Chapter
Houdmont, J., Leka, S., & Cox, T. (2006). Education and Training in Occupational Health Psychology: The Case for E-Learning. In Occupational Health Psychology: European Perspectives on Research, Education and Practice. ISMAI Publishers

For the discipline of occupational health psychology (OHP) to continue to evolve and to serve workers effectively it is imperative that education and training provision is available that enables students to acquire knowledge and skills, free of geogr... Read More about Education and Training in Occupational Health Psychology: The Case for E-Learning.

Rail passenger crowding, stress, health and safety in Britain (2006)
Journal Article
Cox, T., Houdmont, J., & Griffiths, A. (2006). Rail passenger crowding, stress, health and safety in Britain. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2005.07.001

There has long been a question as to whether crowding in rail passenger transport poses a threat to passenger health related to the experience of stress. A review of the scientific literature was conducted. Little rail-specific empirical research was... Read More about Rail passenger crowding, stress, health and safety in Britain.