Promoting Workplace Well-being A Critical Approach

Bringing together contributors from a wide range of disciplines, countries and perspectives this book provides a thought-provoking overview of the human dimension of the workplace. It covers workplace problems as well as potential solutions. Essential reading for anyone committed to making the workplace a humane and effective place.

NEIL THOMPSON is a director of Avenue Consulting, a company based in Wales offering training and consultancy in relation to various aspects of well-being (www.avenueconsulting.co.uk). He has held full or honorary professorships at four UK universities and has been a speaker at conferences and seminars in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Norway, Greece, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, India, Hong Kong, Australia, the United States and Canada. He has over 100 publications to his name, including several best-selling books.
Neil is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the Higher Education Academy, the Royal Society of Arts (elected on the basis of his contribution to workplace learning) and a Life Fellow of the Institute for Welsh Affairs. He currently edits of the US-based international journal, Illness, Crisis & Loss and the quarterly e-zine, Well-being (www.well-being.org.uk). His website is at www.neilthompson.info.

JOHN BATES EdD is an associate professor and the head of department of Social Work, Care and Justice at Liverpool Hope University. He has spent many years working in the human services and has a long-standing interest in adult learning. Recent research has focused on globalization and its impact on training and education in the human services. He has spoken at conferences in the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Latvia and the United Kingdom. John is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is the author of a number of scholarly articles and book chapters, and is co-editor of a book on child protection. He is a member of the editorial board of Illness, Crisis & Loss.