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Society for Occupational Health Psychology

Volume 11 (February, 2014) Editor: Gary Giumetti

Editor’s Welcome Associate Editors: Heather Odle-Dusseau the University of Zurich, presented by search at Auckland University of Yueng-hsiang (Emily) Huang Dr. Georg Bauer. Technology in New Zealand. Additionally, we have columns from six Production Editors: Continuing with the international international OHP researchers. First Amber Schroeder theme of the newsletter, we also fea- up is a column from Dr. Pete Kines at Tessa Seidler ture a report from the 21st Interna- the National Research Centre for the tional Symposium on Shiftwork and Working Environment in Denmark, who Working Time written by Dr. Claudia describes recent research efforts Inside this issue: Moreno, chair of this year’s confer- focusing on safety climate and safety ence. Leiden University Master’s in interventions. Next, Dr. Marianne 1-3 OHP Dr. Gary Giumetti, Editor Törner at the University of Gothen- Lastly, our society treasurer, Dr. Chris burg in Sweden describes her recent Cunningham reports on the finances of Quinnipiac University Work+Health Diploma at the research on several subtypes of organ- the organization and several exciting 3-4 [email protected] University of Zurich izational climate as well as safety plans for the future of SOHP. behavior. Our third column in this th Producing the newsletter is a team National Research Centre for Welcome to the 11 installment of the section is written by Dr. Xichao Zhang 4-5 effort, and I am very grateful for the the Working Environment Newsletter for the Society for Occu- from Beijing Normal University in assistance of the editorial team. The pational Health Psychology (SOHP). In China. Dr. Zhang presents a brief his- Sahlgrenska Academy at the newsletter is made possible with the 5 this issue we present columns high- tory of OHP research, practice, and University of Gothenburg assistance of Associate Editors, Dr. lighting OHP research and training training in China. The fourth column Heather Odle-Dusseau and Dr. Emily from around the globe. First, we con- comes from Dr. Hyung In Park who OHP in China 6-7 Huang, and Production Editors, Dr. tinue a tradition started by the former describes her research lab at Chonnam Amber Schroeder and Ms. Tessa Seid- OHP at Chonnam National editor of this newsletter, Dr. Irv National University in Gwangju, South 7-8 ler. I thank them for all of their work University Schonfeld, with two columns focusing Korea. Next, we have an article from to bring together this newsletter. on OHP graduate training programs. Dr. Mark Griffin who describes the The Centre for Safety, Univ. Dr. Margot van der Doef presents work going on at the Centre for Safety We hope you enjoy reading this issue 8-9 of Western Australia information about the Master’s in OHP at the University of Western Australia of the newsletter. If you have any at Leiden University in the Nether- in Crawley. The last column in this comments or would like to write an COHSR at Auckland lands. The second program featured in 9-11 section comes from Dr. Felicity Lamm article for a future issue, please e-mail University of Technology this newsletter is the Diploma of Ad- & Dr. Andy Ang at the Center for me ([email protected]). vanced Studies in Work + Health at 21st Shiftwork and Working Occupational Health & Safety Re- 11 Time Conference

Annual SOHP Treasurer’s An Overview of the Master’s in OHP Program at Leiden University 12 Report Margot van der Doef, Leiden University integrates knowledge and skills concerning OHP issues from three disciplines in psychology: Social and Organisational Since 2005, the Faculty of Social Sciences of Leiden psychology, Health psychology, and Applied Cognitive University in the Netherlands offers nine master’s psychology. Furthermore, as all other Leiden master’s specialisations in psychology, which are all taught in English. programmes, it is based on the scientist-practitioner model. One of these master’s specialisations is the master’s in As such, the programme focuses on in-depth study of Occupational Health Psychology (OHP). Before 2005, theory and on the acquisition of professional and research psychology students could already follow a track in Work & skills. The OHP specialisation provides advanced training in Health. With the transition to a bachelor’s – master’s system practical skills for interventions in the field of work and in 2005, this track has evolved to a one-year master’s health. This includes the acquisition of principles and specialisation. The OHP master’s programme attracts methods relevant to, for instance: students from our own university, from other universities in the Netherlands, and from abroad. Thus far, we have  Health promotion and stress prevention in the welcomed students from Finland, Switzerland, Spain, workplace Ukraine, and Indonesia, for example.  Management of social psychological issues in organisational behaviour The one-year Occupational Health Psychology master’s Dr. Margot van der Doef programme aims to provide the students with a broad  Risk management of organisational accidents Leiden University, the perspective on employees, organisational settings, and their  Optimisation of performance and work productivity Netherlands interplay. Hence, in Leiden the OHP master’s programme (continued on p. 2) Volume 11 (February, 2014)

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In line with the profile of Leiden University as a research- and literature reviews. Examples are: how to optimize intensive institution, the teaching programme is based on performance of shift workers, how to foster creativity and state-of-the art scientific research and puts a strong em- productivity at the worksite. The key objective of this phasis on the acquisition of academic and research skills. course is that students obtain experience with applying Training is provided in all relevant skills, such as: reviewing cognitive enhancement techniques and views for application the relevant literature, applying theoretical knowledge to in a variety of settings. analyse practical problems, designing and carrying out empir- Motivation, Power and Leadership ical studies, designing and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, conducting advanced statistical analyses, and This course focuses on the interplay between individuals, presenting results and recommendations. groups, and organisations with special attention to the roles of leaders and managers. Performance of groups and organi- During their master’s “...the programme is sations is dependent on the fit between the needs, motives, year, OHP students take based on state-of-the values, and skills of people and the structural and operational part in mandatory cours- art scientific research characteristics of groups and organisations. Leaders use es and electives, write their bases of power and select influence tactics to get their master’s thesis, and puts a strong things done by their followers or subordinates. The programme includes 5 and do an internship. In emphasis on the In this course, students review classical studies and acquire mandatory courses: their electives, and their acquisition of academic cutting edge knowledge of advances in theories about leader-  Work and Stress choice for a thesis sub- research skills” ship, motivation, and power. Moreover, they learn how to ject and their intern-  Human Potential: manage task performance and improve satisfaction and com- ship, students can focus Application mitment of individual members of these groups and organisa- and further specialize in tions. Using recent theoretical and empirical developments,  Motivation, Power and topics and skills matching their own interests and ambitions. what kind of leadership behaviours are beneficial in particu- Leadership The integrative approach and the combination of theory and lar situations is discussed. practice make the master’s specialisation in Occupational  The Social Psychology The main objectives of this course include that students gain Health Psychology at Leiden University unique and useful for of Organisational specialized knowledge of, and the ability to apply, social and a wide range of careers. Behaviour organisational psychological theories regarding motivation, Coursework power and leadership in social contexts and organisations,  Interventions in are able to apply theories on motivation, power and leader- Occupational Health The programme includes five mandatory courses, which are ship and research findings in real-life situations. taught by staff members from the various sections within our psychology department. A broad diversity of teaching The Social Psychology of Organisational Behaviour methods is used, including lectures, workgroups, students’ This course aims to integrate recent developments in social presentations, and individual and group assignments. psychology with insights derived from organisational and Work and Stress economic psychology. The emphasis is on the relevance of social psychological insights for the understanding of organi- In this course, students are introduced to the role of work- sational behaviour. place factors in employee health and well-being. Both the Topics that are covered are, for instance, negotiation, social potential negative consequences (i.e., mental and physical dilemmas, the functioning of groups and teams, relationships health problems) and the positive outcomes (i.e., work en- and trust, rationality of decisions, the importance of distrib- gagement, personal growth/learning) are addressed. utive and procedural justice concerns and norms. The course Lectures cover occupational stress models (e.g., Job- meetings are based on classic Demand-Control-Support model, Effort-Reward Imbalance journal articles as well as reports model) and empirical research regarding the impact of work of applied research. On the basis factors on mental and physical health (e.g., burnout, cardio- of these readings, students pre- vascular disease). Other sessions are dedicated to presenta- pare written assignments and oral tions and discussions on contemporary issues in the work and presentations in which they ana- stress field (e.g., work-family conflict, bullying, job insecuri- lyse organisational issues from ty, injustice, work engagement) prepared by the students various theoretical perspectives, themselves. Furthermore, students write a short critical develop interventions and there- review paper based on up-to-date scientific literature ad- by apply the theory to practice. dressing a key question related to the topic of their presen- Guest speakers discuss the way in tation. which they apply social psycholog- The main objectives of this course are that students ac- ical theories in their own profes- quire scientific up-to-date knowledge on the area of occupa- sional practice in organisations. tional stress and become familiar with the most prominent The main aims of this course are occupational stress models. Furthermore, the course aims to that students acquire advanced enhance presentation and writing skills, and stimulate a knowledge and insights about social psychological issues in critical approach to scientific literature. organisational behaviour and about the methodological under- Human Potential: Application pinnings of these insights; learn how to apply this knowledge by analysing and conceptualizing real-life issues in organisa- This course focuses on the translation from cognitive tional settings and to present their analyses orally as well as theories to entries for cognitive enhancement in a variety of in writing. Furthermore, students are challenged to reflect (job) contexts. How can theoretical knowledge be applied to on their academic attitude in anticipation of their work as a enhance productivity, creativity, memory, well-being and self professional in organisational settings. -regulation? Students perform case studies on the basis of interviews (continued on p. 3) Page 2 Volume 11 (February, 2014)

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Interventions in Occupational Health tion program applying scientific sis. knowledge with regard to effective The thesis topics cover the broad field This course centres on interventions to interventions. of OHP. To give an impression, recent promote health and well-being among theses dealt with the following topics: Electives employees. Attention is given to health work-family conflict & facilitation; promotion programs (e.g., life style Besides these mandatory courses, aggression and violence in health care; interventions), as well as organisational electives are offered within the psy- effectiveness of stress management interventions (e.g., work redesign). A chology master’s programme. Electives interventions; effects of fear in the stepwise approach is taken, starting that are regularly chosen by our OHP workplace; change management; violat- from how to assess psychosocial job master students are: Human Computer ing behaviour at work; optimizing the conditions /occupational risks, and Interaction, addressing cognitive is- training of complex surgical skills. health/well-being outcomes, to the sues involved in designing, using and development and implementation of an Internship For more information on the evaluating interactive software prod- intervention program, and the evalua- Leiden University master’s ucts; Health Promotion and Disease The OHP master’s programme includes tion of the effects. programme, please visit the Prevention, focusing on design and a mandatory internship of at least 35 The course includes introductory lec- program website: implementation of an intervention days. Most students find an internship tures with in-class assignments and http://en.mastersinleiden.nl/ program to promote health behaviour; of their choice in an organisation, individual homework assignments. Par- programmes/occupational- and the Trainers Course Communication either in the Netherlands or abroad. allel to this, in subgroups, students health-psychology/en/ Skills, for those students who have the Some students prefer to do an intern- develop an intervention program for a introduction ambition to become a professional ship within the university setting, for specific work setting. Case descrip- trainer. instance by participating in an ongoing Or contact Dr. van der Doef tions, based on actual situations in research project. directly: organisations are used as a starting Master’s Thesis The internships, like the professional [email protected] point. At the end of the course, these The master’s thesis enables the perspectives, are diverse, and include intervention programs are presented student to obtain experience with all Human Resources Management, assess- and discussed. the phases of empirical research in ment and selection, career counselling, The main objectives of this course are psychology and applying the knowledge reintegration and outplacement, train- that students acquire an up-to-date and skills acquired in different course ing and coaching, health promotion, view on work site health promotion modules. Faculty members from the stress management, and (scientific) programs, are acquainted with methods three sub-disciplines offer supervision research. During their internship peri- to assess psychosocial job conditions / on research topics related to their own od, students are stimulated to put occupational risks and health /well- research interests, and students can their acquired knowledge into practice, being in employees; are aware of poten- choose a topic that matches their and further improve their professional tial benefits /advantages of the interests and ambition. The students and personal skills. A valuable first worksite as a setting for health promo- carry out their own study, as part of step in their careers as occupational tion, and of ethical issues involved; and the on-going research in the pro- health psychologists. are able to design a work site interven- gramme, and write their master’s the-

An Overview of the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Work+Health at the University of Zurich & the University of Lausanne

Georg Bauer, University of Zurich, Switzerland To achieve this aim, the program provides both a strong scientific basis and best practice skills. During the joint, Based on 20 years of training experience in the field, the interdisciplinary modules for students University of Zurich and the University of Lausanne will of all three specialisation areas in offer the new Diploma of Advanced Studies DAS Occupational Medicine, Occupational Work+Health, in English, beginning in March, 2014. This Hygiene, and Organizational Health postgraduate program includes a specialization in Development, participants learn com- "Organizational Health Development", with a strong focus on mon perspectives and procedures improving psychosocial factors at work through intervention across disciplines, culminating with in- -oriented training in occupational health psychology. It depth knowledge in their specialization offers a unique interdisciplinary training together with area. The highly interactive on-campus future specialists in Occupational Hygiene and Occupational courses, such as Occupational Health Medicine. The 4-semester part-time program comprises 30 in Context of Organizations and Socie- European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System (ECTS)- ty, Analysis of Health Risks and Re- points, equaling 60 on-campus days, completing 12 different sources and Health-Oriented Change courses. Process in Organizations, are comple- Work imposes demands and health hazards on employees, mented by guided distance learning. and at the same time provides health promoting resources. The continuous mutual exchange be- Addressing both requires understanding the human being in tween the experienced students from the three specializa- the larger organizational and societal context. Our program tion areas, provides for a strong knowledge transfer aims to provide deep insight into the current and future throughout the program. During the final, interdisciplinary health needs of the working population, as well as practical group project, students will demonstrate their acquired skills on how to prevent work-related health problems and knowledge and skills in solving real life work+health issues how to promote positive health at work through participa- in the field. tory approaches. (continued on p. 4) Page 3 Volume 11 (February, 2014)

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Specialization in Organizational Health Development  Manage work+health activities and define key (OHD): Students learn to analyse how health is continuously performance indicators For more information reproduced in organizations by both health damaging

 Establish an occupational health management system on the Work+Health (pathogenic) and health enhancing (salutogenic) processes. by integrating existing work+health activities and by diploma: Further, students learn how to build the capacities of or- linking them to other management systems ganizations to improve health through participatory change www.mas-  Work together with other specialists in the field of processes. To strengthen practical skills, participants will workandhealth.uzh.ch constitute project groups that will practically implement work+health to identify and address both health each OHD step and an occupational health management risks and resources system in a real company – closely coached by experts from the field. Upon completion of the education, participants will be able to:

 Sensitize decision makers and stakeholders for OHD issues  Establish a counseling-client system and to design a participatory, health-oriented change process  Advocate and counsel decision makers and stakeholders regarding each step of the change process  Conduct an occupational and organizational health analysis with a focus on psychosocial and ergonomic factors by using change-oriented methods  Build capacities for and support participatory action planning in organizations for improving working conditions (e.g., through leadership trainings, From left to right: Georg Bauer, Brigitta Danuser, workshops, health circles, etc.) Dhouha Steiner, Sven Hoffmann, and Tamara Sterchi

National Research Centre for the Working Environment - Denmark

Peter Kines, National Research ines large companies’ safety culture land, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, is Centre for the Working intervention approaches. carrying out a ‘Campbell’ systematic review (somewhat similar to a Cochrane Environment, Denmark Young workers are a vulnerable group review, but more directed toward of workers, at high risk of occupational In the Division of Safety Research at social science) in looking at the evi- injury and exposure to substances and the Danish National Research Centre dence for effective safety interven- working conditions that can result in for the Working Environment, we have tion programs in preventing occupation- occupational disease and health prob- a number of ongoing multinational al accidents/injuries. Over 20,000 lems later on in life. In addition to studies looking into safety culture and articles have been through four focusing on individual and youth fac- climate, social identity, zero-vision screening processes, filtering down to tors, we are also looking at the role of strategies, young workers as well as a approximately 150 qualified studies – work organisation, and work and work- systematic review of safety interven- varying from randomised and non- place characteristics in gaining a bet- tions for the prevention of accidents/ randomised control trials, to interrupt- ter understanding of the relevant risk injuries at work. ed-time series designs and single group factors. before-after studies. The effects of Previous successful research coopera- We currently have a couple of inter- the different types of intervention tion between the five Nordic countries vention projects that deal with improv- programs are based on whether the resulted in the development of the ing the health and safety of construc- programs dealt with: A) Changes in Nordic Occupational Safety Climate tion labourer crews. In the one study, knowledge and attitudes; B) Physiologi- Questionnaire, NOSACQ-50 we are working with the crew’s ‘social cal changes and use of PPE (personal (www.nrcwe.dk/NOSACQ). During its identity’, to see if we can develop it protective equipment); C) Changes in development, it was tested in several into a ‘dual identity’ – where they re- behaviour; D) Changes in norms, safety studies in all five countries, and it is tain their ‘crew’ identity (e.g., earning a climate and culture; and E) Structural Dr. Pete Kines now in wide use internationally, and good wage) and build onto it aspects of measures such as physical or organisa- The National Research results are collected in an international the client/owner’s identity (e.g., inte- tional environment. Centre for the Working database at the Centre. The freely grated safety and production). In the Environment, Denmark available questionnaire has so far been Finally, we have a European project in second project, we are looking at de- translated into over 25 language ver- looking at the success factors for veloping a ‘Toolbox-meeting’ teaching sions, and the international database implementation of a ‘Zero accident program for construction foremen – contains over 100 studies from around vision’ – as a mutual (employer & em- inspired by current work being carried the world in 36 different sectors, and ployee) commitment strategy for safe- out in the USA. with over 20,000 respondents. In ty, rather than a control strategy. addition, two students at the Centre A multinational collaboration project are involved in field work that exam- with researchers from the USA, Hol- (continued on p. 5) Page 4 Volume 11 (February, 2014)

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All too often focus is on ‘zero accidents’ as a goal, rather than as a process whereby eve- The National Research Centre for the Working Environment in ryone involved in conceiving, designing, man- Denmark is a government research institute under the Minis- aging, and carrying out a project is genuinely try of Employment. It has four strategic research areas of committed to preventing accidents/injuries. high priority: Psychological working environment, Musculoskel- We welcome you to read more about us and etal disorders, Nanotechnology, and Work accidents and our projects (www.nrcwe.dk), and to contact safety culture. The Centre employs 180 persons, one-third us for cooperative research proposals and of whom are researchers and 15 of whom are PhD students. ideas! You can contact me at [email protected].

Safety, Organization and Leadership Research Team, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

ing both staff and patient safety, but also efficiency and work satisfaction.

To better understand the antecedents of safety performance, we also have ongoing research cooperation between Sweden and Denmark, with the aim to elucidate what may explain the seemingly large difference in accident frequen- cy in the construction industry between our two countries. The study takes into account factors at the macro, meso as well as the micro level. We study differences in national cultures and values, in occupational safety and health regulations, and in insurance systems. We also study differences between the two countries in the branch-structures Marianne Törner, University of Gothenburg in the construction industry, as well as socio-economics in regard to worker recruitment to the construction industry. The research team Safety, Organization and Leadership at We look at differences in the educational system to be- the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, come a construction worker and the development over time Sweden, comprises a handful of researchers. We take our of students’ attitudes during their education. Another part Dr. Marianne Törner theoretical stance in organizational psychology, specifically of this comprehensive project compares safety University of Gothenburg regarding organizational climate and climates, leadership, and manager-worker rela- culture. At present, we direct much of “We study differences tions at the work sites. The study will be finished our research toward the study of the in national cultures and in 2017 and we hope this comparative study be- interaction between different types values, in occupational tween two countries will bring some interesting of organizational climate. We have just safety and health insights into what constitutes important precon- finalized a study in health care, on the regulations, and in ditions for improving occupational safety. relation between patient safety climate and occupational safety climate. insurance systems.” A side track of our research, in the Swedish We found the relation to be strong team, concerns how adolescents perceive and and positive. In an ongoing study in the handle health hazards with serious but delayed construction and mining industry, we outcomes. Here, we are engaged in a cross- study the relations between safety climate, health climate, disciplinary research project aiming at improving innovative climate and productivity climate, as well as the person centeredness of care of children and adolescents relations between these different types of climate and with diabetes type 1, by improved support for self-care their respective behavior outcomes. We also have an ongo- from the health care organizations. This study has resulted ing project on the development of two safety climate in some interesting results that point at the need to reor- questionnaires, one for airport security climate and anoth- ganize care and support these children to integrate the er for airport flight safety.

Another focus area for our team is research on the organizational, and for that matter societal, antecedents of a We welcome you to visit our web page (http:// good safety climate and safety behavior. In our study in www.medicine.gu.se/english/phcm/occup_enviro/ health care, we found that organizational preconditions research/management-and-work-ability/safety- that allowed the organizations to handle variations in quan- organization-and-leadership/) for information on titative demands and staff availability, conditions that are frequently occurring in health care, without either in- us, our publications, and to contact us for co- creasing the employee work load beyond an acceptable operative research proposals and ideas! You can level, or necessitating taking in temporary staff, was the contact me at [email protected]. key factor for initiating positive work processes, promot-

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An Introduction to OHP in China

Xi-Chao Zhang, Beijing Normal articles were found in total, which word, 27 for burnout, 4 for EAP, 28 University strongly evidenced the blossom of OHP for work-family balance, and 122 for in China. For instance, there are 2,570 occupational health. Some representa- With drastic social change and rapid papers using “work stress” in the title, tive papers are: “Association economic development in China, more most of which were published after of occupational stress and social and more researchers and practition- 2005 while the first one appeared in support with health-related behaviors ers have been concentrating on issues 1999. When searching “work stress” among Chinese offshore oil work- related to the workplace from the among the key words of published ers” (Chen, Wong, & Yu, 2008); perspectives of psychological health. papers, I found 19,017 papers, most of “Occupational stress, mental health During the past decade, occupational which were published between 2008 status and stress management behav- health psychology (OHP) in China has and 2012. Notably, the article titled iors among secondary school teachers flourished, because an increasing num- “Job Stressors and Burnout among in Hong Kong” (Leung, Mak, Chui, ber of sophisticated theories, empiri- Staff Nurses” by Xiaomei Li et al. Chiang, & Lee, 2009); “Relationship cal studies, practices, and academic (2000), has been cited 1,529 times. between quality of life and occupa- exchanges have produced rich products The second example is the work in the tional stress among teachers” (Yang, applicable to social life in China. Here I area of burnout. There are 6,745 arti- Ge, Hu, Chi, & Wang, 2009); “Safety will present the development of OHP in cles found when “job burnout” was climate and safety performance China from scientific research, to searched among the key words of among construction workers in Hong application and practice, to academic published papers. A study titled “Job Kong - The role of psychological exchanges, and to education and train- burnout and the factors strains as media- ing. related to it among middle tors” (Siu, Phillips, & school teachers” by “Researchers from Leung, 2004). Scientific Research on OHP in China Yufang Zhao et al. (2003), China have published Importantly, with the Based on China National Knowledge was the most frequently more than 300 Dr. Xi-Chao Zhang emergence of positive Infrastructure (CNKI), which provides cited one among the Beijing Normal University papers [in English] on psychology, constructs the largest academic search engine in 6,745 papers (cited 578 occupational health such as psychological China, 8,003 papers were located with times). As the last exam- so far.” capital, subjective well the key search word “occupational ple, I found 523 articles -being, work engage- health”. In particular, the term when search “EAP” among the ment, and positive ‘occupational health’ appears in the key words of published pa- leadership, have been adopted in OHP, title of 51 papers published between pers. The most influential paper in this which fosters a new frontier of OHP 1997 and 2013, with an increase in field is authored by Zhang Xichao in China. In CNKI, 162 papers are on 2005. Another 34 papers, published (2003) and titled as “EAP: An effective psychological capital in organization, between 2004 and 2013, list the term way to improve business perfor- 294 on well-being, 235 on work en- ‘occupational health’ as a key word. In mance” (cited 92 times). gagement, and one on positive leader- addition to using the term of Besides the aforementioned studies ship. ‘occupational health’, I conducted fur- written in Chinese, there are also pa- ther searches in CNKI by focusing on In short, increasing attention has pers published in English journals. In the main sub-areas of OHP, such as been drawn to OHP in China with two the Web of Knowledge, researchers using job stress, burnout, emotional characteristics. First, rigor of re- from China have published more than labor, employee assistance program search on OHP has increased over the 300 papers on occupational health so (EAP), and work-family balance as key years, from introducing basic OHP far. Specifically, we found 119 articles search words. Approximately 40,000 concepts at the beginning, to examin- when work stress is used as the search ing the relations among focal OHP variables, to assessing effects of OHP-focused interventions. Second, the perspectives of research gradual- ly evolve from traditional industrial and organizational psychology to positive psychology.

Application and Practice of OHP in China

Besides the academic progress, application of OHP is extremely common in China. Many OHP-related intervention programs have appeared in organizations, such as strategic stress management, intervention of well-being, and EAP. In particular, EAP has signif- icantly contributed to the application of OHP in China. Many professional The OHP lab in the School of Psychology at Beijing Normal University was EAP companies have been established founded in 2006. Principal members include Xichao Zhang, Hongchuan Zhang, since 2001. Until now, more than 30% Jiang Jiang and Ran Bian, and some students are also included. The main of the fortune 500 Chinese companies research directions are work stress, job burnout, well-being, psychological provide staff EAP services. capital, and mindfulness in the workplace. (continued on p. 7) Page 6 Volume 11 (February, 2014)

An Introduction to OHP in China - continued

In sum, the application of OHP has developed speedily in and “Go To Work Happily”. Finally, Dr. Jiang Jiang and Yan the last 10 years. Xu translated into Chinese the “Handbook of Occupational Health Psychology,” edited by James Campbell Quick and Academia-Practice Exchanges on OHP in China Lois E. Tetrick. All of these works provide a chance for As many researchers enter the field of OHP, exchanges students and practitioners to learn in this field. between researchers and practitioners become increasingly In China, education in the realm of OHP has grown signifi- important. OHP forum and OHP Division of Chinese Psycho- cantly in the last 10 years. For example, since 2008 OHP is logical Society were established to fulfill this need. The offered in Beijing Normal University, Tsinghua University, China EAP and OHP forum was established in 2005 and has Peking University, and Shanxi Normal University by Dr. been successfully held for 9 years, and has attracted hun- Xichao Zhang, Dr. Changqin Lu, and Dr. Guoping Song, re- dreds of attendees. Every year the forum invites approxi- Correspondence concerning spectively. All of these courses make a great contribution mately 10 scholars as speakers. Invited speakers include this column should be to training students in OHP. (but are not limited to) Drs. Allen Langer, Tal Ben-Shahar, addressed to: Fred Luthans, Lois Tetrick, and Houcan Zhang. Moreover, Conclusions Dr. Xi-Chao Zhang, the forum also invites some practitioner speakers, such as a OHP in China develops speedily in accordance with the rapid manager of China Mobile, Mr. Minguo Li and a director of School of Psychology, Beijing development of the economy and society. Occupational ICON Mr. Lizhong Geng. Through this forum, scholars have Normal University, health psychologists in China are encouraged by the signifi- an opportunity to be informed about the real problems in cant progress in OHP to date. However, applications of OHP practice, while practitioners are able to learn more special- Beijing 100875, China are far ahead of academic research. Future research ized OHP knowledge and theories to guide their work. The should not only focus on examining established theories and Email: [email protected] OHP Division of Chinese Psychological Society was founded research models, but also pay attention to intervention of in 2011, aiming at facilitating the development of OHP in real-life problems in the workplace and the development of China. localized theories. Additionally, more rigorous methods Education and training of OHP in China should be applied in future research and more theories should be translated into practice. In light of the large In line with the fast development of OHP, a large number working population and increasingly challenging work de- of original and translated books have appeared in China. For mands, OHP has a bright future in China. Looking ahead, the example, Dr. Guoping Song wrote “Occupational Health occupational health psychologists in China are eager to Psychology”. As another example, Dr. Xichao Zhang wrote further contribute to the OHP community via more collabo- two books focused on OHP: “Employee Assistance Program” ration with international OHP scholars.

OHP at Chonnam National University - South Korea

Hyung In Park, Chonnam Currently, I am the only faculty mem- vention programs, introducing new scales for recovery, and identifying National University ber from the I/O field since August 2012, when I was hired. Our I/O lab is potential moderators of stressor- The Department of Psychology at in the early stages of its development strain relationships. With regard to Chonnam National University (CNU) and still quite small in size, largely due the first research topic, I have inves- was established in 1978. Located in to the vacancy in the I/O faculty after tigated whether a brief yoga session Gwangju, in southern South Korea, CNU Dr. Lee left. There are two (valuable) for muscle relaxation could promote has the largest campus in the region. graduate students in the I/O program. recovery-related experiences and Despite the brief existence of our The students, who have both just reduce job strain among full-time department compared to other psy- begun their theses, are interested in university staff and faculty. Unfortu- chology departments in the West, it is OHP. Recently, at the biannual confer- nately, the sample size was very small, one of the oldest psychology depart- ence of the Korean Society for Indus- but the trial provided me with im- ments among the universities located trial and Organizational Psychology, portant learning opportunities. Based outside of Seoul, the capital of South they each presented a poster on a on this previous study, I will continue Korea. It is also one of the few pro- meta-analytic study exploring their to develop and implement intervention grams in the country that offers an own interests. Their research inter- programs for employees. My second Industrial and Organizational (I/O) ests include role stressors, work- research area looks at scale develop- Psychology major. From the early days family conflict, leader-member ex- ment and/or validation. Many new con- of the department, Dr. Lee Chongmok, change (LMX), organizational commit- cepts and scales in recovery from job a professor in the I/O program, em- ment, organizational citizenship behav- stress have yet to be introduced to ployed in 1980, has devoted his re- ior (OCB), and burnout. Specifically, Korea. In order to facilitate future Dr. Hyung In Park search endeavors to the subject of Jang, Ji Won is working to investigate research in OHP, I am committed to Chonnam National University occupational health psychology (OHP) whether LMX will moderate the rela- the validation of scales relevant to studying such topics as stress manage- tionship between work-family conflict stress processes such as recovery ment, happiness, scale development/ and work outcomes such as OCBs for from job stress. My final research validation of job stress, and burnout. her thesis, while Kim, Yeongon, is re- topic seeks to identify moderators of He has also written a few books tar- viewing scales for role stressors in the relationship between stressors and geting the Korean general public on the order to revalidate the previous ver- strain. Hopefully, in the near future, promotion of a healthy lifestyle in the sion of these scales used in South there will be a scope of application of workplace. Although he retired in Korea. identified moderators to stress man- August, 2010, he is still actively en- agement programs targeting Korean My current research topics cover gaged in research and education. employees. three areas: developing stress inter- (continued on p. 8) Page 7 Volume 11 (February, 2014)

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CNU also encourages research collaboration with interna- in Korea, and there is no relation to the aforementioned Dr. tional scholars, and academic presentations at international Lee). Her current research area contains affective psycho- conferences are financially supported. Although the funds physiology, and we intend to further collaborate on re- available from the school cannot cover all expenditures, search in the future. I am additional research grants can be utilized for participation also working with a profes- in international conferences, if approved in advance. With sor at another university in the help of this support, I am working with foreign re- Korea to deliver a meta- searchers and have been presenting studies alongside them analytic study on self- at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and regulation. My main contri- Organizational Psychology. As I obtained my doctorate bution to this project con- degree from Central Michigan University, the majority of cerns the methodology of my coworkers reside in the United States, but I am open the study. to any collaboration as long as mutual interests match. It has been my great pleas- Our lab also welcomes inter-disciplinary research. Present- ure to re-launch OHP re- ly, I am involved with two separate research projects with search in the Department clinical psychologists, partly because my former training of Psychology at CNU. I was grounded in clinical psychology. As far as these sorts would be even more pleased to see my students and myself of partnerships are concerned, the manuscript for one interacting with more professionals in this field. Our pro- project was co-authored by myself and clinical/ gram is still very young, but this only means that we have neuropsychologist Dr. Lee Hyejeen, our newest faculty plenty to achieve! member (Please note that Lee is a very common last name

The Centre for Safety, University of Western Australia

Mark Griffin, University of together the diverse safety experi- UWA, with founding partner Rio Tinto, have established the Centre for Safe- Western Australia ence across the disciplines of The University of Western Australia ty as a partnership that will enhance all (UWA) to create a critical research aspects of safety innovation. The Cen- Leading safety innovation through area that tackles safety issues from tre is now developing additional part- understanding people and technology multidisciplinary perspectives, in an nerships with industry, government, interaction in managing complex sys- environment that fosters collaboration and universities to better understand tems. to build innovative safety capabilities how human and organizational factors for industries, organizations, and peo- interact with technology, industrial Australian industry has made substan- ple. processes, and the environment. Major tial progress to reduce major accident activities include applied research Preventing major accidents and improv- events and protect individual safety. projects, producing education materi- ing safety requires theory and practice However, the level of fatalities, inju- als, and consulting to meet industry to go hand in hand. The Centre for ries, and serious events remains a needs. Safety, led by internationally recog- great concern. Work systems are be- nised researcher Winthrop Professor Research Agenda coming more complex and environments Mark Griffin, together with world more uncertain, so the challenge to The Centre for Safety aims to support renowned safety experts from psychol- improve safety is now more important safety in these key areas: ogy, engineering, medicine, business, than ever. law, health, and science, coordinate  Leadership and governance – Australian companies are facing chal- responses to major safety problems in Building safety capability through lenges such as new technology, harsh collaboration with industry partners. leadership, teamwork, and sys- physical environments, changing em- The Centre encourages the involvement tems such as cultural lead indict- ployee profiles, and rapidly developing of organizations in research and pilot ors. competitive markets. In addition, new testing that will be of immediate and  People, technology, and assets – methods of working such as remote long-term value. Benefits include: Understanding how human and operations are creating both opportuni- organizational factors interact Dr. Mark Griffin ties and risks. Major accident events  Knowledge based decisions from with equipment and technology to University of Western continue to highlight fundamental local case-study data. influence safety capability. Australia failures in systems that were expected  National and international collab- to protect people, assets, and the  Human performance and deci- environment. There is now a pressing oration through networks of sion making – Supporting safety need to better understand the interac- universities, government, and awareness and cognitive process- tions among people, equipment, and industry. es in high-risk and complex oper- technology that lead to important  Integration of engineering, hu- ating environments. safety outcomes. man, and organizational factors.  Health and well-being - Manag- ing health in challenging safety The Centre for Safety is dedicated to  Continuing education and training conditions including remote loca- creating new insights that improve the opportunities. tions, hazardous environments, safety of people and systems in high-  Developing the talent pipeline of and high work-demands. risk environments. The Centre, formal- future safety leaders. ly established in mid-2013, brings  Knowledge sharing platforms. (continued on p. 9) Page 8 Volume 11 (February, 2014)

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The Centre welcomes collaborations  Decision making of action teams Master of Industrial and Organiza- with international research institutes, in high risk environments working tional Psychology (MPsych) companies, and governments. We are under high cognitive workloads. The MPsych degree component includes currently working with researchers in nine coursework units, a research pro- Asia, Europe, Africa, and North Ameri- Education at UWA ject, and 1,000 hours of practical place- ca to address questions such as the UWA offers a number of post- ment spread over three settings. The nature of safety commitment, better graduate courses that develop the degree covers such topics as organiza- lead indicators of safety performance, safety leaders of the future. We invite tional development and work design, and safety leadership in developing international students to apply and join occupational health, safety, and wellbe- countries. the leading research team at the Cen- ing, and psychology of training. tre for Safety. “The Centre welcomes Further information is available on The collaborations with The Graduate Diploma in Work University of Western Australia’s web- For further information on Health and Safety site: http://www.studyat.uwa.edu.au/ international research the Centre for Safety, its courses/master-of-industrial-and- institutes, companies, The Graduate Diploma in Work Health research, partnerships, and organizational-psychology-coursework and governments.” and Safety develops knowledge and goals, please contact: skills in the scientific, legal, and busi- Combined Doctor of Philosophy and Centre Director ness aspects of Work Health and Safe- Master of Industrial and Organiza- Dr. Mark Griffin ty, providing the science behind both tional Psychology (MPsych) [email protected] Collaboration with the Centre can be policy and practice, and giving students the opportunity to network with indus- The combined Doctor of Philosophy and established in a variety of ways includ- Centre Manager try representatives, and to participate MPsych includes the coursework and ing joint research grants, student and Dannielle Finnerty, MPsych in work health and safety through practical placements of the MPsych; researcher exchange, and industry [email protected] however, students complete a full pro- consulting. We welcome visitors to our practicum placement. The Diploma gram of doctoral research instead of beautiful Perth campus, a remote yet prepares students for work in the the MPsych research project. vibrant part of the world. education, government, and private sectors, with potential roles including Further information is available on The Example of current projects linking Safety and Health Managers, Ergono- University of Western Australia’s web- students, research, and industry in- mists, and Educator roles. site : http://www.studyat.uwa.edu.au/ clude: Further information is available on The courses/doctor-of-philosophy-and-  Assessing safety cultural lead University of Western Australia’s web master-of-industrial-and-organizational- indicators to improve understand- site (http://www.studyat.uwa.edu.au/ psychology-research ing of safety culture and safety courses/graduate-diploma-in-work- Scholarships performance. health-and-safety), or by contacting The Centre for Safety has scholarship  Investigating the relationship the course coordinator, Winthrop opportunities to support students wish- between maintenance practices Professor, Tim Ackland. ing to undertake studies in the area. and safety in the mining and Postgraduate study in Industrial For further information, visit: resource industry. and Organizational Psychology www.centreforsafety.com.au/education-  Recovery strategies that enhance The UWA’s School of Psychology of- training/postgraduate-research well-being and performance in fers two postgraduate degrees in remote working environments Industrial and Organizational Psycholo- addressing issues such as shift gy in which students engage in safety work, sleep, and fatigue. research and develop skills in applying psychological principles to a safety context.

Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Research (COHSR) - Auckland University of Technology - New Zealand

Felicity Lamm & Andy Ang, Auckland University emerging scholars and practitioners. Winner of the 2013 of Technology AUT University Award for Academic Excellence, the Centre is now the premier national hub which encourages and sup- Our Beginnings ports inclusive, industry-led coalitions representing multiple stakeholders, including regulators, researchers, educators, AUT’s Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Research and trainers. Priority has been given to building research (COHSR) was established in 2008 in response to a wide- and teaching capacity in OHS not only in New Zealand, but spread demand for a dedicated New Zealand occupational also in Asia and the South Pacific. health and safety (OHS) research and teaching centre. The Centre’s mission is to build a healthy and safe future by The Centre is unique in that it is the only multidisciplinary promoting high-quality and robust interdisciplinary and OHS Research Centre in New Zealand, drawing on OHS collaborative research on OHS-related themes. Our re- disciplines, such as rehabilitation, ergonomics, and emergen- search and learning activities at the COHSR are under- cy management; and complementary disciplines, such as law, scored by our commitment to engage with communities, economics, and sociology offered at AUT. collaborate with others in the field of OHS and to support (continued on p. 10) Page 9 Volume 11 (February, 2014)

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The COHSR is also linked to AUT’s New Zealand Work Re- studies have helped identify risk factors and hot spots search Institute, Health and Rehabilitation Research Insti- for violence, and have provided data on interventions used tute (HRRI), and Engineering Research Institute. In particu- across different sectors to manage workplace violence. lar, the Centre has established viable research groups in core Further research is evaluating a workplace violence risk sectors, providing leadership in a number of key research control model. themes, such as human factors and workers’ compensation. Positive organisational health and safety culture is viewed These groups are the nexus for theoretical and empirical as critical to turning around New Zealand’s poor injury research and the development of government and industry and fatality record. Research by Centre researchers has OHS policy and standards. focused on developing a qualitative framework for the Another feature of the Centre is the close collaboration we evaluation of organisational health and safety culture. have with researchers from overseas research institutions, This approach has been evaluated and applied across a for example: Canadian Institute for Work & Health, Cardiff range of organisational contexts, and has recently been University’s Centre for OHS Research, the Ergonomics Unit evaluated as a tool for examining cultural factors in spe- of the University of Concepcion in central Chile, and Sheffield cific OHS problems, including musculoskeletal disorders. Hallam University. The COHSR also has formal links with ADAPT at the University of Modena and the Crisis and Risk  Managing occupational health and safety in culturally Research Centre at Mines ParisTech. diverse small businesses

Our Research Another collaborative research group led by members of The COHSR has grown exponentially since 2008 and we now the COHSR was formed in 2009 to investigate managing have over 30 staff. We have also managed to secure close to health and safety within culturally diverse small workplac- $(NZ)1.5 million of research funding between 2009˗2013. The es. The international project team first conducted a Dr. Felicity Lamm researchers at the Centre are leading a range of research number of research colloquia in Europe, USA, and New Auckland University of projects in areas such as: work-related gradual process disor- Zealand with the purpose of identifying key research Technology ders; the risk factors of an aging workforce; OHS of vulnera- areas. The key areas that emerged from the discussion ble workers; OHS and productivity outcomes; workers’ com- can be grouped around four main discourses: conceptual pensation and rehabilitation; and safety design in the fishing, ambiguities that beset the term “culture”; ineffective and mining and construction industries. Some of the research inappropriate methodologies; the complex nature of oper- projects planned for 2014 are: identify the health and finan- ating a small business, including employment practices; cial consequences for fami- and a lack of OHS interventions aimed at small, culturally “The COHSR… lies of workers who have diverse workplaces. The research group then began to undertake a number of studies located in different coun- managed to secure died at work; examine the impact of disasters on tries, within different jurisdictions and focusing primarily close to $(NZ)1.5 workers and their communi- on small businesses which have been reported in special million of research ties; and investigate reme- issue of UK Journal of Policy and Practice in Health and funding between 2009 dies to alleviate fatigue Safety in 2013. One of the main findings of the studies -2013.” among truck drivers. Below was that a culturally diverse workforce is a potentially is just a small sample of our valuable resource that small business employers can draw recent research activities. on to improve the level of OHS in the workplace. And while diversity is based on the assumption that cultural  Wellbeing and psychosocial risks in the workplace differences give rise to different life experiences, knowledge, and insights, how it is managed will determine COHSR members are leading a number of projects in the the outcomes. psychosocial risk and wellbeing field, including studies on workplace bullying, violence and work, and organisational Inspiring the Next Generation health and safety culture. We have developed successful OHS undergraduate and Workplace bullying is a major problem in New Zealand and postgraduate courses in the Schools of Management, elsewhere, with a recent study finding an 18% prevalence Engineering, and Health Sciences. OHS courses are also amongst health, education, travel, and hospitality sector being developed to cater for a growing demand in the Pacific workers. Current research in this area includes: the preva- Islands and China. We have a vibrant group of post-graduate Dr. Andy Ang lence and impact of workplace bullying and cyber bullying students undertaking research ranging from OHS of Auckland University of across a wide range of New Zealand sectors; HRM factors migrant workers in Kuwait and New Zealand to the impact of Technology that influence bullying in Australian, US and NZ workplaces; nonstandard work on transport workers. Industry and cross cultural issues for workplace bullying in South Korea, professional associations as well as the government agencies New Zealand and Australia; bullying intervention; and evalu- have also voiced interest for an accredited qualification in ation of New Zealand’s government bullying prevention OHS designed specifically for OHS professionals. As a guidelines. A ‘Towards Healthy Work for All’ symposium is result, members of the Centre developed a suite of papers being hosted by Centre researchers on 20th February, under the MBA Executive Programme that will be accredited 2013, including several high profile international experts on to the UK Chartered Institute of Occupational Safety and bullying at work, industry speakers, and the launch of the Health and the Australian Occupational Health and Safety government’s new workplace bullying guidelines. Education Accreditation Board. The OHS qualifications under the MBA Executive Programme will be unique in that The New Zealand Workplace Violence Survey is also run out they will be linked to ‘gold standard’ professional of the Centre, and collects data from HR and OHS manag- accreditations. ers across a wide range of New Zealand workplaces. These (continued on p. 11) Page 10 Volume 11 (February, 2014)

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Making a Difference major legislative and policy reforms. For example, as a result of the Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Members of the Centre have also made a contribution to the Safety recommendations, the New Zealand government has international and national laws, policies, practices, and guide- announced major legislative reforms to the Health and lines. In particular, some of our members have been directly Safety in Employment Act of 1992. We have also been heav- involved in high level government initiatives, most notably ily involved in establishing professional OHS bodies, such the New Zealand Independent Taskforce on Workplace as the New Zealand OHS Industry Group (OHSIG), “Members of the Health and Safety, Parliamentary Injury Surveillance Minis- which has a combined membership in excess of terial Advisory Panel [ISMAP], Student Migrant Systems Centre have also made 2,500. Finally, we are hosting several conferences in Review Panel, and the government’s strategic OHS plan for a contribution to the 2014, including “Towards health work for all.” agriculture. Our involvement in these activities has achieved international and national laws, policies, practices, and guidelines.”

Report from the 21st International Symposium on Shiftwork and Working Time-The 24/7 Society: From Chronobiology to Practical Life

Claudia Moreno, University of São organizing team as 2013. The organizing The symposium program included the Paulo, Brazil team is comprised of researchers from following sessions:

the University of São Paulo and FI- This International Symposium on Shift- Thematic sessions: OCRUZ (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation). The next Shiftwork and work and Working Time has been taking Working Time conference place every two years since 1969. It is The conference site was the Costa do 1) Impact of Sleep Disorders on will be held in Denmark on sponsored by the Working Time Society Sauipe, located in the state of Bahia, Occupational Health, Safety and June 8-12, 2015. and is affiliated with the International Brazil. The organizers believed that it Performance. Chairs: Shantha Commission on Occupational Health. This was an ideal place to hold a symposium Rajaratnam, Australia and Mark is the only international meeting whose with participants from 24 countries, Howard, USA. central theme is the organization of with different nationalities and cul- 2) Circadian Stress, Shiftwork and the shift and night work. The importance of tures. Influence of Light. Chairs: Arne Lowden, this subject in global terms is manifest- Sweden and Marie Dumont, Canada. The opening session included a lecture Please visit our ed by the wide diversity of countries 3) Socially Sustainable Working Hours. Chairs: entitled, “Linking Clocks, Sleep and website for more that have already hosted this Symposi- Philip Tucker, Sweden and Philip Bohle,

information about the Metabolism,” presented by Professor um in Europe (Germany, Norway, Italy, Australia. Debra Skene from the University of Working Time Society Finland, Sweden, Poland, Netherlands, 4) Cancer and Shiftwork. Chairs: Kristan Surrey, UK, and the closing ceremony and the next Bulgaria, France, Scotland, Austria, Aronson, Canada and James Burch, USA. was highlighted by a lecture entitled, International England), Asia (Japan), Australia and 5) Shiftwork and the Individual - The Future “Changes of Sleep Across Time” deliv- Symposium: http:// North America (USA). of Shiftwork Research. Chairs: Thomas ered by Professor Till Roenneberg from Kantermann, The Netherlands and Till www.workingtime.org. The 21st edition of this International Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany. Roenneberg, Germany. Symposium was held in Bahia, Brazil and In this year’s symposium we had several 6) Nutrition, Metabolism and Physical Activity. the theme was the 24-hour society, that presentation modalities: thematic ses- Chairs: Simon Folkard, UK and Elaine is, the uninterrupted availability of sions; oral sessions; posters; and, a Marqueze, Brazil. services and products in several large workshop for practical discussions on cities worldwide. The Symposium ad- work schedules and the health and safe- Oral sessions: dressed the cost of this situation, which ty of workers. In addition, we had one is not merely financial, but also concerns 1) New Trends in Working Hours. Chairs: special session, with an overview deliv- the health and the social and family life Steve Popkin, USA and Masaya Takahashi, ered by Professor Hans van Dongen of individuals who work while most of Japan. about mathematical models and fatigue the community sleeps. The main focus of 2) Working Hours and Sleep. Chairs: Kecklund at work followed by presentations to the Symposium was to discuss approach- G, Sweden and Mikko Härmä, Finland. discuss this topic. es to minimize this cost according to 3) Physical and Mental Health. Chairs: Frida current advances in scientific research. The participation of young researchers Fischer, Brazil and Giovanni Costa, Italy. Conference Chair: Thus, the scope of the Symposium and participants with funding needs was 4) Genes, Rhythms and Light. Chairs: Benita Claudia Moreno ranged from fundamental biology to the promoted by the Working Time Society Middleton, UK and Greg Roach, Australia. Conference co-chairs: repercussion of the 24/7 society on with travel grants given to 14 attendees Lúcia Rotenberg everyday life. from different countries. There was a Workshop: Frida Fischer young researcher’s get together on This was the second time that this Wednesday evening, Nov. 6th, and a Experiences With Resistance of Workers Symposium occurred in South America. Trainee Session to discuss their careers Towards Change and How to Address it. It was also hosted in Brazil in 2003, and future opportunities. Chairs: Johannes Gärtner, Austria and when it was coordinated by the same Adam Fletcher, Australia. Page 11 Volume 11 (February, 2014)

SOHP Annual Treasurer’s Report (December 2013)

Christopher J. L. Cunningham, The University Any revenue not used to support immediate operating expenses of Tennessee at Chattanooga is held in the SOHP reserve fund, which is used to support an increasing number of member benefits. Because of the bi-annual In this report I provide an overview of the Society for nature of the WSH conference, SOHP’s annual expenses fluctu- Occupational Health Psychology’s (SOHP’s) financial re- ate from year to year. For this reason, the most accurate rep- sources. As a professional organization that is nearly resentation of our society’s financial operations comes from entirely funded by recurring membership dues, the SOHP considering a multi-year period of operations. Summarized in balance sheet has remained rather steady over the last the following table is SOHP’s revenue and expense statement few years, due to fairly consistent membership numbers for the previous three years (January 2011 through December and no major changes in the membership dues fee struc- 2013). Following this, I summarize an average break-down of ture. Our society’s recurring operating expenses are also SOHP’s typical operations costs. consistent and can be summarized in terms of the following core functional categories: Looking forward, SOHP will soon be investing in a completely redesigned internet presence and member management system.  Administration = recurring expenses for SOHP website Investment in these upgrades is long overdue and it is anticipat- management, support for joint SOHP-EAOHP meetings, ed that these enhancements will lead quickly to real and tangible minor recurring costs for mailings/printing, and bank- membership benefits aside from their obvious administrative related charges utility. Planning is also already underway for the 2015 Work, Dr. Christopher Cunningham Stress, and Health conference, one of SOHP’s ongoing profes-  JOHP subscriptions = member subscriptions to the The University of sional commitments. To meet these upcoming financial commit- Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, a central Tennessee at Chattanooga ments and to ensure the continued longevity of this professional benefit of SOHP membership society, please make sure to renew your membership dues when WSH conference expenses = expenses associated with  you are contacted by the SOHP Membership Committee. Please helping to support the bi-annual Work, Stress, and also make an effort to let your professional colleagues and Health conference program planning process, special students know about SOHP and its objectives (you can start by conference events, and SOHP awards. pointing them to www.sohp-online.org).  APA/SIOP outreach activities = expenses associated If you have any questions about this re- Summary of Typical Operations Expenditures with SOHP-sponsored networking events at APA and port, please feel free to contact me di- (averaged across 2011 through 2013) SIOP conferences. rectly at [email protected]. Over the past three years, SOHP revenues totaled $23,578.89, while SOHP expenses totaled $20,881.41.

Summary of SOHP Revenue and Expense, 2011 through 2013

2011 2012 2013 REVENUES Membership dues $8,429.59 $5,420.00 $8,945.02 Book royalties (Contemporary OHP) $567.62 $130.78 $85.88 Total Revenues $8,997.21 $5,550.78 $9,030.90 EXPENSES Administration $462.00 $1537.43 $425.00 JOHP subscriptions $3,740.00 $1,520.00 $2,820.00 WSH conference support $4,769.02 $0.00 $4,452.70 APA/SIOP conference support $384.75 $421.30 $349.21 Total Expenses $9,355.77 $3,478.73 $8,046.91

YEARLY NET GAIN/(LOSS) (-$358.56) $2,072.05 $983.99

NET ASSETS (YEAR-END) $14,075.36 $16,587.41 $17,931.40

About SOHP

The Society for Occupational Health Psychology is a non-profit organization with the purpose of engaging in activities to instruct the public on subjects useful to the individual and beneficial to the community. These efforts are achieved by (1) obtaining and Encourage your

disseminating to the public factual information regarding occupational health psychology colleagues, through the promotion and encouragement of psychological research on significant theo- For comments on the collaborators, and newsletter or submissions retical and practical questions relating to occupational health and (2) promoting and students to join please contact the editor: encouraging the application of the findings of such psychological research to the problems of the workplace. SOHP! Gary W. Giumetti Department of Psychology Quinnipiac University 275 Mount Carmel Avenue Thank you for reading the Society for Box CLAC-1 Hamden, CT 06518 Occupational Health Psychology newsletter! [email protected] Page 12