This book aims at exploring the link between corporate and organizational culture, public and private policies, leadership and managerial skills or attitudes, and the successful implementation of work-related healthcare in Europe. Therefore it brings together a wide range of empirical and theoretical contributions from occupational health, management, psychology, medicine, economics, and (organizational) sociology to address the question of how to sustainably promote occupational health. Such important questions are explored as: What aspects of a corporate culture can be associated with health issues? How does leadership style affect the health of employees? How are health-related decisions in the workplace affected by the political environment? To what extent are interventions influenced by corporate culture, leadership and public policy? How can we make such interventions sustainable?

Markus Wienckeholds a PhD in psychology and an MA in social andcultural anthropology from the Freie Universität Berlin. He has training as asystemic therapist and counselor. In his work at the Federal Institute forOccupational Safety and Health (BAuA) in Berlin, he focuses on structures andstrategies for health and safety at work. Previously, he was visiting research fellow for the Healthy at Work(GiB) project at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. Further, he hasworked as the therapeutic head of ward for a psychiatric clinic and as a managementconsultant. He has written on the social and cultural dimensions of health (promotion),based on his fieldwork in Germany, Brazil, Chile, India, and Tanzania.  Mirella Cacaceholdsa PhD in economics and currently works as postdoctoral researcher at the ResearchCenter on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM) at the University of Bremen,Germany. Her previous positions include analyst with RAND Europe and visitingprofessor at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. In 2008 and 2009, shewas a Harkness Fellow in International Health Policy and Practice, sponsored bythe Commonwealth Fund, and hosted by Columbia University in New York City. Hermain areas of research concern institutional economics and internationalhealthcare systems, especially in Germany and the United States. 

Sebastian Fischerhas been apostdoctoral researcher at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany, wherehe also received his PhD in organizational psychology. He researched theinfluence of situational characteristics on employees with differentpersonalities. His research focuses on explaining employeebehaviors and feelings ranging from stress and withdrawal from work toinnovative and proactive behaviors. Recently, he joined market research focusingon outcome perspectives of innovation rather than on processes.

 

Organizational Culture and Occupational Health.- The Importance of Leadership for Occupational Health.- Public and Private Policies Promoting Occupational Health.- Evidence-Based Studies and Interventions Promoting Occupational Health.