Work-Related Stress, Health, and Wellbeing: Processes and Outcomes

Dear Colleagues,

The quality of the work environment can significantly affect health and wellbeing. Work-related stress, such as stress related to poor working conditions, changed work patterns, and job insecurity, can strongly impact people’s lives. While the COVID-19 pandemic led to abrupt changes in the work situation for many, continuous efforts in both the private and public sectors to improve cost-effectiveness pose an enduring challenge for maintaining good work environments. Moreover, many people, including those with health problems and disabilities, struggle to get and keep a job and have difficulty returning to work after sickness absence, with a range of economic and social consequences for the individual and for society. A Special Issue on work-related stress, health, and wellbeing is both timely and necessary to acquire a greater understanding of recent developments and studies in this field, and to identify and analyse best practices. This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive approach to work-related stress, health, and wellbeing, the processes involved, and the related outcomes from a broad range of perspectives. Recommended topics may include (but are not limited to):

• Interventions to increase work participation.
• Interventions to modify stress and improve employee health and wellbeing.
• Sick leave, disability, work inclusion, and return to work.
• Job satisfaction.
• Changed work patterns, e.g., job location flexibility.
• Burnout, dedication to work, and work addiction.
• Employee health and wellbeing in different contexts.
• Absenteeism and presenteeism.

We welcome submissions addressing these and related topics, especially papers that combine a high academic standard, a relevant theoretical framework, and a focus on the practical implications of research findings.

Prof. Tore Bonsaksen
Dr. Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen
Guest Editors

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