Risky Business

What are the financial and psychological costs of risky behavior in business to the individuals concerned and their organizations? Risky Business provides a perspective on addictive behaviors such as gambling, drug taking and even addiction to work; criminal behaviors such as theft and corruption; and behaviors such as aggression and violence. The authors then look at their implications to employee and organizational health within the context of the workplace environment; an environment that is often synonymous with psychological demands, stress, long hours, overwork and shortages of staff or other essential resources. An essential guide for occupational psychologists, human resource specialists, risk managers and for researchers in this field. Contents: Part I Introduction: Human frailties and toxic organizations, Ronald J. Burke. Part II Human Frailties: Work hours, work intensity and work addiction: weighing the costs, Ronald J. Burke; Understanding and treating workaholism: setting the stage for successful interventions, Corine I. van Wijhe, Wilmar B. Schaufeli and Maria C.W. Peeters; Dangerous concoctions: alcohol, employment and the family, Paul M. Roman and Lauren A. O'Brien; Case studies on substance abuse in the workplace, Victor Adebowale CBEand Sarah Reed. Part III Toxic Organizations: Discrimination as high risk behavior in the workplace, Robert L. Dipboye; Psychologically intimate, romantic, and sexually intimate relationships in the workplace, Ronald J. Burke; Sexual harassment in the workplace, Vicki J. Magley, Timothy J. Bauerle and Benjamin M. Walsh; Job demands, resources and psychological and physical well-being: critical factors which may make some jobs more stressful than others, Susan Cartwright; Tragic duty, Ronald J. Burke; The nature and outcomes of destructive leadership behavior in organizations, Ståle Einarsen, Merethe Schanke Aasland and Anders Skogstad; Bullying in the workplace, Lars Glasø, Tina Løkke Vie and Helge Hoel; Workplace violence: the American experience, Richard V. Denenberg and Tia Schneider Denenberg; Managing the risk of workplace accidents, Sharon Clarke; Biting the hand that feeds: the employee theft epidemic –a human face on theft, Terrence Daryl Shulman; Index.