Introduction to the special issue on Workplace Mental Health

Abstract

Mental health is an issue of increasing concern to both individuals and organizations in Canada. The articles presented in this special issue present several approaches to dealing with workplace mental issues and highlight the need for more research in this area. In particular there is a pressing need for evaluative research to, identify which strategies work to improve individual and organizational well‐being. © 2018 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Innovative behaviors and eudaimonic well-being: The contribution of human capital sustainability leadership to sustainable career, decent work, decent lives, and healthy lives

“…The current results highlighted in particular a promising role of the HCSL as a resource that could favor the relationship between IBs and eudemonic well-being (in particular meaning at work, meaning in life, flourishing at work, and flourishing in life), further sustaining workers to overcome the challenges of 21st-century careers. In conclusion, the importance of leadership in creating psychologically healthy workplaces contributing to workplace mental health (Kelloway, 2018;Nielsen et al, 2016;Thibault et al, 2019) has recently been emphasized repeatedly in the literature. In relation to the results of our study, our full mediation model suggests a crucial role of HCSL in linking workers' IBs with their eudemonic well-being, starting from the work domain and meaningfulness as well as flourishing at work as far as the flourishing in life.…”

Mental Health at Workplace: A Bibliometric Analysis of Literature from Canada

“…The enactment of National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety, 'Mental health first Aid', are some of the initiatives from Canada that recognize the need to address mental health issues at work place. A multitude of areas such as mental disorders (O'Hagan, Bailantyne, Vienneau, 2012;Kelloway, 2018), workplace practices directed at employee wellness (Moll, 2018;Cavanaugh, 2014), and occupational safety (Malachowski, Kirsh, McCeachen, 2017) have been extensively researched. Efforts to consolidate the literature on mental health issues at workplace though sporadic, appear in more recent research.…”

“…Mental illness and mental health problems are identified among leading causes of death and disability in the developed countries. They are also more common than physical ailments in the workforce (Kelloway, 2018). There is increased awareness of mental health issues in organizations.…”

“…This has lead to a wide variety of employee assistance programs, changes to mental health policies, and educating the employees. These are but a few of the comprehensive mental health strategies introduced by the organizations today (Kelloway, 2018). On the other hand, workplace mental health is also an expanding practice area for healthcare providers.…”

An integrative model of corporate mindfulness: A systematic literature review

“…To tackle the growing issue of mental health, well‐being, and acceleration (Kristensen, 2018), corporations have become increasingly interested in the concept of mindfulness. Yet research in this area remains limited and some scholars have called for further research to understand how to improve individual and organizational well‐being (Kelloway, 2018). In the corporate mindfulness domain, there is growing interest at both the individual and organizational levels, which has led to an increasing number of studies.…”