Special Issue: Crossover of Work-related Wellbeing

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(2007), "Special Issue: Crossover of Work-related Wellbeing", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 22 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmp.2007.05022baa.001

Special Issue: Crossover of Work-related Wellbeing

Submission deadline: June 1, 2007

The Journal of Managerial Psychology concerns itself with the wider aspects of human resource management derived from the application of psychology theory and practice, helping managers better deal with current personnel issues. Understanding individuals and groups is seen more than ever before as vital to understanding work behaviour. This perception is accompanied by a growing demand among managers and management thinkers for the insights offered by psychology. Although managers often receive extensive training in technical areas of their work, dealing with people is assumed to be a natural gift. The Journal of Managerial Psychology deals with the human resource aspects of managing and providing an understanding of psychology to equip managers to better deal with personnel issues. This journal draws on the latest theories, research findings, case studies and proven practice to throw new light on the behaviour of individuals and groups within the work environment as well as wider organizational ramifications.

Guest Editors: Arnold Bakker, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsMina Westman, Tel Aviv University, IsraelHetty van Emmerik, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsThe Journal of Managerial Psychology invites submissions to a special issue that examines crossover of work-related well-being.

The process that occurs when the psychological well-being experienced by one person affects the level of well-being of another person is referred to as crossover, transmission, or contagion. Crossover is a dyadic, inter-individual transmission of well-being between closely related individuals that occurs within a particular domain such as the workplace or the family or across domains. Most studies conducted during the past decade have focused on unwell-being, and these studies have shown that several types of strain (e.g.,burnout, depression) may cross over from one person to another (intimate partners, or colleagues). A few recent studies have examined the crossover of positive well-being, including flow at work and work engagement. Although these studies made a strong case for the existence of crossover and revealed some reasons why crossover takes place, we still lack a comprehensive insight in the mechanisms responsible for crossover.

Against this background, this call for papers represents an invitation for all researchers in the field to contribute to our understanding of crossover between individuals who frequently interact, within an organizational context (between colleagues) or in the context of work and family (crossover of work-related well-being of one partner to another, or from parents to their children). We seek papers that try to illuminate the mechanisms responsible for crossover (mediators, moderators), its antecedents, and its consequences(for one life domain or the other). All papers should have managerial implications, but we are especially interested in theoretically sound and empirically strong papers. Researchers could, for example, focus on the role of empathy in the crossover process; investigate the role of the sender and receiver of emotions in more detail; or focus on the differences between the crossover of positive and negative (work-related) emotions. Another interesting avenue for research would be the integration of spillover and crossovertheories, but the level of analysis should primarily be the dyad.

Please submit your paper electronically before June 1, 2007 to Prof. dr. Arnold Bakker: bakker@fsw.eur.nl . All papers will go through an external review process. It is our aim to publish the special issue of JMP in 2008. Instructions for contributors can be found at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/jmp/notes.jsp