Industry Context as an Essential Tool for the Future of Healthy and Safe Work: Illustrative Examples for Occupational Health Psychology from the Hospitality Industry
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Industry as Under-Addressed Context in OHP Research
3. Future of Work Challenges and Solutions in Context
4. The Hospitality Industry
5. General Future of Work Challenges and Solutions in the Hospitality Context
5.1. Technological Job Displacement
5.2. Work-Family Programming
6. Moving towards a Context-Informed Future of Work
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Horan, K.A.; Shoss, M.K.; Mejia, C.; Ciarlante, K. Industry Context as an Essential Tool for the Future of Healthy and Safe Work: Illustrative Examples for Occupational Health Psychology from the Hospitality Industry. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 10720. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010720
Horan KA, Shoss MK, Mejia C, Ciarlante K. Industry Context as an Essential Tool for the Future of Healthy and Safe Work: Illustrative Examples for Occupational Health Psychology from the Hospitality Industry. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(20):10720. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010720
Chicago/Turabian StyleHoran, Kristin A., Mindy K. Shoss, Cynthia Mejia, and Katherine Ciarlante. 2021. "Industry Context as an Essential Tool for the Future of Healthy and Safe Work: Illustrative Examples for Occupational Health Psychology from the Hospitality Industry" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 20: 10720. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010720