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A NEW BOOK ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF BREXIT IN THE WORKPLACE

BREXIT IN THE WORKPLACE

A PSYCHOLOGY OF SURVIVAL?

Edited by:

Ashley Weinberg, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Directorate of Psychology,University of Salford, UK,

Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, Associate Professor of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Sir Cary L. Cooper, 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

Publication Date: 2020                   ISBN: 978 1 78897 700 5

This timely book explores the psychological repercussions of Brexit in the workplace. Illustrating the mental and emotional impact of the Brexit process, interdisciplinary chapters demonstrate its effect on the wellbeing of workers and its implications for the welfare of the workforce in the future. Bringing together international contributors from a range of disciplines, this topical book focuses on key issues for effective workplace functioning, from uncertainty to progress, including higher education institutions, corporate social responsibility and the emerging experiences of businesses, migrant workers and politicians.

“Brexit means Brexit”, the former UK Prime Minister Theresa May once said, but to many, the reality resembled chaos. This curious state of affairs is unlikely to end until after the transition period. What is certain is that trade between the UK and EU countries will become more complex, freedom of movement of workers will be more difficult and that -for good or otherwise- the UK will be outside the future development of the EU. Drawing on relevant thinking and findings, this book highlights a range of challenges facing workplaces in the UK and EU post-Brexit. Some of these are inevitably linked to be change and what this represents to us psychologically and economically, some are instrumental through their focus on the mechanisms and management of workplaces and others are more obviously psychosocial in describing the variable expression and impact of emotions and behaviors in a post-brexit context. All are likely to impact on UK and EU citizens.