CALL FOR PAPERS
Work, Stress, and Health '99: Organization of Work in a Global Economy
The Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference on Occupational Stress & Health
PRESENTED BY:
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
March 11-13, 1999
Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland
Continuing Education Workshops on March 10, 1999
WORKSHOP PROPOSAL DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 1998
PROPOSAL DEADLINE FOR INTERACTIVE POSTERS, PAPERS, AND SYMPOSIA: MAY 1, 1998
Today's workplace is being shaped by an integrated and global economy. Forms of work organization, such as lean production, continuous improvement, process reengineering, and downsizing have taken the world by storm, but with little understanding of their impact on worker health and well-being.
The workforce of the future will be markedly older, more racially diverse, and will include larger numbers of women. In addition, the workforce is being reshaped by new forms of contingent work, contract labor, and other new employment practices. Yet, little research attention has been paid to these developments. What do these changes in the organization of work mean for the health and safety of workers? What can be done to protect worker health and safety in today's changing workplace? How can our research instruments and methods be improved to address these fundamental changes in the work experience?
To address these and other emerging workplace issues, the American Psychological Association (APA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will convene the fourth interdisciplinary conference on occupational stress and health. The conference, Work, Stress, and Health '99: Organization of Work in a Global Economy, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland on March 11-13, 1999, with Continuing Education Workshops on March 10, 1999.
We invite researchers, medical and psychological health practitioners, managers and human resource professionals and labor affiliates to submit proposals for interactive poster presentations, papers, symposia, and workshops on new research findings, prevention/intervention programs, and policy that address nine major themes. The themes and special emphasis areas are:
Read the submission instructions carefully. Incomplete or incorrect submissions will be returned. Submission of a proposal implies a commitment to present at the meeting and all participants and speakers are expected to register and pay the registration fee.
WORKSHOP PROPOSAL DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 1998
PROPOSAL DEADLINE FOR INTERACTIVE POSTERS, PAPERS, AND SYMPOSIA: May 1, 1998
All communication will be made through the principal author (whose name should be listed first and who will deliver the presentation or workshop).
Refer all requests for additional information and all submissions to:
TYPES OF SESSIONS
• Interactive Poster Sessions -- A feature of this year's conference will be INTERACTIVE poster sessions. Posters will be grouped by content area and a podium will be provided for each author to present a brief synopsis of his or her work and to respond to questions. No paper sessions or symposia will be scheduled during the presentations by poster authors.
Poster presentations accepted for delivery will be bound by the same review process as are paper sessions. Detailed instructions on preparing a poster will be sent to authors whose proposals are accepted for a poster session.
Proposals for interactive posters are strongly encouraged as an alternative to a "stand alone' papers and will increase probability of acceptance.
• Paper Sessions -- Papers will be grouped together by content area. A minimum of 10 minutes will be allotted for each paper presentation. All paper sessions will conclude with a discussion period.
• Symposia -- A symposium is a focused session in which participants present papers with a common theme, issue, or question. The format of a symposium should consist of an introduction of the topic by the chairperson. Participants then present separate papers, followed by interchange among participants, and between the audience and participants. As a rule, each symposium should be limited to five presenters.
• Workshops -- Workshop proposals for 3- and 6-hour workshops will be accepted. Workshops are educational activities at the professional level in which specific learning objectives are achieved through active involvement of participants. The responsibility for securing speakers and documenting their availability rests with the workshop leader.
The deadline for workshop proposals is earlier than other submissions: March 1, 1998.
Continuing Education credits may be given for any workshop that meets the standards of the APA Continuing Education Committee. Continuing Education Workshops must be designed for applied and practitioner audiences as well as for those in academic and scientific settings. Upon acceptance, workshop presenters will be sent more detailed forms and information.
Following acceptance of proposals, instructions will be provided for preparation of abstracts of each presenter's work. All abstracts will be posted electronically on the APA web site prior to the conference and accessible through keyword search. In addition, abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
• The proposal cover sheet provided in this "Call for Papers" must be submitted with a 600-800 word summary of the proposed presentation for each presenter in a poster or paper session, symposium or workshop. The summary must be placed on 8 ½ by 11-inch paper, one side only, double spaced, and attached to the proposal cover sheet. The text of the summary should include a statement of the problem and, if appropriate, procedure, results, and conclusions. Submit six copies of the proposal cover sheet and attached summary.
• Symposia: The chair and each presenter of a symposium must submit a proposal cover sheet and summary as described immediately above. These materials should be submitted as a package. The symposium chair should list the order of presentation in his or her proposal.
• Workshops: A proposal cover sheet and summary (including learning objectives) must be submitted by the workshop leader and each instructor.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Be certain to include the following information on the proposal cover sheet where appropriate:
• Type of program: Choose your preference for submission type only: interactive poster session, interactive poster or paper, paper only, symposium, or workshop.
• Titles: Titles must not exceed 10 words.
• Conference Topic: Presenters should select a two-digit topic from the Conference Topic List that best fits the topic of the presentation and enter it on the proposal cover sheet. If the presentation covers more than one topic area, a second topic may be chosen. When organizing a symposium or workshop in which several presentations will be given, each presenter must categorize his or her own presentation with one or two topics from the list that best fit their primary theme.
• Proposals with multiple authors: Proposals for presentations with multiple authors must clearly identify the author who will deliver the presentation and will receive all correspondence.
List name, highest educational degree, affiliation (department, school, agency, company, city, and state), complete mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
• Co-authors: For database purposes, please list your presentation co-author names, their highest educational degree, their affiliations, and complete mailing addresses on the proposal cover sheet.
SCHEDULING OF PRESENTATIONS -- Persons with accepted proposals must participate at the presentation time scheduled or arrange to have the presentation delivered by an appropriate substitute.
When proposals are submitted, persons with time constraints for religious or other reasons must bring this information to the attention of the Program Committee when presentations are submitted.
SCIENTIFIC PEER REVIEW -- All proposals will undergo a scientific peer review by a panel of experts.
NOTIFICATION OF PROPOSAL STATUS -- For U.S. participants only -- With each proposal, enclose two 1st class self-addressed, stamped envelopes; one for notification of receipt of the proposal and one for notification of the decision by the program committee.
Conference Topic List
1 New Work Contracts
1.1 Contingent Work, Temporary Work, Part-Time Work
1.2 Wage and Benefit Structure
1.3 Underemployment
1.4 Unemployment
1.5 Job Sharing
1.6 Other
2 Organizational Policies and Work Redesign
2.1 Lean Production
2.2 Downsizing
2.3 Continuous Improvement
2.4 Process Reengineering
2.5 Labor-Management Partnerships
2.6 Introduction of New Technologies
2.7 Other
3 Hours of Work
3.1 Work Overload
3.2 Shift Work
3.3 Compressed Work Schedules
3.4 Flexible Work Hours
3.5 Overtime
3.6 Other
4 The Workforce of the 21st Century
4.1 Demographics (e.g. Aging, Gender, Workforce Diversity)
4.2 Accommodations for Disabled Workers
4.3 Welfare to Work
4.4 Skill Obsolescence and Reskilling
4.5 Other
5 Psychosocial Factors and Health in Today's Workplace
5.1 Psychosocial Risk Factors for Illness and Injury
5.2 High Risk Occupations (e.g. Health Care)
5.3 Health Outcomes (e.g. Musculoskeletal Disorders,
Cardiovascular Disease, Traumatic Injury,
Psychological Disorders, Substance Abuse,
Post-Traumatic Stress)
5.4 Social and Economic Costs of Job Stress
5.5 Other
6. Work, Family, and Community
6.1 Child/Elder Care
6.2 Multiple Jobs
6.3 Work-Family Balance
6.4 Work at Home, Relocation, Telecommuting
6.5 Health Care Delivery (e.g. EAPS, Managed Care)
6.6 Other
7. Advances in Research Methodologies
7.1 New Methods of Measurement
7.2 Research Designs
7.3 Cross-National Comparisons of Work Stress and Work Organization
7.4 Participatory Action Research
7.5 National and International Research Needs
7.6 Intervention and Evaluation Research
7.7 Models of Stress and Health
7.8 Other
8 Bridging from Research to Practice
8.1 Application and Communication of Research Findings
8.2 Collaboration of Researchers and Customers
8.3 Regulatory and Legislative Initiatives
8.4 Training in Occupational Health Psychology
8.5 Other
9. Best Practices: Celebrating Successful Strategies for Preventing Stress
9.1 Innovative Work-Family and Benefit Programs
9.2 Labor-Management Collaborations
9.3 Healthy Work Organizations
9.4 Other
(Use the two-digit topic number to select your topic choice when completing the Proposal Cover Sheet.)