{"product_id":"the-ambivalence-of-well-being-in-stzsphane-moulin-9780228029212","title":"The Ambivalence of Well-Being in the Workplace","description":"\u003cp\u003eWork is often seen as either a source of fulfillment or a cause of harm and exhaustion. Stéphane Moulin rejects this binary, arguing that well-being at work is fundamentally ambivalent. Placing ambivalence at the centre of his analysis, Moulin calls for a renewed dialogue between psychological and sociological approaches. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on survey data from 579 workers in Quebec's restaurant and academic sectors, as well as in-depth interviews with restaurant supervisors and academic chairs, Moulin examines work experiences among professors and professional staff, lecturers, support staff, servers, cooks, and kitchen and service helpers. He identifies three ambivalent profiles - the overworked, the disappointed, and the serene - situated between the marginal extremes of the morose and the satisfied. This ambivalence arises from three forces: ongoing psychosocial exposure shaped by the uneven fulfillment of workplace justice needs; ethical dispositions, notably hard work and resilience, sustaining effort while masking harm; and management strategies, including self-management, that privilege short-term coping over structural change and reveal work's insidious colonization of personal life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its original, empirically grounded analytical framework, \u003ci\u003eThe Ambivalence of Well-Being in the Workplace\u003c\/i\u003e invites a rethinking of the human relationship to work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stéphane Moulin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022802921X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780228029212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Stéphane Moulin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001127117055,"sku":"9780228029212","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ambivalence-of-well-being-in-stzsphane-moulin-9780228029212","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}