Creating decent work for all

Authors

  • Shanya Reuben University of KwaZulu-Natal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/2309-8708/2014/n47a10

Abstract

Carr, S C, MacLachlan, M & Furnham, A (eds) (2012)

Humanitarian work psychology.

Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.

ISBN 978-0-230-27545-4.

Pages xxiii + 359

Up until very recently, psychology’s contribution to humanitarian work has been insufficient and modest. Humanitarian work psychology presents a new speciality within the field of Industrial and Organisational (I/O) psychology that focuses on humanitarian work. The book provides compelling arguments for organising humanitarian work to meet humanitarian ends. Humanitarian work psychology is the application of I/O psychology to humanitarian issues with a specific focus on developing a psychology that promotes humanitarian work. From both an ethical and practical perspective, humanitarian work psychology promotes humanistic as well as humanitarian ends including the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing world poverty by 50% by 2015 (Annan, 2000). Humanitarian work psychology is in every way invested in the promotion, creation and maintenance of decent work for all.

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Author Biography

Shanya Reuben, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Psychology,

School of Applied Human Sciences,

University of KwaZulu-Natal,

Howard College Campus,

Durban

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Published

2025-01-15

How to Cite

Reuben, S. (2025). Creating decent work for all. PINS-Psychology in Society, 47(2), 84–86. https://doi.org/10.17159/2309-8708/2014/n47a10

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Book Reviews

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