Michael Allvin, Gunnar Aronsson, Tom Hagström, Gunn Johansson, Ulf Lundberg

Gebundenes Buch

Work Without Boundaries

Group-IV, III-V and II-VI Semiconductors

Beschreibung

'Work without boundaries' means work that is not restricted by traditional organizational rules like regular office hours, a single workplace, fixed procedures and limited responsibility. Drawing on more than a decade of research and bringing together organization theory and work psychology with scholarship from related fields including sociology, social psychology, cognition and psychobiology, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the available theories, concepts, data and research on new ways of organizing work. With organizations increasingly driven by market forces they have had to develop new levels of flexibility. This flexibility can be achieved via empowerment through deregulation, decentralization and delegation, or via standardization to make individuals and teams more replaceable. The two approaches are very different, but both involve a shift of power away from the organization to make individuals accountable for their own employability and work. Work Without Boundaries explores the human impact of this shift in four sections: the new work organization it implies; the skills required to thrive in it; the work-life balancing act involved; and the stress and health implications.

Autor

Michael Allvin is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Uppsala University and a licensed Psychologist.   Gunnar Aronsson is Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University. Tom Hagström is Professor Emeritus of Education in the Department of Education, Stockholm University and a licensed Psychologist. Gunn Johansson is Professor Emeritus of Work Psychology in the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University.  Ulf Lundberg is Professor of Biological Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University, and at the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), affiliated with Stockholm University and the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 559g
• ISBN-13: 9780470666135
• ISBN-10: 0470666137
• Artikelnr.: 34158821

Rezensionen

Too often authors writing on the 'new workplace' havedrifted away from assessing the data to actively promoting aparticular form of work organization. These authors recognize thatthe increased flexibility and deregulation that allows some newforms of work behaviour might also sever the bonds of employmentsecurity - as a result individuals stand to gain or lose.This book will have a substantial impact on my own thinking aboutthe changing nature of work.
--Kevin Kelloway, Professor of Management,St. Mary's University, Canada

The post-recession world will mean that there will be fewerpeople doing more work, with the demands of new technology andglobal competition adversely affecting their work and privatelives. This book attempts to identify the fundamental drivers ofchange, the issues that workers at all levels will have to face andhow we should re-structure our organizations and working lives toconfront these challenges. I congratulate the authors for theirimportant contribution not only to the literature but also to thehealth and wellbeing of the workers of the world.
--Cary l. Cooper CBE, Distinguished Professorof Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster UniversityManagement School, UK