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Job Demands in a Changing World of Work

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169 Seiten
Englisch
Springer International Publishingerschienen am31.03.20171st ed. 2017
This book examines the new ways of working and their impact on employees' well-being and performance. It concentrates on job demands and flexible work emanating from current economic and organizational change, and assesses impact on workers' health and performance. The development of issues such as globalization, rapid technological advances, new management practices, organizational changes and new job skills are addressed. This book gives an overview and discusses the potential negative and positive effects of such new job demands and new forms of work.








Christian Korunka is Professor for Work Psychology at the University of Vienna. His research interests are new demands at work, new forms of work, organizational changes, quality of working life and psychological aspects of entrepreneurship.

Bettina Kubicek, is Research Scientist at the University of Vienna. Her research interests are in new demands at work, flexible work organization and the work-home interface as well as in retirement research.mehr
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KlappentextThis book examines the new ways of working and their impact on employees' well-being and performance. It concentrates on job demands and flexible work emanating from current economic and organizational change, and assesses impact on workers' health and performance. The development of issues such as globalization, rapid technological advances, new management practices, organizational changes and new job skills are addressed. This book gives an overview and discusses the potential negative and positive effects of such new job demands and new forms of work.








Christian Korunka is Professor for Work Psychology at the University of Vienna. His research interests are new demands at work, new forms of work, organizational changes, quality of working life and psychological aspects of entrepreneurship.

Bettina Kubicek, is Research Scientist at the University of Vienna. Her research interests are in new demands at work, flexible work organization and the work-home interface as well as in retirement research.
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9783319546780
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandartE-Book
FormatPDF
Format Hinweis1 - PDF Watermark
FormatE107
Erscheinungsjahr2017
Erscheinungsdatum31.03.2017
Auflage1st ed. 2017
Seiten169 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenVII, 169 p. 9 illus.
Artikel-Nr.2356951
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Genre9200

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1;Contents;6
2;Bettina Kubicek;7
3;1 Job Demands in a Changing World of Work;8
3.1;Acknowledgments;12
3.2;References;12
4;2 Socio-Economic Changes and the Reorganization of Work;13
4.1;2.1 Introduction;13
4.2;2.2 Socio-Economic Trends;15
4.2.1;2.2.1 Financialization;15
4.2.2;2.2.2 Networks Crossing Organizational and National Boundaries;16
4.3;2.3 Informatization and Digitalization;18
4.4;2.4 Contemporary Changes in Work and Employment;19
4.4.1;2.4.1 Precarization;20
4.4.2;2.4.2 Boundaryless Work;21
4.4.3;2.4.3 Work Organization - Subjectification, Standardization and in Between;22
4.5;2.5 Summary;25
4.6;References;26
5;3 The Intensification of Work;31
5.1;3.1 Characteristics of Work Intensification;32
5.2;3.2 Global Changes and the Intensification of Work;33
5.3;3.3 The Intensification of Work - Now and Then;35
5.4;3.4 The Effects of Work Intensification on Well-Being and Work Outcomes;36
5.4.1;3.4.1 Work Intensification Within the Job Demands-Resources Model;37
5.4.2;3.4.2 Work Intensification Within the Challenge-Hindrance Framework;39
5.4.3;3.4.3 The Cognitive Appraisal of Work Intensification;40
5.5;3.5 Strategies and Resources in Dealing with Work Intensification;41
5.5.1;3.5.1 What Can Organizations Do? Job Resources and Organizational Climate;41
5.5.2;3.5.2 WE Will Manage It! Social Support and Work Intensification;43
5.5.3;3.5.3 Is It All About Managing One s Self? Self and Time Management;43
5.6;3.6 Outlook;44
5.7;References;45
6;4 The Bright and Dark Sides of Job Autonomy;50
6.1;4.1 Setting the Stage: The Definition of Job Autonomy;51
6.2;4.2 The Bright Side of Job Autonomy;51
6.3;4.3 The Dark Side of Job Autonomy?;54
6.4;4.4 The Meaning of Job Autonomy in Regulated and Flexible Forms of Work;56
6.5;4.5 Beneficial or Deleterious Effects of Job Autonomy? What Makes the Difference?;57
6.5.1;4.5.1 Employees Personal Characteristics;58
6.5.2;4.5.2 Constellations of Job Characteristics;60
6.6;4.6 Conclusion;62
6.7;References;63
7;5 Bridges Over Breaches: Agency and Meaning as Resources for Dealing with New Career Demands;69
7.1;5.1 Introduction;69
7.2;5.2 The Breach of the Career Contract;71
7.2.1;5.2.1 From Organizational to Individual Responsibility;71
7.2.2;5.2.2 The Bright and Dark Sides of New Career Concepts;73
7.3;5.3 The Bridges in Career Paths: The Role of Agency and Meaning in Overcoming Career Obstacles in Different Career Concepts;75
7.3.1;5.3.1 The Potential of the Protean Career as a Resource for a Sustainable Career;75
7.3.2;5.3.2 The Protean Career and Its Conceptual Distinctiveness and Measurement;76
7.3.3;5.3.3 Agency, the Protean Career and Career Resilience;78
7.3.4;5.3.4 Crafting a Meaningful Career;79
7.3.5;5.3.5 Career Agent of One s Own Life: Employability Through Meaningful Career Narratives;80
7.4;5.4 Three Career Narratives: Peaks and Valleys Instead of Up or Out ;82
7.4.1;5.4.1 First Steps in the Working World;83
7.4.2;5.4.2 Self-directed and Values-Oriented Career Moves Triggered by Chance Events;85
7.4.3;5.4.3 Reference Groups and Their Role in and Effects on Career Change;87
7.4.4;5.4.4 Meaning Over Money? Exploring the Perception of Subjective Success;88
7.5;5.5 Conclusion;90
7.6;References;92
8;6 New Ways of Working and Satisfaction of Psychological Needs;95
8.1;6.1 Introduction;95
8.2;6.2 Forms of Flexible Work in Europe;96
8.3;6.3 Need Satisfaction in the Context of Flextime, Flexplace, and Nomadic Work;98
8.3.1;6.3.1 Need for Autonomy;99
8.3.2;6.3.2 Need for Competence;102
8.3.3;6.3.3 Need for Relatedness;103
8.3.4;6.3.4 Need for Structure;105
8.3.5;6.3.5 Need Interdependencies;106
8.4;6.4 Designing Flexible Work to Support Need Satisfaction - Leadership Implications;108
8.5;References;109
9;7 The Effects of a Changing World of Work on Daily Working Life;114
9.1;7.1 Linking Work Characteristics to Work Outcomes in Daily Working Life;115
9.1.1;7.1.1 Action Regulation Processes: Goal-Oriented Behavior and Self-Control Effort;116
9.1.2;7.1.2 Cognitive Appraisal Processes: Appraisals and Emotions;118
9.1.3;7.1.3 Motivational Processes: Basic Need Satisfaction and Work Motivation Quality;120
9.1.4;7.1.4 The Interplay of Within-Person Processes in Daily Working Life;122
9.2;7.2 The Effects of Changing Work Environments on Within-Person Processes;124
9.2.1;7.2.1 Effects of Changing Work Environments on Action Regulation Processes;125
9.2.2;7.2.2 Effects of Changing Work Environments on Cognitive Appraisal Processes;126
9.2.3;7.2.3 Effects of Changing Work Environments on Motivational Processes;127
9.3;7.3 Ambivalent Consequences of Changing Work Environments in Daily Working Life;127
9.4;7.4 Conclusion;128
9.5;References;129
10;8 Challenges for Job Design;133
10.1;8.1 New Demands and New Challenges in a Changing World of Work;133
10.2;8.2 Information and Communication Technologies as an Important Part of the Current World of Work;133
10.3;8.3 Good Theoretical Framework Models Dealing with Complexity Are Needed;135
10.4;8.4 Psychological Needs as a Guideline for Job Design;137
10.5;8.5 The Important Role of (Classic) Job Design in a Changing World of Work;139
10.5.1;8.5.1 The Unaltered View on Stressors in the Work Context;140
10.5.1.1;8.5.1.1 Motivational Aspects of Work Design: Optimization Instead of Maximization;142
10.6;8.6 Social Characteristics: Virtualization Versus Personal Contacts;144
10.7;8.7 Subjectification: New Challenges for Individuals;146
10.8;8.8 Macro-Level Considerations: Information and Political Strategies Are Becoming More Important;147
10.9;8.9 Final Thoughts;149
10.10;References;150
11;9 The Present and Future of Work: Some Concluding Remarks and Reflections on Upcoming Trends;154
11.1;9.1 The Reorganization of Work: Intensification, Deregulation and Subjectification;155
11.2;9.2 The Reorganization of Work and New Dividing Lines;158
11.3;9.3 Upcoming Trends in Industrial and Service Work;159
11.3.1;9.3.1 The Digitalization and Virtualization of Work;159
11.3.2;9.3.2 The Relocation of Work;160
11.4;References;162
12;Index;164mehr

Autor

Christian Korunka is Professor for Work Psychology at the University of Vienna. His research interests are new demands at work, new forms of work, organizational changes, quality of working life and psychological aspects of entrepreneurship.

Bettina Kubicek, is Research Scientist at the University of Vienna. Her research interests are in new demands at work, flexible work organization and the work-home interface as well as in retirement research.