Overview
Addresses the rapidly changing world of work in research and society
Combines theoretical and empirical studies on the subject of employee well-being and performance
Expands on negative and positive implications from research and practice in workplaces and institutions
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Job Demands in a Changing World of Work
Book Subtitle: Impact on Workers' Health and Performance and Implications for Research and Practice
Editors: Christian Korunka, Bettina Kubicek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54678-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-54677-3Published: 07 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85452-6Published: 25 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54678-0Published: 31 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 169
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Human Resource Management, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Consulting, Supervision and Coaching, Cultural Management