Job Demands in a Changing World of Work

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.

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

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt
Societal Changes, the Reorganization of Work, and New Job Demands;Bettina Kubicek.- The Intensification of Work;Matea Pakvan & Bettina Kubicek.- The Paradox of Job Autonomy;Bettina Kubicek, Matea Pakvan & Johanna Bunner.- Knowledge in Today's Working World; Bettina Kubicek & Matea Pakvan.-Flexible Forms of Work: Worker's Basic Need Satisfaction and Organizational Control mechanisms;Cornelia Gerdenitsch.- The Role of New Demands in Daily Working Life;Roman Prem.-Recommendations for Job Design and the Importance of New Resources;Christian Korunka.
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