@article{928451,
      author = {Kelly, Erin L. and Moen, Phyllis,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/928451},
      title = {Overload : how good jobs went bad and what we can do about  it /},
      abstract = {"Contemporary ways of working are not working, even for  professionals and managers in what used to be considered  "good" jobs. Companies are responding to global competition  and pressure from financial markets by adopting management  practices and staffing strategies that push workers to do  more and more with less and less. New technologies  facilitate always-on availability, normalizing 24/7 job  expectations. This new intensity spawns chronic stress in  the form of overload - feelings of too much to do and too  little time to do it. Kelly and Moen argue this way of  working is both unhealthy and unsustainable. Employees burn  out, quit, or lack the time or energy to bring their best  contributions to their jobs. Organizations lose out along  with individuals, families, and communities. This book  moves beyond familiar tropes about 'work-life balance' to  argue that the problem lies not in the effort to 'balance'  but in the very nature of contemporary work. Overload harms  workers of all genders, ages, and life stages as well as  the bottom lines of corporations. What can be done? Kelly  and Moen draw on five years of research, including a major  field experiment, in a Fortune 500 firm to describe a new  approach to making work more sane and sustainable. The  initiative, called STAR, prompts imaginative yet feasible  changes (or work redesigns) that improve employees' health,  wellbeing, and ability to manage both their personal and  their work lives. They find the firm also benefits through  increased job satisfaction and reduced turnover"--},
      recid = {928451},
      pages = {1 online resource (vii, 325 pages) :},
}