Overload : how good jobs went bad and what we can do about it / Erin L. Kelly and Phyllis Moen.
2020
HD6957.U5 K34 2020eb
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Title
Overload : how good jobs went bad and what we can do about it / Erin L. Kelly and Phyllis Moen.
ISBN
9780691200033 (electronic book)
0691200033 (electronic book)
9780691179179
0691200033 (electronic book)
9780691179179
Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 325 pages) : illustrations
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HD6957.U5 K34 2020eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
331.20973
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Moen, Phyllis, author.
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Table of Contents
Old rules, new realities
Overload
How we got here and why it matters
Dual agenda work redesign : understanding STAR at TOMO
The business impacts of work redesign
Work redesign benefits for health, wellbeing, and personal life
Two steps forward, one step back
Creating sane and sustainable jobs.
Overload
How we got here and why it matters
Dual agenda work redesign : understanding STAR at TOMO
The business impacts of work redesign
Work redesign benefits for health, wellbeing, and personal life
Two steps forward, one step back
Creating sane and sustainable jobs.