Overload / How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do about It - Erin L. Kelly, Phyllis Moen
How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do about It
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"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...
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2020Uitgever: Princeton University Press336 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0691179174ISBN-13: 9780691179179Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2020, hardcover with dustjacket, very good copy / mooi exemplaar [Auteur: Erin L. Kelly, Phyllis Moen] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Princeton University Press] [Titel: Overload / How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do about It]
