Projektarbeit ist - zumindest theoretisch - mit einem erhöhten Maß an Selbstorganisation verbunden und bietet die Möglichkeit (stärker) wertgeschätzter Arbeit. Dieser These gehen wir anhand einer quantitativen Befragung von über 1000 Beschäftigten aus dem Engineering in neun deutschen...

In the article - "Understanding the theoretical and practical aspects of self-management" - this phenomenon is discussed in terms of its role in the self-improvement of a person. The article lists the limiting factors of self-management and ways to overcome them, sequentially names the functions...

Die Arbeitswelt hat sich aufgrund fortschreitender Flexibilisierung und Digitalisierung für viele Beschäftigtengruppen erheblich gewandelt (Eichhorst et al. 2016). Nicht nur hohe Markt- und Kundenorientierung, auch veränderte Arbeits- und Organisationsformen haben zur Folge, dass die...

In the article - "Understanding the theoretical and practical aspects of self-management" - this phenomenon is discussed in terms of its role in the self-improvement of a person. The article lists the limiting factors of self-management and ways to overcome them, sequentially names the functions...

There is a widespread consensus that organizations are currently navigating an unprecedented era characterized by volatility, uncertainty, and complexity, which is anticipated to persist into the next decade. Addressing the disruptions stemming from such infrequent yet impactful events may...

In der vorliegenden Dissertation wird ein Managementtrend untersucht, der die Abschaffung autoritativer Hierarchien in Unternehmen propagiert. Der Fokus der Arbeit liegt auf Paradoxien, Leidenschaft und Macht in dezentralen Organisationen. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie Diskurse und Alltagspraktiken in...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to deepen the understanding of adaptive governance, which is advocated for as a manner to deal with dramatic changes in society and/or environment. To re-think the possible contributions of organizations and organization theory, to adaptive governance....

Thin films of NiCr-C were deposited by pulse magnetron sputtering of the NiCr20 alloy cathode in an atmosphere containing a mixture of argon and acetylene. Their structure, chemical composition, and magnetic properties were studied using X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,...

This book presents the proceedings of the Eighth National Conference of the Italian Systems Society. The contributions underline the need for Systemics and Systems Science in order to address multiple, changing systems involving several coherent versions. The conference focused on identifying,...

There are many studies that have focused on the Albrecht model of organizational intelligence (OI) and its seven dimensions (strategic vision, shared fate, appetite for change, heart, alignment and congruence, knowledge deployment, and performance pressure), but the current study presents a new...

This paper reviews the fourth decade of self-leadership research. Two previous reviews of self-leadership from 2006 and 2010 are summarized, and the paper applies categories from those reviews to examine recent research in the field. This paper also covers new topics and trends in...

This article explores the value of integrating thought self-leadership (TSL) and gratitude as a resource for employees to create positive and productive personal and work environments. We propose a conceptual model showing the relationships between TSL, emotional state of gratitude, thought...

Six years have passed since the so-called “long summer of migration” of 2015, and the numbers of newly arriving asylum-seekers in Germany have flattened. However, as one of the main receiving countries of refugees, other challenges are coming into focus. Besides labour market participation...

Unlike equilibrium systems, where it is possible to study the impact of endogenous and exogenous perturbations using fluctuation-dissipation theorems, it is difficult to understand and predict the impact of shocks in out-of-equilibrium systems. This thesis tries to uncover and quantify the...

Self-organization refers to the emergence of global order without global interactions. While the concept has been fruitful in studying order in physical and biological systems, it has remained largely metaphorical when applied to human groups. I first develop a definition of self-organization...

In this work we shall attempt an excursus across fundamentally different streams of modern interpretations of the "primitive entities" constituting the social fabrics of economic systems. Behind each specific interpretative story, there is a set of ceteris paribus assumptions and also some...

This paper highlights a sustainability and self-organization perspective of the innovation ecosystems. Such issues as under what conditions self-organization takes place and what mechanisms form an innovation ecosystem in a sustainable way are underexplored in the academic literature. To ensure...