Die Beeinflussbarkeit und das damit einhergehende Gefühl der Kontrolle sind innerhalb der arbeitspsychologischen Forschung mit positiven Beanspruchungsfolgen assoziiert. Um jedoch dem Wandel der Arbeit in Zukunft begegnen zu können, bedarf es Wissen für eine belastungsreduzierende...

Introduction and overview -- Recruiting and retaining older employees : planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating programs -- Diversity issues for an aging workforce : a lifespan intersectionality approach -- An expanded view of age bias in the workplace -- Legal issues and the aging...

Die in einem bestimmten geschäftlichen und organisatorischen Rahmen üblichen Verhaltensweisen, lassen Rückschlüsse auf ethische Entscheidungen und die diesen Entscheidungen zu Grunde liegenden ethischen Prinzipien zu. Die Forschung hat allerdings nur eine kleine Anzahl solcher Prinzipien in...

Bedingt durch den sozialen Wandel haben sich in den letzten 15 Jahren die Diversity Kompositionen sehr verändert. Während organisationale Diversity Konzepte ursprünglich entwickelt wurden, um sozialen Wandel aktiv zu unterstützen, scheinen die gegenwärtigen organisationalen Diversity...

This open access book examines the economic, social, and psychological consequences of manufacturing plant closure at the individual level. Using an original data set of over 1,200 workers from Switzerland who lost their manufacturing jobs after the financial crisis of 2008, the author analyzes...

Introduction -- What is supervision? -- Ways of looking, ways of seeing : perspectives on supervision -- Relational needs : the supervision triangle -- Learning in relationship -- Creating effective contracts : empathy and rigour -- Success and safety : the context and ethics of supervision --...

Part I. The seeking system: Introduction: our organizations are letting us down -- The way things ought to be -- The way things are - and how to make them better -- Part II. Self expression: Encouraging people to bring their best selves to work -- Promoting self-expression -- Part III....

"Teaming up shouldn't mean slowing down. Bestselling author Laura Stack's FAST model mobilizes teams to be the most effective they can be, while keeping each other's best interests at heart. Today's workplaces require people who can "team well." Collective effort results in greater results and...

Introduction: billionaire or bust -- Poor winners -- Slums as a service -- Gigs make us free -- Selling crack to children -- It's called capitalism -- Failing up -- The aristocracy of brains -- Onward, robot soldiers -- Conclusion

Introduction / Adam Biela) -- Theoretical base and methodology for job analysis -- Multidimensional analysis and the assumed theories in the European questionnaire for job analysis (EQJA) -- Towards synthesis of multidimensional job analysis -- Conclusions / Adam Biela) -- Biographical notes

"'Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world?' David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative online essay titled On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs. He defined a bullshit job as 'a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious...

This study provides evidence from a laboratory experiment showing that managerial bonuses can affect adversely a manager’s subordinates. In our set up, managers compete to obtain a large bonus which depends partly on the effort exerted by their subordinates. Managers can suggest an effort...