While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...

While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply, less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects of flexibility initiatives. This paper examines these issues in the context of a critical period in family...

"This book could well be the most comprehensive collection to date of integrated ideas on the elicitation, representation, integration and digitization of work processes and collaboration. The authors take a heavily human-centered approach while never losing sight of engineering aspects...

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...

Using linked employer-employee data for Finland we examine associations between job design and ten measures of worker wellbeing. In accordance with Karasek's (1979) model we find positive correlations between many aspects of worker wellbeing and job control. However, contrary to the model, job...

The information technology revolution has had dramatic effects on jobs and the labor market. Many routine and manual tasks have been automated, replacing workers. By contrast, new technologies complement non-routine, cognitive, and social tasks, making work in such tasks more productive. These...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Section I: The Lean Office -- 1. Lean Culture in the Office -- "Behaviors Practiced Over Time Become Culture" --...

Digitale Technologien ermöglichen die Flexibilisierung von Arbeitsort und Arbeitszeit und vergrößern damit den Spielraum für ein selbstbestimmtes Arbeiten. Die IW-Beschäftigtenbefragung 2015 bestätigt, dass mobiles Arbeiten in der Tat mit mehr Zeitsouveränität im Job einhergeht. Die...

We investigate the relationship between job complexity and the skills development of adult workers in Europe using the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs Survey (ESJS). The results suggest that challenging workplaces, workplaces in which jobs are designed to include complex tasks, and which place...

In bis zu 85 % sind menschliche Fehler der Hauptgrund für Unfälle im Seeverkehr. Situationsbewusstsein (SB) ist die Hauptursache dieser Fehler. In den meisten Fällen kann fehlerhaftes SB auf zwei Fakten zurückgeführt werden: Es waren zu viele oder zu wenige Informationen vorhanden. In...