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Work Without Boundaries: Psychological Perspectives on the New Working Life
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, March 2011, Pages: 276
Drawing on more than a decade of inter-disciplinary research, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the available theories, concepts, data and research on new work organizations and the concept of ‘work without boundaries’.
- Explores a concept of work that is not restricted by traditional organizational rules like regular office hours, a single workplace, fixed procedures and limited responsibility
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the available theories, concepts, data and research on new work organizations
- Examines the shift of power away from organizations to make individuals accountable for their own employability and work
- Draws on over a decade of original research into ‘work without boundaries’ in which the authors are key authorities
- Brings together organization theory and work psychology with scholarship from related fields including sociology, social psychology, cognition and psychobiology
Reviews:
Too often authors writing on the ‘new workplace’ have drifted away from assessing the data to actively promoting a particular form of work organization. These authors recognize that the increased flexibility and deregulation that allows some new forms of work behaviour might also sever the bonds of employment security – as a result individuals stand to gain or lose. This book will have a substantial impact on my own thinking about the changing nature of work.
—Kevin Kelloway, Professor of Management, St. Mary’s University, Canada
The post-recession world will mean that there will be fewer people doing more work, with the demands of new technology and global competition adversely affecting their work and private lives. This book attempts to identify the fundamental drivers of change, the issues that workers at all levels will have to face and how we should re-structure our organizations and working lives to confront these challenges. I congratulate the authors for their important contribution not only to the literature but also to the health and wellbeing of the workers of the world.
—Cary l. Cooper CBE, Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University Management School, UK
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