Job and work design
Subtitle: organizing work to promote well-being and effectiveness
By: Sharon Parker, Toby Wall.
Contributors: Wall, Toby D.
Series: Advanced topics in organizational behavior
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Work design.
Description: Job and Work Design equips readers with a sound understanding of research, theory, and the practical aspects of job design. This volume critiques the theory and research that provide the foundations of our current understanding of job design, pointing to a need for methodological improvements and a broader conceptual focus. The authors examine recent innovations in manufacturing technologies, techniques, and philosophies and how these affect work design and research and practice.

The authors also look at wider trends in manufacturing and elsewhere, such as teleworking, downsizing, the development of a contingent workforce, and the changing composition of the workforce. Job and Work Design will be of interest to students and professors of management, organizational studies, industrial/organizational psychology, public administration, social and personality psychology, sociology of work, and gender issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-156) and indexes.