Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and Institutions

ISBN-13: 9781138341937 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str.

Russell D. Lansbury; Anya Johnson; Diane Van Den Broek

Opis

In a complex and interconnected world, work and organisations are rapidly changing. This book addresses key emerging issues in organisational and human resource management by combining theory and case studies. It elucidates how ideas and concepts can be applied to work and organisations in a variety of contexts.

Spis treści

Part I: Identifying the Changing Contours of Work  Introduction (Diane van den Broek)  1. A Dynamic Work Systems Approach for Analysing Employment Relations (Chris F Wright and Russell D Lansbury)  2. The "Gigification" of Work: Consideration of the Challenges and Opportunities (Alex Veen, David Oliver, Caleb Goods and Tom Barratt)  3. The Life Cycle of Women’s Employment in Australia and Inequality Markers (Marian Baird and Alexandra Heron)  4. Migration, Skill and Career: Organisationally Bounded and Individually Bonded (Diane van den Broek and Dimitria Groutsis)  5. Feeling the Heat: What Future for Organisations and Work on a Climate-Changed World? (Christopher Wright)  Part II: Navigating the Changing Contours of Work: The Role of Collective Actors  Introduction (Russell D Lansbury)  6. What Have They Ever Done for Us? Unions in Australia (Bradon Ellem and Rae Cooper)  7. Strategy and Policy: The ‘Professionalisation’ of Teaching and the Work of an Australian Teachers’ Union (Susan McGrath-Champ, Mihajla Gavin and Meghan Stacey)  8. Financialisation and the Growth of Low-wage, Insecure Work (Mark Westcott, Stephen Clibborn and Chris F Wright)  9. Visualising Organisations over Time and Space: The Visual Atlas of Australian Co-operatives (Greg Patmore, Nikola Balnave and Olivera Marjanovic)  Part III: Integrating the Changing Contours of Work within Organisations  Introduction (Anya Johnson)  10. Capability that Really Counts: a three-dimensional approach to capturing board capital (Tien Nguyen, Mark Westcott and John Shields)  11. The Politics of Emotional Credibility in the Strategic Planning Process (Stephanie Dunk and Leanne Cutcher)  12. Workplace Bullying: Building a Conceptual Framework and a Research Agenda (Angela Knox and Philip Bohle)  13. Enhancing Compassion in Healthcare: A Multi-Level Perspective (Karyn L. Wang, Annalena Welp, Ju Li Ng and Helena Nguyen)  14. Workplace Well-being: A Critical Review and the Case of Mindfulness-based Programs (James Donald, Anya Johnson and Helena Nguyen)  Part IV: Reflections on Work and Organizations  15. Labouring Under the New Capitalism (Chris Howell)