Chapter 1. Requesting and Obtaining Development I-deals: A Career-based Perspective (Sylvie Guerrero, Kathleen Bentein). - Chapter 2. Does What Happen at Work, Stay at Work? Flexibility I-deals and Employee Lives Outside of the Workplace (Mine Afacan Findikli, Mireia Las Heras, Yasin Rofcanin, Can Ererdi). - Chapter 3. I-deal or No I-deal? Lessons for Managers from Economic Theory (Priyanka Sharma, Smriti Anand, Liad Wagman, Pouya Haddadian Nekah). - Chapter 4. Servant or Sinister? A Process Model of Follower Appraisal of Leader-Initiated I-deals (Jeremy D. Meuser, Xiaoyun (Aarn) Cao). - Chapter 5. Idiosyncratic Deals in Workgroups: Social Comparisons and Organizational Justice Perspectives in a Lifecycle Framework (Prajya Vidyarthi, Franziska M. Renz, Sarah J. Villanueva, Smriti Anand). - Chapter 6. Idiosyncratic Deals and Individualization of Human Resource Management Practices: The Growth of HR differentiation (Yasin Rofcanin, Mine Afacan Findikli, Mireia Las Heras, Can Ererdi). - Chapter 7. I-deals as a Human Resource Initiative: Exciting Innovation or Passing Fad? (Arup Varma, Chun-Hsiao Wang, Hyun Mi Park, Parth Patel). - Chapter 8. A Workplace Dignity Perspective on Idiosyncratic Deals at Work (P. Matthijs Bal). - Chapter 9. The Dark Side of Individualization at Work: Idiosyncratic Deal Exploitation and the Creation of Elite Workers (Farooq Mughal, Siqi Wang, Aneesa Zafar). - Chapter 10. I-deals: Not Ideal for Employee Diversity? (Sanjeewa Perera, Yiqiong Li). - Chapter 11. I-deals and Employee Well-being: Examining I-deals from JD-R Perspective (Arnold Bakker, Can Ererdi). - Chapter 12. I-Deals in Context: A Summary and Critical Review of I-Deals Literature around the Globe (S. Arzu Wasti, Nevra Cem Ersoy, Berrin Erdogan). - Chapter 13. I-deals and the Future of Work: A Research Agenda for the Post-Pandemic Age (Smriti Anand, Yasin Rofcanin)
Smriti Anand is Associate Professor of Management at Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business in Chicago. Her research interests include leadership, diversity, and non-traditional work arrangements (i-deals) with particular focus on multi-level and cross-cultural frameworks. Her research has been published in leading journals of management, such as Academy of Management Journal, Human Relations, Human Resource Management,Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Management Studies. Smriti is currently serving as Co-Editor for Human Relations journal.
Yasin Rofcanin is a Professor of Organizational Psychology and Human Resources Management at University of Bath School of Management. He is also the Director of the Future of Work Research Centre in the School. His research falls in the domains of work-family management, flexible work practices, individualisation of HRM practices, with focus on driving work engagement, proactivity and well-being among employees. His research has appeared in leading journals including Human Relations, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and Human Resource Management Journal.
“This cutting edge review of latest research on i-deals includes contributions from a wide range of noted scholars across the globe. A must read for anyone interested in research and evidence-based practice on individualized work arrangements.”
– Dr. Eva Demerouti, Professor of Human Resource Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Idiosyncratic deals (I-deals) are individualized work agreements negotiated between employee and employer. Examples include working from home, shortened work days and/or weeks, and taking on responsibilities not enumerated in the job description. I-deals fulfil unique employee needs that lay outside the employer’s standard offerings, and engender a wide range of positive outcomes for both parties, such as employee well-being, work-life balance, career development, and enhanced job performance and citizenship behaviors. I-deals have the potential to be a strategic HR device for addressing the changing needs and preferences of employees, employers, and the wider society in the post-pandemic era.
This new collection provides a holistic, integrated and interdisciplinary overview of i-deals from leading scholars in the area. In addressing topics such as the sociological impact of i-deals, issues of power, privilege and fairness, and HR differentiation, this volume examines i-deals at the individual, team, organizational, and societal levels. The book will be useful to scholars and practitioners alike by offering a nuanced understanding of i-deals in workgroup settings, extending research on this relevant topic, and offering managerial prescriptions for institutionalizing i-deals as a global strategic human resource management device.
Smriti Anand is Associate Professor of Management at Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business in Chicago, USA.
Yasin Rofcanin is Professor of Organizational Psychology and Human Resources Management at University of Bath School of Management, UK.