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Book SynopsisThe proceedings of the 2017 Symposium on Chaos, Complexity and Leadership illuminate current research results and academic work from the fields of physics, mathematics, education, economics, as well as management and social sciences. The text explores chaotic and complex systems, as well as chaos and complexity theory in view of their applicability to management and leadership.This proceedings explores non-linearity as well as data-modelling and simulation in order to uncover new approaches and perspectives. Effort will not be spared in bringing theory into practice while exploring leadership and management-laden concepts. This book will cover the analysis of different chaotic developments from different fields within the concepts of chaos and complexity theory. Researchers and students in the field will find answers to questions surrounding these intertwined and compelling fields.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThe design process for organizational structures sometimes resembles a random walk, especially when it is embedded in an arena of competing personal interests and power games. Many organizations still lack clear guidance and are therefore seeking a rigorous, nuanced, and impartial methodology for the design and development of their organizational structures, processes and behavioral repertoire. The Viable System Model (VSM) can help: by identifying the essential design principles and parameters that need to be considered, and which can be used to enhance an organization’s effectiveness, adaptability, cohesion and overall viability.This book, the third volume in a set of three, connects the VSM to the world of the standard organizational chart. It offers readers a new perspective on corporate functions and their contributions to the organization as a whole. Further, it shows them how the VSM can be used to develop viable organizational structures, following a detailed step-by-step approach. Lastly, it explains the vital processes, behaviors, and attitudes that need to be developed in order to make organizations truly viable.Readers will find solutions to, and guidelines on, many critical organizational design issues, e.g. designing job profiles; correctly mapping synergistically (“centrally”) operating units in the organizational chart; outsourcing processes; and handling matrix situations; as well as designing and implementing organizational change processes."This compendium is a most welcome contribution to Organizational Cybernetics. Lassl provides a detailed analytical and insightful perspective on the currently most powerful organization theory, which is a key to mastering complexity: the Viable System Model. The author also finds new, creative ways of showing the practitioner how to make the model work. If you apply it properly, you can reap huge benefits: the viability of your organization and a prosperous future."Prof. em. Dr. Markus Schwaninger, University of St. Gallen"There is nothing more practical than a good theory" (K. Lewin). This is exactly what Lassl’s books exemplify and prove. By advancing the VSM-based organizational theory and providing ample application-related examples, these books allow the readers to look at their organizations and management from a new perspective, and provides them with the knowledge to trigger and implement practical organizational changes.I have been able to draw upon many cutting-edge examples from Lassl’s books for my lectures on the VSM, which have repeatedly convinced students of its value and enabled them to gain an in-depth understanding of the VSM. Particularly Lassl’s elaborations on variety management and on the axiom of requisite vertical eigen-variety are cornerstones for every organizational design project, for value-oriented management, and for the overall viability of the organization. I highly recommend the book to all managers looking for ideas for future-oriented design of organizations and of value creation."Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller-Wiegand, Vice President Department Business and Law, Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln/University of Applied Sciences Table of ContentsPart I: Building the Bridge.- Part II: Designing Organizational (Chart) Structures.- Part III: Implementation.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book addresses the current debate on extended working life policy by considering the influence of gender and health on the experiences of older workers. Bringing together an international team of scholars, it tackles issues as gender, health status and job/ occupational characteristics that structure the capacity and outcomes associated with working longer. The volume starts with an overview of the empirical and policy literature; continues with a discussion of the relevant theoretical perspectives; includes a section on available data and indicators; followed by 25 very concise and unique country reports that highlight the main extended working life (EWL) research findings and policy trajectories at the national level. It identifies future directions for research and addresses issues associated with effective policy-making. This volume fills an important gap in the knowledge of the consequences of EWL and it will be an invaluable source for both researchers and policy makers. Table of ContentsPart I. Introductory Section.- Chapter 1. Empirical and Policy Landscape; Jim Ogg and Martina Rasticova.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives; Clary Krekula, Sarah Vickerstaff.- Chapter 3. Data Sources and Issues; Michaela Gstrein and Tindara Addaboo.- Part II. Country Reports.- Chapter 4. Albania.- Chapter 5. Austria.- Chapter 6. Belgium.- Chapter 7. Bulgaria.- Chapter 8. Chile.- Chapter 9. Croatia.- Chapter 10. Cyprus.- Chapter 11. Czech Republic.- Chapter 12. Finland.-Chapter 13. France.- Chapter 14. Germany.- Chapter 15. Greece.- Chapter 16. Ireland.- Chapter 17. Israel.- Chapter 18. Italy.- Chapter 19. Lithuania.- Chapter 20. Netherlands.- Chapter 21. New Zealand.- Chapter 22. Poland.- Chapter 23. Portugal.- Chapter 24. Romania.- Chapter 25. Serbia.- Chapter 26. Spain.- Chapter 27. Sweden.- Chapter 28. United Kingdom.- Chapter 29. United States.- Part III. Future Directions.- Chapter 30. Policy Tool-Kits; Jonas Radl and Nata Duvvury. - Chapter 31. Conclusion: Future Directions: Debra Street and Aine Ni Leime.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents scholarly reflections on women's entrepreneurial propensity and on women's entrepreneurship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Contributing to a country's innovativeness and competitiveness, women entrepreneurs also promote healthy social and economic growth and act as mentors and role models for younger women. However, the low involvement of women in STEM, which begins at education, affects the share of women entrepreneurs in these fields. The authors address these issues and highlight the output of research studies by bringing together both global and country-specific evidence. Researchers and policymakers interested in advancing women's entrepreneurship, especially in STEM, will particularly benefit from this book.Table of ContentsUnderstanding the entrepreneurial intention of women in STEM fields.- Individual factors explaining women entrepreneurship in STEM fields.- Analysis of the European Women entrepreneurship in STEM fields.- Women High Tech Entrepreneurship in India.- Public policies and private efforts to increase women entrepreneurship in STEM field.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a unified approach to the problem of inequality, combining results from a variety of research fields – the human life cycle, group dynamics, networks, markets, and economic geography. Its main message is that inequality emerges as the natural result of mechanisms operating both in individual human development and in social interaction. It posits that inequality is not an anomalous deviation from a naturally egalitarian social structure; quite to the contrary, inequality is to be expected as part of the human condition. The author states that the growth of inequality, on the other hand, is not a natural law – the level and character of inequality can be affected by collective decisions. This perspective on human inequality has potentially far-reaching consequences both for the political philosophy of inequality and for public policy-making.This book is of interest to a wide interdisciplinary social science readership, including public policy, decision sciences, economic geography, and life course studies. Trade Review“The Origins of Inequality. Mechanisms, Models, Policy is a thoughtful and thought-provoking survey of studies on the causes, conditions and factors associated with inequality. Viewed as a survey it is quite comprehensive and suitable for independent study as well as for classroom use. … Molander aims at — and to a large extent succeeds in — making sense of the processes that result in inequalities. … Molander makes a strong case to the contrary. The case is well worth studying in detail.” (Hannu Nurmi, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol. 20, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: Preliminaries.Chapter 3: Life-cycle development.Chapter 4: Interaction within and between groups.Chapter 5: Spatial inequality.Chapter 6: Static versus dynamic inequality – mathematical analysis.Chapter 7: Philosophical and political considerations.Chapter 8: Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisAdopting an Evidence-Based Management (EBM) approach, this book provides the best evidence available on a wide range of topics from Industrial and Organizational Psychology to help managers base their decisions on scientific findings. Drawing on principles and methods first developed by Evidence-Based Medicine, EBM aims to promote the use of scientific knowledge in organizational and managerial decision making. Based on this idea, the book seeks to establish a dialogue between researchers and professionals of the Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Management fields, translating scientific knowledge into useful resources that can be used to inform practitioner’s decisions and interventions in topics such as: Creativity in organizations Optimism and hope Engagement at work Life and career planning Entrepreneurship Innovation in organizations Cultural diversity and inclusion in organizations Social networks Ageing at organizational context Work/life balance Positive rule breaking Expatriation Time pressure, Pacing styles and polychronicity Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: The gap between research and professional practice in work and organizational psychology: tensions, beliefs and options.- Chapter 2. Creativity at work: trends and perspectives.- Chapter 3. Optimism and Hope in Work Organizations.- Chapter 4. Work engagement.- Chapter 5.Ageing in Brazil and Portugal and its impact on the organizational context.- Chapter 6. Life and Career Planning: current challenges.- Chapter 7. Work/life balance in a scenario of Brazilian change: Theoretical aspects and possibilities of interventions.- Chapter 8. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 9. Innovation in organizations: main research results and their practical implications.- Chapter 10. Positive rule breaking and implications for organizations.- Chapter 11. Time Pressure, Pacing Styles and Polychronicity: Implications for Organizational Management.- Chapter 12. Cultural diversity and inclusion in organizations: State-of-the-arts and challenges.- Chapter 13. Social network analysis in organizations as management support tool.- Chapter 14. Expatriates: The multinationality of multinational and national firms.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the model developed in the Nordic countries for handling labor market relations between employers and employees - a model that has secured flexible and well-functioning labor market relations with comparatively high remuneration in case of sickness or unemployment. Consensual - and comparatively efficient - policies have likewise been pursued in agricultural and industrial policies, in environmental policies, and in many policies related to public services.The preconditions for these policies are strong civil societies, i.e. strong capacities for collective mobilization and collective action among groups, relatively strong unitary states, and high levels of generalised trust. The institutional apparatus of these consensual policies has been labelled corporatism. Nordic corporatism has implied consent to a norm of affected interests. Groups that are supposedly affected by state policies have access to the processes leading up to political decision-making, and are involved in the implementation of policies.This access has often public commissions or committees charged with preparing political decisions and delivering advice, as well as policy implementation committees.

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Book SynopsisBy analyzing the interactions between China’s central government and its local governments and enterprises, this book constructs an analytical framework of government-enterprise collusion, analyzing the impact of collusion within the China model on Chinese society. Against the background of decentralization and under information asymmetry, this text argues that Chinese local governments connive at enterprises’ adoption of a low-cost ‘bad’ mode of production — a ‘stimulus’ for quick growth at the cost of safer working conditions — so as to obtain fiscal or political capital for further promotion. Through an examination of coalmine mortality rate, environmental pollution, food safety and house pricing, the book argues that collusion is the intrinsic drive of the China model. It consider how against a backdrop of political centralization and economic decentralization, collusion exacerbates corruption and impacts both on the country’s social development and on its foreign direct investment. Offering an analysis of future prospects for the China model, it puts forward key policy proposals to improve domestic institutional construction through reform.Table of ContentsPART ONE An Anatomy of the China Model from the Perspective of Collusion.- Introduction.- Government-Firm Collusion: A New Analytical Framework.- Collusion and Coalmine Accidents.- Collusion and House Prices.- Pollution, Illegal Land Use, and Other Major Social Problems.- PART TWO The Impact of Collusion and Institutional Environment.- The Impact of Collusion on Corporate Behaviors and Political Performance Assessment.- The Impact of Collusion on Government Behaviors.- The Impact of Collusion on Social Development.- Institutional Environment of Collusion.- Reform Prospects of the China Model.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize, British Sociological Association"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Work Pray Code presents an extraordinarily fine-grained map of the traffic between religion and profit-seeking among Silicon Valley’s elite."---Fred Turner, Los Angeles Review of Books"A must-read for anyone interested in the rise of mindfulness in corporate culture, and anyone concerned with how Silicon Valley culture might be shaping and distorting modern ideas of the workplace and community-writ-large."---Ravi Chandra, Psychology Today"Fascinating. . . . Work Pray Code is at its best when Chen contextualizes the findings of her research within broader historical and sociological concepts, such as corporate maternalism, the constant productivity push, and reduced civic engagement. . . . her findings should interest (and perhaps alarm) anyone who cares about the health and growth of the American church."---Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, Christianity Today"A rich ethnography of Silicon Valley’s elite. . . . Compelling stories. . . . While Work Pray Code centers on the corporate mindfulness initiatives for elite tech workers, Chen also takes moments to explore the impacts of these programs on larger issues."---J. A. English-Lueck, Science"Work Pray Code offers a rare sociological interrogation of the socio-political forces that direct citizens toward the ends of workplaces while diverting their attention from the ends of a shared public life or democratic practice."---Andrew Lynn, The Hedgehog Review"A meticulous, absorbing ethnography of Silicon Valley workplaces. . . . Through Chen’s sharply focused sociological lens, [the quirks and perks of Silicon Valley work culture] inform a bigger story: about the human search for meaning and security in a world where a handful of companies and people wield so much power over what matters and who wins."---Margaret O’Mara, Foreign Affairs"[Chen’s] questions are eminently important ones."---Bonnie Nadzam, Lion's Roar"Chen reminds us that work is a fickle god, one that loves us only conditionally. She calls us back to genuine worship, to communities that care about us beyond what we can produce."---Jonathan Tran, Christian Century"Anyone who cares about the future of work needs to read this book."---Bob Trube, Bob on Books"A stellar socio-anthropological study of the secular monasteries that dominate our culture, where work is reframed as an act of devotion and devotion is co-opted by the hungry gods of Capital. Be careful what you worship."---James K.A. Smith, author of On the Road with Saint Augustine"Her book, both sociological study and cultural rumination, is worth reading. Filled with interviews with actual employees who've subbed in their work lives for a broader religious or community one. It'll resonate with anyone in the Valley daze."---Antonio García Martínez, author of New York Times bestseller Chaos Monkeys"Deeply researched ethnography. . . . [Chen’s] analysis is at its most powerful in the sections where she lets us hear from the people who manage and deploy spirituality in the workplace."---Anna Gibson, The Arts Fuse"Well-researched and engaging." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisArtificial intelligence should be changing society, not reinforcing capitalist notions of workTrade Review'Brings together a range of unmissable views across the contemporary spectrum of technology-driven labour relations' -- Dr. Ivan Williams Jimenez, Policy and Development Manager at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, UK'A path-breaking book offering unparalleled insights. Moore and Woodcock re-affirm their position as leaders in this field' -- Premilla D'Cruz, Professor of Organizational Behaviour Area, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)Table of ContentsFigures Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: AI: Making it, Faking it, Breaking it - Phoebe V. Moore and Jamie Woodcock PART I - MAKING IT 1. AI Trainers: Who is the Smart Worker Today? - Phoebe V. Moore 2. Work Now, Profit Later: AI Between Capital, Labour and Regulation - Toni Prug and Paško Bilić 3. Delivering Food on Bikes: Between Machinic Subordination and Autonomy in the Algorithmic Workplace - Benjamin Herr 4. Putting the Habitus to Work: Digital Prosumption, Surveillance and Distinction - Eduard Müller 5. The Power of Prediction: People Analytics at Work - Uwe Vormbusch and Peter Kels PART II - FAKING IT 6. Manufacturing Consent in the Gig Economy - Luca Perrig 7. Automated and Autonomous? Technologies Mediating the Exertion and Perception of Labour Control - Beatriz Casas González 8. Can Robots Produce Customer Confidence? Contradictions Among Automation, New Mechanisms of Control and Resistances in the Banking Labour Process - Giorgio Boccardo PART III - BREAKING IT 9. It Gets Better With Age: AI and the Labour Process in Old and New Gig-Economy Firms - Adam Badger 10. Self-Tracking and Sousveillance at Work: Insights from Human-Computer Interaction and Social Science - Marta E. Cecchinato, Sandy J. J. Gould and Frederick Harry Pitts 11. Breaking Digital Atomisation: Resistant Cultures of Solidarity in Platform-Based Courier Work - Heiner Heiland and Simon Schaupp 12. Resisting the Algorithmic Boss: Guessing, Gaming, Reframing and Contesting Rules in App-Based Management - Joanna Bronowicka and Mirela Ivanova Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA comparative, ethnographic approach to the question of labour struggles and workers' political agencyTrade Review'Anthropology at its best. Lazar explores how different capitalist strategies for organizing workers’ productivity generate problems that encourage certain solutions that in themselves create more problems, and on and on ... Remarkably imaginative in revealing how, in large and small ways, workers of all stripes can organise to create otherwise, generate new possibilities for resistance and lead more fulfilling lives' -- lana Gershon, Ruth N. Halls professor of anthropology, Indiana University, US'As brilliant as it is useful. Lazar manoeuvres lightly among the opposing schools of labor anthropology and shows with world-wide examples that how we struggle for better lives is deeply embedded in the type of relationships in which we labour, care and serve; relationships that are globally produced, intimately lived, and more often than not divisive. A boon for analysts and activists alike' -- Don Kalb, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, author of Expanding Class'With its fresh analysis of labour agency, How We Struggle is a source of tremendous inspiration and hope. I can’t wait to share it with my students' -- Rebecca Prentice, Reader in Anthropology and International Development, University of Sussex'With ethnographic flair, Lazar beautifully incorporates a wide range of contemporary contributions to the anthropology of labor, from the workplace to the home and the community, from collective action to individualized strategies of resilience and escape ... Provides a highly readable and state of the art analysis of the politics of labor, with a keen eye to gender and migration' -- Luisa Steur, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam'Marvellously expansive and generous in its conceptualization. Lazar allows us to think broadly about labor agency in a post-Fordist, post-pandemic world. A masterful book and a resource that makes anthropology matter' -- Andrea Muehlebach, Professor of Anthropology, University of Bremen, Germany'In these times, when the power of capital to determine our life conditions seems inexorable, Sian Lazar’s study of working people’s agency and their struggles from below is a very welcome intervention' -- Sharryn Kasmir, author of 'The myth of Mondragón'‘Presents a real tour de force and offers magnificent insights into the challenges workers face today and the diverse acts of resistance, agency and organising that underpin their aspirations to improve lives. This refreshing and lucidly written book will be an invaluable resource for scholars of the rapidly changing landscapes of labour and capitalism that engulf us’ -- Geert De Neve, Professor of Social Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of SussexTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Heavy Industry and Post-Fordist Precarities 2. Light Industry: Gender, Migration and Strategies of Resilience 3. Agricultural Labour: Exploitation and Collective Action 4. Affective Labour and the Service Sector: Work as Relations 5. Professional and Managerial Work: Producing Selves and Processes 6. Platform Labour: Digital Management and Fragmented Collectivities 7. Patchwork Living 8. Social Reproduction Labour Conclusion Coda: The Covid-19 Pandemic and Labour: Continuities and the Potential for Change Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOrganizations Evolving offers a unique theoretical framework for understanding organizational emergence, persistence, change, and decline. Synthesizing and integrating six paradigmatic approaches to organization theory, this updated and revised third edition presents an evolutionary view that provides a unified understanding of modern organizations and organization theory. Key features of the third edition include: A sophisticated analytic comparison of six major approaches to understanding modern organizations and their evolution An interdisciplinary focus, drawing extensively from sociology, social psychology, economics, history, management and entrepreneurship research Supplementary materials from academic journals and the popular press, and multi-media resources in an online companion Extensive case examples that illustrate key evolutionary processes Study questions designed for extended and reflective learning. Offering key insights and critical learning opportunities, this book is crucial reading for classes covering macro-organizational behaviour and the sociology of organizations. Students of management studies and entrepreneurship, particularly those with a focus on organization theory, will also benefit from its interdisciplinary approach.Trade Review'Organizations Evolving is an instant classic. The go-to book for information about the future, as well as what s current in organizations studies. It follows Aldrich's pioneering work on entrepreneurship, with great cases, on-line supplements, and updates on digital technology and inequality. For the best primer on the study of organizations, Organizations Evolving is the clear winner.' --Paul M. Hirsch, Northwestern University, USOrganizations evolve and emerge. Aldrich, Ruef and Lippmann introduce a generic framework for understanding organizational and social change. The authors are in this third edition informatively and beautifully integrating evolving knowledge about organizations. The previous edition of Organizations Evolving was my favorite book about organization. This edition is even better.' --Morten Huse, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway'Organizations Evolving synthesizes in an excellent way the evolution of organizations, and clarifies the elegance of the evolutionary approach in using a few distinct concepts to explain broad and complex phenomena. In the third edition of the book, the authors have significantly updated the book, and made it more teaching friendly, which makes it a great textbook for understanding entrepreneurship and organizations.' --Hans Landström, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction and Themes PART I AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON THEORIES OF ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 2. The Evolutionary Approach 3. How the Evolutionary Approach Relates to Other Approaches PART II CONCEPTUALIZING ORGANIZATIONAL EMERGENCE 4. Entrepreneurs and the Emergence of New Organizations 5. Organizational Boundaries 6. Organizational Forms PART III TRANSFORMATION AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND POPULATION LEVELS 7. Organizational Transformation 8. Organizations and Social Change PART IV POPULATION-LEVEL DYNAMICS 9. Emergence of New Populations of Organizations 10. Reproducing Populations: Foundings and Disbandings 11. Community Evolution References Index

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Book SynopsisIn this incisive book, Paul de Beer interrogates the concept of the labour market and its theoretical shortcomings in treating labour as a commodity. He argues that to offer people a real chance of a satisfactory work life, the idea of the labour market must be replaced with a focus on long-term employment relationships.

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Book SynopsisDavid Frayne is a sociology teacher and social researcher, based at Cardiff University, UK. You can follow him @theworkdogma.Trade ReviewWhere other writers elaborate the scourge of neoliberalism—surely an important and pressing topic—they are less clear about how we, as individuals and political movements, might begin to build alternatives. Addressing this lacuna, Frayne’s approach is a refreshing addition to the conversation. * Contrivers' Review *A well-written romp through theory and critiques of work… Amid the hard-work rhetoric, this book feels liberating and a worthy provocation. * Financial Times *Leads the reader to question if the growing disillusionment with work could blossom into a political alternative and create change on a societal level. * Impakter *Rigorous arguments for the desirability of an end – or a radical reduction – to the amount of work we do, and searching analyses of how this might be achieved. * LSE Review of Books *Provides an easily understood theoretical framework which legitimates the feelings of discomfort, dissatisfaction — or worse — which many encounter in the course of their working life. * The Morning Star *Frayne has accomplished something worthy of admiration. He has written the best primer and introduction to the anti-work philosophy; a fascinating ethnography of people who actively try to resist work. * The New Rambler *The best primer and introduction to anti-work philosophy. * The New Rambler *A humane reassessment of the ethics of work which will appeal to anyone who has wondered whether the job they are fighting so hard to get, or to hold on to, really is worth the struggle. At its heart lies the provocative and sometimes poignant accounts of those individuals who may be showing the way towards an engagement with work which is better for all of us. * Ralph Fevre, author of The Demoralization of Western Culture and Trouble at Work *A fascinating book…a very concise run down of philosophical ideas and accounts around work, and the possibility for resistance and change….What I enjoyed most was the notion of freedom and the elevation and championing of leisure time. * Reflections on Learning blog *This is the most engaging and comprehensive book I’ve ever read about how work dominates our lives. It is insightful and inspiring and should be read by everyone who goes to work every day, if they can find the time. * Sharon Beder, author of Selling the Work Ethic *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Work Dogma 1. A Provocation 2. Working Pains 3. The Colonising Power of Work 4. The Stronghold of Work 5. The Breaking Point 6. Alternative Pleasures 7. Half a Person 8. From Escapism to Autonomy

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Book SynopsisArchitecture for the Commons dives into an analysis of how the tectonics of a building is fundamentally linked to the economic organizations that allow them to exist. By tracing the origins and promises of current technological practices in design, the book provides an alternative path, one that reconsiders the means of achieving complexity through combinatorial strategies. This move requires reconsidering serial production with crowdsourcing and user content in mind. The ideas presented will be explored through the design research developed within Plethora Project, a design practice that explores the use of video game interfaces as a mechanism for participation and user design. The research work presented throughout the book seeks to align with a larger project that is currently taking place in many different fields: The Construction of the Commons. By developing both the ideological and physical infrastructure, the project of the Commons has become an antidote to current economic practices that perpetuate inequality. The mechanisms of the production and governance of the Commons are discussed, inviting the reader to get involved and participate in the discussion. The current political and economic landscape calls for a reformulation of our current economic practices and alternative value systems that challenge the current market monopolies. This book will be of great interest not only to architects and designers studying the impact of digital technologies in the field of design but also to researchers studying novel techniques for social participation and cooperating of communities through digital networks. The book connects principles of architecture, economics and social sciences to provide alternatives to the current production trends.Table of ContentsIntroduction - A Call for a Post-2008 Architecture 1. Architectural Progress 2. The Coalescence of Parts 3. In Defense of Parts 4. Immaterial Architectures 5. Reconstruction through Self-Provision Index

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Book SynopsisONE OF WASHINGTON POST''S NOTABLE NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR“Beautifully written and full of important insights,” this is a bracingly honest exploration of why there are still so few women in the hard sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computer science (Washington Post)In 2005, when Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard, asked why so few women, even today, achieve tenured positions in the hard sciences, Eileen Pollack set out to find the answer. A successful fiction writer, Pollack had grown up in the 1960s and ’70s dreaming of a career as a theoretical astrophysicist. Denied the chance to take advanced courses in science and math, she nonetheless made her way to Yale. There, despite finding herself far behind the men in her classes, she went on to graduate summa cum laude, with honors, as one of the university’s first two women to earn a bachelor of science degree in physics. And yet, i

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Book SynopsisAny organization, no matter how stolid, may be unsettled by the news that a new boss is about to take over. Talk in the hallways increases, staff worry about their jobs, uncertainty grows. Even when the change has happened, problems emerge when the boss who was hired to manage “from above” has to learn about the organization “from below.” In this book, Niklas Luhmann scrutinizes the relationship and shows how it is stretched to its limit by communication difficulties, demands for self-presentation, and disagreements concerning fundamental values. Many of the tensions crystallize around the question “who has the power?” It isn’t necessarily the boss, provided the employees are well versed in the art of directing their superiors. “Subtervision” is Luhmann’s term for this state of affairs, and tact is the most important means to this end. Yet caution is advised: whoever achieves mastery in subtervision may well become the new boss. This slim and thought-provoking book from one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century will be of great interest to anyone seeking to understand the dynamics and machinations of the workplace.Trade Review"While many know Niklas Luhmann in his capacity as a systems theoretician, few are aware that he has also written a number of important essays in organization theory. The New Boss represents an excellent introduction to this part of Luhmann's work: it is bristling with interesting ideas about leadership, formal organizations, groups and much more."—Richard Swedberg, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: "The Same Boss as the Old Was?" Andreas Hess The New Boss The Spontaneous Creation of Order Subtervision or The Art of Directing Superiors AfterwordJürgen Kaube Sources of the Texts Notes

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Book SynopsisFrom famously humble origins, Amazon has grown to become one of the most successful businesses in history. In its effort to provide its trademark fast and convenient Prime delivery, the company built a vast worldwide network of fulfillment centers and warehouses. Unsustainable looks inside the company's warehouses to reveal that the rise of Amazon is only made possible by the exploitation of workers' labor and communities' resources. Juliann Emmons Allison and Ellen Reese expose the real-world repercussions of these pernicious strategies through a chilling case study of the socioeconomic and environmental harms associated with the largely unchecked growth of warehousing in Inland Southern California, one of the nation's largest logistics hubs, where Amazon is the largest private-sector employer. Tracing the rise of grassroots resistance to the warehouse industry by workers and communities across this region, the country, and the globe, Unsustainable provides fresh insight into one of tTrade Review"The book develops a broad and insightful analysis of the human and environmental costs that flow from Amazon’s virtually unchecked domination of local communities, low-wage labor markets, and the workers whose labor it exploits." * Social Forces *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Amazon's Best Books of 2020 in Business and Leadership""Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, Consumers and Consumption Section of the American Sociological Association""Fascinating."---Helen Rosner, New Yorker"The most colourful investigation into nightlife and gender politics since Gloria Steinem went incognito as a Playboy Bunny in 1963."---Mark Smith, The Times"Riveting. . . . The results of her investigation are astonishing. Mears has amassed pages of enthralling, richly human testimony. . . . The anecdotes are hugely entertaining, in a throw-up-in-your-mouth way. . . . Mears’s thesis—that nightclubs aren’t exceptions to ‘real life,’ but a distilled, brutal caricature of it—gathers strength as the details accumulate. . . . Elegantly written and genuinely page-turning, with revelations about life that go far beyond nightclubs."---Iona McLaren, Daily Telegraph"Mears is a very good reporter. . . . A fascinating read."---Lynn Barber, The Spectator"Riveting. . . . Mears is an excellent storyteller, resulting in a book that’s well-informed and critical but also animated and engaging." * Tatler *"Very Important People was written before the coronavirus pandemic, but Covid-19 makes it more relevant. Lockdown has widened inequality as poorer households lose jobs and rely on their savings. Meanwhile, the rich are getting richer, leading to pent up demand for parties, girls and bottle trains among those who have already missed a season of it."---Ollie Williams, Forbes"Very Important People depicts a complex world of exchange and exploitation, and warrants praise for doing so without passing predictable moral judgement. More than offering a mere window into the exotic lives of others, Ashley Mears emphasizes themes that should resonate with us all: the labour of marginalized others that lurks behind so much status-seeking consumption, the risks of conflating work with fun and friendship, and the sad fact that 'girl power' remains as oxymoronic as ever."---Alice Bloch, Times Literary Supplement"Enlightening. . . . A fascinating glimpse into life behind the velvet rope."---Matthew Partridge, Money Week"Compelling, vivid and curiously poignant. . . . Very Important People succeeds in exposing the intriguing and often distressing realities of a culture whose values seem both alien and unpleasantly persistent."---Lisa Hilton, The Critic"Mears takes her readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit, from New York City to Miami and Saint-Tropez, in order to reveal a world constituted by spectacular displays of wealth."---Laurie Taylor, BBC Radio 4, Thinking Allowed"Throughout the seven chapters of the book, Mears dissects the economy of “ models and bottles ” (p. 17), or the formula by which we designate those parties in which the super rich display their power by attending models and making flaunting their wealth by wasting money and buying many bottles at exorbitant prices.”"---Giulia Mensitieri, La Vie Des Idees

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Book SynopsisWhat are practice theories? Where do they come from? What do they say? Do they offer something new to the study of work and organization? Practice theories are a set of conceptual tools and methodologies for investigating, analysing, and representing everyday practice. They develop the idea that phenomena such as knowledge, meaning, science, power, organized activity, sociality, and institutions are rooted in practice. The volume provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to this emerging area of study. Recognizing that a unified theory of practice does not exist, the book surveys the main scholarly traditions that have, collectively, contributed to the practice turn in social and organization studies. Each chapter examines the main assumptions and concepts of these traditions, discussing their distinctive contribution to work and organization studies. The chapters are accompanied by a fully worked example of how the theory can be applied to empirical research, making the text suiTrade ReviewThe book is an extremely impressive accomplishment in terms of clarification of a body of heavy weight theoretical work. By not glossing over differences in an effort to produce a synthesis, a degree of clarity is give the multivocality of practise theory. As a result, the book provides a lucid guide through the philosophical landscape. * Andrew M.Cox, University of Sheffield, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology *The book is well written and is a good 'one stop shop' that accurately portrays the practicalities of this paradigm while making it accessible to the beginning and seasoned researcher ... Over, Nicolini has done a fantastic job pulling together a great resource that I only wish was available while finishing my doctoral studies. It enables others to learn and apply theoretically and methodically the delicate intricacies of practice theories in organization studies. * David Schrelber, Belmont University (USA), Management Learning *The book is an extremely impressive accomplishment in terms of clarification of a body of heavy weight theoretical work. By not glossing over differences in an effort to produce a synthesis, a degree of clarity is given to the multivocality of practice theory. As a result, the book provides a lucid guide through the philosophical landscape. * Andrew M. Cox, journal of the Association for information Science and Technology *The book is well written and is a good one stop shop that accurately portrays the practicalities of this paradigm while making it accessible to the beginning and seasoned researcher. ... Nicolini has done a fantastic job pulling together a great resource that I only wish was available while finishing my doctoral studies. It will enable others to learn and apply theoretically and methodically the delicate intricacies of practice theories in organization studies. I would suggest it to be a key reading for any individual interested in the social behaviour of actors or applying practice theories to their work. * David Schreiber, Management Learning *Nicolinis superb overview of practice theory offers original descriptions of different practice approaches and deftly sorts out this tangled theoretical terrain. The book innovates methodologically in illustrating the different approaches with the same case study, thereby nicely substantiating his thesis that empirical researchers best draw on practice theory by using different practice approaches in combination. The text is highly recommended to curious social scientists at large and not just to scholars of work and organization. * Theodore Schatzki, University of Kentucky *This book has all the marks of Davide Nicolini's scholarship: theoretical depth and empirical subtlety. Several speak or write about the relevance of practice theory for the study of organizations, but few attempt to creatively link practice theory to particular philosophical traditions and social theory at large, and work out its theoretical-cum-methodological implications for organization studies. Nicolini is one of those few. If you are looking for a single book to do both things for you, namely to provide a sophisticated guide to practice theory and show how to conduct empirical research from a practice theory perspective, this is the book to read. Nicolini does a masterful job: he tells us what practice theory is, where it comes from, and how to put it to work in organization studies. It is a brilliant achievement. * Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Cyprus and University of Warwick *Practice Theory, Work, and Organization is a major contribution to the resources available for scholars who want to understand or use practice theory. By providing clear discussions of the multiple strands of social theory underlying practice theory and utilizing these in his rolling case, Nicolini demystifies practice theory and illustrates its potential as a way of studying work and organizations. The final chapter provides a thoughtful discussion of a methodological approach involving zooming in and zooming out that Nicolini advocates as a way of engaging these multiple perspectives on studying practice. The books breadth makes it valuable both for newcomers to the field and for those who have been in this field for some time. * Martha S. Feldman, University of California, Irvine *Deep and broad, argumentative and pluralistic, theoretical and methodological, this is a landmark book. For the growing community of practice-orientated scholars in organization studies, Davide Nicolini provides the go-to resource. * Richard Whittington, Professor of Strategic Management at Saïd Business School and Millman Fellow in Management at New College, Oxford *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Praxis and Practice Theory: A Brief Historical Overview ; 3. Praxeology and the Work of Giddens and Bourdieu ; 4. Practice as Tradition and Community ; 5. Practice as Activity ; 6. Practice as Accomplishment ; 7. Practice as the House of the Social: Contemporary Developments of the Heideggerian and Wittgensteinian Traditions ; 8. Discourse and Practice ; 9. Bringing it All Together: a Toolkit to Study and Represent Practice at Work

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Book SynopsisPublished in collaboration with BUIRA, this book provides a critical review of the field of industrial relations (IR) and evaluates its future in the rapidly evolving world of work. Written by key names in IR, the book captures the significant transformations that have taken place within the field over the past decade. It traces the historical development of IR, exploring its ongoing impact on our lives. The chapters delve into various aspects, including union organization and mobilization, the influence of new technology, and the examination of intersectionality in the context of work and employment. This is an invaluable resource for academics and students of employment and industrial relations, as well as HR professionals, trade union organizations and representatives.Table of Contents1. Introduction - Stephen Mustchin and Andy Hodder 2. Frames of Reference - Edmund Heery 3. Capitalist Crises and Industrial Relations Theorising – Guglielmo Meardi 4. ‘Embedded Bedfellows: Industrial Relations and (analytical) HRM - Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson 5. Trade Unions in a Changing World of Work – Melanie Simms 6. Expanding the Boundaries of Industrial Relations as a Field of Study: The Role of ‘New Actors’ – Steve Williams 7. The State and Industrial Relations: Debates, Concerns, and Contradictions in the Forging of Regulatory Change in the United Kingdom – Miguel Martínez Lucio and Robert MacKenzie 8. Labour Markets – Jill Rubery 9. Industrial Relations and Labour Law: Recovery of a Shared Tradition? – Ruth Dukes and Eleanor Kirk 10. Conflict and Industrial Action – Gregor Gall 11. Exploring ‘New’ Forms of Work Organisation: The Case of Parcel Delivery in the UK – Sian Moore, Kirsty Newsome and Stefanie Williamson 12. Intersectionality and Industrial Relations – Anne McBride and Jenny Rodriguez

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Book SynopsisWinner of the First Prize in the Joyce Rothschild Book AwardsPlatform cooperatives reimagine a world where domestic workers can double their income by establishing their own platform-an internet where platforms such as Twitch, Twitter, and Roblox were owned by their streamers, users, and creators. What if small fishing communities in Mexico or farmers in Kerala had the power to determine what data they collected about their work and how they utilized that data?Platform cooperatives are not a figment of the utopian imagination, but rather a reality that is transforming industries today. Collectives that leverage technology offer an urgent and practical solution to shift how businesses are owned and controlled, allowing workers to make decisions together. In this book, researcher and activist Trebor Scholz explores how these new forms of business, powered by peer principles, are paving the way for a more equitable economy that benefits everyone.Own This! sets out a program that could change the ways we live, work, and organize.Trade ReviewTrebor Scholz has tirelessly promoted worker empowerment around the world via platform cooperatives. Going beyond unionization, these co-ops give their employee-owners control over the businesses they run, ranging from banks to taxi companies to recycling firms. Scholz is by turns passionate and analytical, utopian and pragmatic. An excellent read on a critically important topic, Own This! should have global reach and impact. -- Frank Pasquale, author of The Black Box SocietyPlatform cooperatives are the most exciting and hopeful business model for our collective future. Own This! is the essential, brilliant, accessible guide to this rapidly growing movement. If you are interested in work, technology, climate or the future of humanity-read this book. -- Juliet Schor, author of After the GigScholz is a passionate intellectual activist who devoted himself to looking for alternatives for decades to enhance worker solidarity on a global scale. This is a timely guidebook, a manifesto that provides us hope and light for future generations -- Pun Ngai, author of Made in ChinaFor over a decade, Trebor Scholz has been an intellectual-activist leader of efforts to bring the cooperative movement into the digital economy. In Own This!, he skillfully combines inspiration and analysis while weaving stories spanning South Korea to New York and South Africa to Maine, confronting challenges through federated scaling, cooperative-union alliances, and state-backed pro-cooperative policies, providing impetus to the endeavor of establishing a pluralist digital commonwealth as a haven against the rising waters of capitalism. -- Yochai Benkler, author of The Wealth of NetworksScholz artfully explores a comprehensive panorama of scalable alternatives to the VC-fueled startup model. This book is a wave that, like the gentle yet unwavering force of the ocean, serves as a catalyst for change, redefining our understanding of cooperation in the 21st century -- Ines Lopez, PescadataSituates these co-ops both in the now vast (and often terrible) platform business sector as well as in the worker ownership and labor movements, outlines how they work, addresses their advantages and challenges, presents provocative cases and lays out possibilities for the road ahead. -- Fred Freundlich, Professor of Cooperative Enterprise, Mondragon UniversityWhile the "sharing economy" has proved to be a disaster for workers and a benefit only for venture capitalists, there is a better way, and Trebor Scholz charts the path for a new economy that's genuinely good for workers, customer and society as a whole. Reaching back through the history of worker-owned cooperatives to the front lines of this new economy unfolding around the world, Own This! is a glimpse of a future worth fighting for from a pioneer in building this new workers movement. -- Ethan Zuckerman, author of Mistrust: How Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform ThemA call to action for those interested in constructing an alternative digital future. -- Lola Brittain * LSE Review of Books *Table of Contents1. Alternative Paths2. Worker Ownership for the Digital Economy3. Solidarity at Scale4. Redefining Value5. Roots of Resilience: Unions and Platform Cooperatives6. The Coming Data Democracy7. Letter from 2035: A Social Vision RealizedEpilogue: How to Start a Platform Co-op

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Book Synopsis* This is a remarkable study of the impact on online technologies on professional workers. * Gregg introduces the notion of work's intimacy to describe the way technology exacerbates the expectations of professional jobs as they come to invade spaces and times that were once less susceptible to work's presence.Trade Review"Is your working life afflicted by an increasing taskload, the 'coercive dimensions' of teamwork, longer hours, job insecurity and the intrusion of labour into personal life? Then Gregg's brilliant book, based on athropological research in Brisbane but of global significance, will show you that you are not alone. Writing of organisations that continue to demand unidirectional 'loyalty' from their workers, and of a woman whose office contacted her on every single day of her maternity leave, Gregg conveys a coolly controlled anger while coining powerful descriptions such as 'function creep' and 'binge work'. Her interviewees, baffled but trying, elicit our empathy, even those who have internalised the brutalist jargon of the modern office. If I ever use 'progress' or 'action' as a transitive verb, please shoot me." Steven Poole, The Guardian "Author Melissa Gregg has put flesh on the bones of what many suspected. Under the pretence of giving us the freedom to work at our own pace and wherever we choose, mobile phones, laptops and 'tablet' computers have shackled us to our bosses' will in a way that nothing has done since the treadmill." Irish Times "An engaging read that will chime with the experiences of academics and many other professional workers." Times Higher Education "A timely and important book, which raises essential questions about work, lifestyle, emotions and intimacy in the era of online technologies … All interested in this book will not only find important scholarly discussion, but will also be made to rethink their own labour practices, priorities, and 'lives and loves'. This mobilisation of achievement and accomplishment for rethinking our own world, in which discourses of achievement and accomplishment monopolised all spheres of life, and in which the imperative to love one's wok implies a troubling freedom is the effect of this book, which is at least equally important as the scholarly discussions it will trigger." Anthropological Notebooks "An important book that will transform the way we think about both work and intimacy. Rich, moving, and scholarly, Work's Intimacy looks set to become a new classic in the fields of cultural studies, gender studies and the sociology of labour." Rosalind Gill, King's College London "Gregg's remarkable analysis of the dispersed workplace could not be more relevant. It is a precious gift to scholars of modern work, and it will also be invaluable to anyone struggling to meet too many deadlines and balance too many obligations in pursuit of a livelihood today." Andrew Ross, author of Nice Work If You Can Get It "Based on a rich body of empirical research, Work's Intimacy provides us with a troubling, insightful and timely analysis of the partnership between online technologies and the changing mythologies of work - and its impact on our everyday lives. Melissa Gregg has written an important book, carefully unpicking so much of what we have come to take for granted in our experience of the ever-expanding boundaries of the working life." Graeme Turner, The University of QueenslandTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionWork's intimacy: Performing professionalism online and on the job PART ONETHE CONNECTIVITY IMPERATIVE: BUSINESS RESPONSES TO NEW MEDIA1. Selling the flexible workplace: The creative economy and new media fetishism2. Working from home: The mobile office and the seduction of convenience3. Part-time precarity: Discount labour and contract careers PART TWOGETTING INTIMATE: ONLINE CULTURE AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING4. To CC: or not to CC: Teamwork in office culture5. Facebook friends: Security blankets and career mobility6. Know your product: Online branding and the evacuation of friendship PART THREELOOKING FOR LOVE IN THE NETWORKED HOUSEHOLD7. Home offices and remote parents: Family dynamics in online households8. Long hours, high bandwidth: Domesticity at a distance9. On call ConclusionLabour politics in an online workplace: The lovers vs. the loveless

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, organizational project management (OPM) has emerged as a field focused on how project, program and portfolio management practices strategically help firms realize organizational goals. There is a compelling need to address the totality of project-related work at the organizational level, providing a view of organizations as a network of projects to be coordinated among themselves, integrated by the more permanent organization, and to move away from a focus on individual projects. This comprehensive volume provides views from a wide range of international scholars researching OPM at a cross-disciplinary level. It covers concepts, theories and practices from disciplines allied to management, such as strategic management, organization sciences and behavioural science. It will be a valuable read for scholars and practitioners alike, who are looking to enrich their understanding of OPM and further investigate this new phenomenon.Trade Review'This book is both serious and inspiring; its presentation of organizational project management will satisfy even the most demanding readers. The very diverse chapter contents highlight the scope and importance of this new field of research and professional practice. Kudos to the three editors, who were able to recruit the most respected experts in this domain!' Mario Bourgault, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada'The Cambridge Handbook on Organisational Project Management sets a new standard of knowledge for anyone involved in the challenge of implementing the concept of a project-based organization by integrating all project, program and portfolio related activities within the entire organization.' Yvonne Schoper, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin and Member of the Presidential Advisory Board of GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e.V'I would argue that this book makes a valuable contribution with new materials for those interested in OPM and project work. It takes an organisational-level perspective in the main and fills a number of gaps in the current book-level literature. … I would recommend that this book be considered as a serious reference book and that for many students and practitioners that this would be a highly valuable resource.' Derek Walker, International Journal of Managing Projects in BusinessTable of ContentsForeword; Introduction; Part I. Strategy: Section summary Nathalie Drouin; 1. The nature of organizational project management through the lens of integration Nathalie Drouin, Ralf Müller and Shankar Sankaran; 2. The business of projects in and across organizations Miia Martinsuo, Rami Sariola and Lauri Vuorinen; 3. Strategic OPM: why companies need to adopt a strategic approach to project management? Vered Holzman, Aaron Shenhar and Joca Stefanovic; 4. Strengthening the connections between strategy and organizational project management Kam Jugdev; 5. Project portfolio management: a dynamic capability and strategic asset Catherine Killen and Nathalie Drouin; Part II. Organizations: Section summary Ralf Muller; 6. The governance of organizational project management Rodney Turner and Ralf Muller; 7. Project portfolio management – the linchpin in strategy processes Julian Kopmann, Alexander Kock and Catherine Killen; 8. Program management Peerasit Patanakul and Jeffrey Pinto; 9. Organizing for the management of projects: the project management office in the dynamics of organizational design Monique Aubry and Melanie Lavoie-Tremblay; 10. Project governance and risk management: from first-order economizing to second-order complexity Stephane Tywoniak and Christophe Bredillet; Part III. People: Section summary Shankar Sankaran; 11. Human resource management in organizational project management: current trends and future prospects Anne Keegan, Martina Huemann and Claudia Ringhofer; 12. Stakeholders Pernille Eskerod; 13. Balanced leadership: a new perspective for leadership in organizational project management Ralf Müller, Johan Packendorff and Shankar Sankaran; 14. Project teams and their role in organizational project management Nathalie Drouin and Shankar Sankaran; 15. REAL knowledge at NASA: a knowledge services model for the modern project environment Ed Hoffman and John Boyle; 16. Change management as an organizational and project capability Julien Pollack; 17. The behavioral 'glue' in OPM – a review on productive behaviors of project team members Timo Braun; 18. Developing organizational project management competencies through industry clusters Chivonne Algeo and Julia Connell; Part IV. New Directions: Section summary Shankar Sankaran; 19. Ethics in projects Øyvind Kvalnes; 20. Multilevel value creation in projects, programs and portfolios: results from two case studies Karyne Ang, Christopher Biesenthal and Catherine Killen; 21. An inherent complexity: projects and organizations Kaye Remington; 22. Organizational project management and sustainable development (SD): managing the interface of organization and project SD benefits Lynn Keeys and Martina Huemann; 23. The marketing of organizational project management Rodney Turner and Laurence Lecoeuvre; 24. Shared space for organizations: enablers for innovative projects Kim van Oorschot; 25. Social media and project management: symbolism in action Hélène Delerue and Tom Cronje; Index; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisAre you struggling to improve a hostile or uncomfortable environment at work, or interested in how such tension can arise? Experts in organizational psychology, management science, social psychology, and communication science show you how to implement interventions and programs to manage workplace emotion. The connection between workplace affect and relevant challenges in our society, such as diversity and technological changes, is undeniable; thus learning to harness that knowledge can revolutionize your performance in tackling workday issues. Applying major theoretical perspectives and research methodologies, this book outlines the concepts of display rules, emotional labor, work motivation, well-being, and discrete emotions. Understanding these ideas will show you how affect can promote team effectiveness, leadership, and conflict resolution. If you require a foundation for understanding workplace affect or a springboard into deeper, more interdisciplinary research, this book presents an integrative approach that is indispensable.Table of ContentsForeword; Part I. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations: 1. Emotion at work: from the 'leaner years' to the 'affective revolution'; 2. The organizational neuroscience of emotions; 3. Personality affect construal theory: a model of personality and affect in the workplace; 4. Workplace emotions and motivation: toward a unified approach; 5. Behavioral genetics and affect at work: a review and directions for future research; 6. A review of quantitative methods to measure workplace affect; 7. Qualitative methods to study workplace affect: capturing elusive emotions; Part II. Workplace Affect and Individual Worker Outcomes: 8. Affect, stress, and health: the role of work characteristics and work events; 9. Emotion and various forms of job performance; 10. The role of affect and its regulation for creativity and innovation; 11. Emotional labor: display rules and emotion regulation at work; 12. Advancing the field: reviewing the status of emotional intelligence in the workplace; 13. Affect and workplace judgment and decision-making; 14. The mindful emotion management framework: how mindfulness helps employees manage emotions through reactivity, regulation, and reappraisal; 15. Benefits of negative affective states; 16. Interventions to improve employee well-being; Part III. Workplace Affect and Interpersonal and Team-Level Processes: 17. Leadership, affect, and emotion in work organizations; 18. Affective climate in teams; 19. Workplace affect, conflict, and negotiation; 20. Understanding the role of affect in workplace aggression; 21. The service encounter; 22. Emotion work and emotion management; 23. Dynamic emotional labor: a review and extension to teams; Part IV. Workplace Affect and Organizational, Social and Cultural Processes: 24. Organizational entry and workplace affect; 25. Performance management and workplace affect; 26. Feeling the heat: the importance of affect to organizational justice for receivers, actors, and observers; 27. Gender and workplace affect: expression, experiences, and display rules; 28. Affective climate and organization-level emotion management; Part V. Discrete Emotions at Work: 29. The emotion of interest at work; 30. The antecedents and consequences of fear at work; 31. From self-consciousness to success: when and why self-conscious emotions promote positive employee outcomes; 32. Happiness in its many forms; 33. Envy and jealousy: the role of intrasexual competition in the workplace; 34. Other-focused emotion triads: contempt, anger, and disgust (CAD) and awe, gratitude, and elevation (Age); 35. Schadenfreude at work; Part VI. New Perspectives on Workplace Affect: 36. Diversity and workplace affect: the impact of revealing or concealing a stigma; 37. Implications of technological work practices for employee affect; 38. Looking into the future: integration of research on workplace affect.

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Book SynopsisExperts from across all industrial-organizational (IO) psychology describe how increasingly rapid technological change has affected the field. In each chapter, authors describe how this has altered the meaning of IO research within a particular subdomain and what steps must be taken to avoid IO research from becoming obsolete. This Handbook presents a forward-looking review of IO psychology''s understanding of both workplace technology and how technology is used in IO research methods. Using interdisciplinary perspectives to further this understanding and serving as a focal text from which this research will grow, it tackles three main questions facing the field. First, how has technology affected IO psychological theory and practice to date? Second, given the current trends in both research and practice, could IO psychological theories be rendered obsolete? Third, what are the highest priorities for both research and practice to ensure IO psychology remains appropriately engaged with Trade Review'In seeking out a competitive advantage, today's business leaders often invest heavily in technological products that promise to manage, transform, and ideally improve organizational functions (e.g. staffing, training, and teamwork) and/or outcomes (e.g. satisfaction, turnover, and performance). This book offers what is needed to achieve these goals: not only an understanding of technology at work, but - critically - the psychology of employee behavior that is influenced by this technology. It features organizational researchers whose expert advice on technology and employee behavior is based on extensive scientific, and practical, knowledge and ethical sensibilities honed through experience. The authors also consider the important ways in which technology-driven research methods enhance their own organizational research and connection to other work-relevant research disciplines. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding the future of work and the workplace.' Fred Oswald, William Marsh Rice University, Houston'Wow. This Handbook is a necessary read for anyone applying or studying any topic in IO psychology, either through research or practice. Whether you are late to the game or leading the charge, you'll learn new concepts and tools that change how you look at the world of work and how you can better impact that world through your research and practice.' Kurt Kraiger, University of Memphis'Richard N. Landers has brought together a team of stellar academics and business leaders to confront the pressing issues resulting from combining humans and technology in today's organizations. This volume is a must read for those who seek to gain an in-depth understanding of the ways in which individuals and technology combine to form synergistic outcomes necessary to propel today's workers into the organizations of tomorrow.' Michael Coovert, University of South FloridaTable of ContentsPart I. Technology in IO Psychology: 1. The existential threat to IO psychology revealed by rapid technological change; 2. Filling the IO/technology void: technology and training in IO psychology; 3. The reciprocal roles of artificial intelligence and industrial-organizational psychology; Part II. Technology in Staffing: 4. The next wave of internet-based recruitment; 5. Applicant reactions in employee recruitment and selection: the role of technology; 6. Applying adaptive approaches to talent management practices; 7. Playing with a purpose: the role of games and gamification in modern assessment practices; 8. Mobile assessment in personnel testing: theoretical and practical implications; 9. The state of technology-enabled simulations: where are we? Where are we going?; 10. The use of social media in staffing; Part III. Technology in training and development: 11. Gamification of adult learning: gamifying employee training and development; 12. Real career development with virtual mentoring: past, present and future; 13. Professional coaching: the impact of virtual coaching on practice and research; 14. Virtual reality training in organizations; Part IV. Technology in Leadership and Teams: 15. Leading from a distance: advancements in virtual leadership research; 16. Managing distributed work: theorizing an IPO framework; 17. Virtual teams: conceptualization, integrative review, and research recommendations; 18. Social media and teamwork: formation, process, and outcomes; Part V. Technology in Motivation and Performance: 19. Telework: outcomes and facilitators for employees; 20. A review and extension of cyber-deviance literature: why it likely persists; 21. Information communication technology and employee well-being: understanding the 'iParadox Triad' at work; 22. Technology and the aging worker: a review and agenda for future research; 23. The role of technology in the work-family interface; 24. Work in the developing world: technology as a barrier, technology as an enabler; 25. I spy: a research agenda for the study of workplace surveillance and privacy; Part VI. Technology in Statistics and Research Methods: 26. Raising the ante: technological advances in IO psychology; 27. Data science as a new foundation for insightful, reproducible and trustworthy social science; 28. Lost in the crowd: crowdsourcing as a research method; 29. Research in the era of sensing technologies and wearables; 30. Storytelling and sensemaking through data visualization; Part VII. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Employees and Technology: 31. Microblogging behavior and technology adoption at the workplace; 32. Advantages and unintended consequences of using electronic human resource management (eHRM) processes; 33. Technology and social evaluation: implications for individuals and organizations.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the main economic argument developed by Marx in the three volumes of Capital in a coherent and comprehensive manner. It also delves into three long-standing debates in Marxist political economy: the transformation problem, the Okishio theorem, and theories of exploitation and oppression. Starting with discussions of methodology, including dialectics and historical materialism, the book explains key concepts of Marxist political economy: commodity, value, money, capital, reserve army of labour, accumulation of capital, circuit of capital, reproduction schemas, prices of production, profit, interest and rent. Scholars of economics, sociology, geography, political science, anthropology, and other kindred disciplines, will find here an accessible yet rigorous treatment of Marxist political economy.Trade Review'This brilliant book is a worthy successor to Paul Sweezy's classic, The Theory of Capitalist Development. Like Sweezy before him, Basu achieves that rare feat of providing both an introduction to Marxist political economy and also a response to some of the most sophisticated recent critiques of value theory. The book will be an indispensable resource for students coming fresh to Marxist economics as well as those looking to wade into the more advanced debates. It is a bravura performance.' Vivek Chibber, New York University, author of Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital'Deepankar Basu's The Logic of Capital provides an elegantly written survey of Marx's analysis of capitalist production based on Basu's wide and scrupulously careful reading of Marx's text and the key contributions of the later literature. Anyone who wants to come to grips with the details and substance of Marx's theories of value, exploitation, and accumulation, including the controversial issues of the falling rate of profit and the 'transformation problem' will find this book an indispensable resource. Basu's book is destined to become a classic of the literature on Marxist economics.' Duncan K. Foley, The New School for Social Research, author of Understanding Capital, Unholy Trinity: Labor, Capital and Land in the New Economy'Deepankar Basu has written a much-needed new book in Marxist economics. Building upon the work of many Marxist analysts over the long period since Marx wrote his masterwork Capital, as well as Basu's own insightful analyses, the book offers a clearly written guide to the Marxist interpretation of capitalism. He covers the theory of historical evolution, the central relation of capitalism through which capital exploits labour by appropriating part of what labour produces, growth and crisis under capitalism, and the roles of merchants, financiers and landowners in capitalist society. The book introduces the reader to important recent developments in Marxist analysis such as the role of unpaid domestic labour in capitalism, the relation between capitalist exploitation and other forms of oppression, the transformation of capitalism in the neoliberal era since around 1980 and the increased part played by financial institutions in contemporary capitalism.' David Kotz, University of Massachusetts Amherst, author of The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Capitalism'Basu's work ought to interest a wide audience among structuralist economists who acceptthe need to synthesize classical, Marxian and Keynesian traditions.' Thomas R. Michl, Review of Political EconomyTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. Foundations: 2. Some methodological issues; 3. Generation of surplus value; 4. Realisation of surplus value; 5. Distribution of surplus value; Part II. Further Explorations in Political Economy: 6. Capitalism and technical change; 7. The transformation problem; 8. Exploitation and oppression; Index.

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Book SynopsisSocial networks are ubiquitous. The science of networks has shaped how researchers and society understand the spread of disease, the precursors of loneliness, the rise of protest movements, the causes of social inequality, the influence of social media, and much more. Egocentric analysis conceives of each individual, or ego, as embedded in a personal network of alters, a community partially of their creation and nearly unique to them, whose composition and structure have consequences. This volume is dedicated to understanding the history, present, and future of egocentric social network analysis. The text brings together the most important, classic articles foundational to the field with new perspectives to form a comprehensive volume ideal for courses in network analysis. The collection examines where the field of egocentric research has been, what it has uncovered, and where it is headed.Trade Review'Much of the world thinks in terms of village-like groups and individuals, when in reality they're operating in social networks. That's why the Covid-19 virus spreads so quickly. Few people live in tight bubbles – they maneuver among overlapping partial networks of friends, family, neighbors, schools, and work. This myth-busting book is a masterpiece – brilliantly showing the impact of personal networks in our lives. Its unique format shows the path-breaking development of the network perspective – by linking classic readings and current research into community, cognition, culture, social capital, social movements, work, inequality, and social media.' Barry Wellman, FRSC'Personal Networks is an exemplary collection and a signal contribution to the field of social network analysis. The introduction provides both an overview for the novice and a synthesis that will interest even veteran network scholars. The classic works are impeccably chosen, with astute excerpting for undergraduate syllabi and substantial and definitive commentaries by leading contemporary authors. More recent classics are equally well chosen – I assign almost all of them in my graduate or undergraduate classes – and the extensive and engaging commentaries, in most cases by the original authors, represent valuable overviews in their own right. The papers in the final section likewise add value by reviewing research and developing theory on central fields of sociology to which the study of personal networks contributes. Personal Networks not only aggregates the main ideas in its area, it integrates them, defining a field and a research agenda. It will be an indispensable resource for anyone teaching a graduate or undergraduate course in social network analysis, a one-stop shopping experience for graduate students taking exams in this field, and a source of insight for any scholar working in this area.' Paul DiMaggio, NYUTable of ContentsPart I. Background; Introduction; Part II. Early Foundations; 1. From Simmel, 'On the Significance of Numbers for Social Life: Introduction,' 'The Isolated Individual and the Dyad,' 'The Triad,' and The Web of Group Affiliations: Commentary, 'Georg Simmel's Contribution to Social Network Research'; 2. From Katz and Lazarsfeld, Personal Influence: Commentary, 'Influencers, Backfire Effects and the Power of the Periphery'; 3. From Mitchell, 'The Concept and Use of Social Networks': Commentary, 'On J. Clyde Mitchell's 'The Concept and Use of Social Networks''; 4. From Bott, 'Urban Families: Conjugal Roles and Social Networks': Commentary, 'Commentary on Bott's 'Family and Social Network''; 5. From Festinger, Schachter, and Back, Social Pressures in Informal Groups: Commentary, 'Festinger, Schachter, and Back's Social Pressures in Informal Groups'; 6. From Bernard et al., 'The Problem of Informant Accuracy': Commentary, 'Implications of Informant Accuracy Research for Ego Networks'; 7. From White, Identity and Control: Commentary, 'On Parachutes and Lion-Taming'; Part III. Later Foundations; 8. From Fischer, To Dwell among Friends: Commentary, 'From the Northern California Community Study, 1977–78, to UCNets, 2015–20'; 9. From Granovetter, 'The Strength of Weak Ties': Commentary, 'Strength of Weak Ties in the Labor Market: An Assessment of the State of Research'; 10. From Wellman and Wortley, 'Different Strokes from Different Folks': Commentary, 'A Network Pilgrim's Progress: Twenty-Six Realizations in Fifty-Five Years'; 11. From Coleman, 'Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital': Commentary, 'Three Decades of Research into Social Capital: Achievements, Blind Spots, and Future Directions'; 12. From Pescosolido, 'Beyond Rational Choice': Commentary, 'Confronting How People Cope with Crisis: From the Social Organization Strategy Framework to the Network Episode Model to the Network Embedded Symbiome'; 13. From Feld, 'The Focused Organization of Social Ties': Commentary, 'Reflections On 'The Focused Organization of Social Ties' and Its Implications for Bonding and Bridging' 14. From Burt, Structural Holes: Commentary, 'Structural Holes Capstone, Cautions, and Enthusiasms'; 15. From Laumann, Marsden, and Prensky, 'The Boundary Specification Problem in Network Analysis': Commentary, 'On the Boundary Specification Problem in Network Analysis: An Update and Extension to Personal Social Networks'; 16. From McPherson, Smith-Lovin, and Cook, 'Birds of a Feather': Commentary, 'The Enormous Flock of Homophily Researchers: Assessing and Promoting a Research Agenda'; 17. From Huckfeldt and Sprague, 'Networks in Context': Commentary, 'Individuals, Groups, and Networks: Implications for the Study and Practice of Democratic Politics'; 18. From Nan Lin, 'Building a Network Theory of Social Capital' Commentary, 'Social Capital: An Update'; 19. On the General Social Survey: 'Egocentric Network Studies within the General Social Survey: Measurement Methods, Substantive Findings, and Methodological Research'; Part IV. New Perspectives; 20. On Cognition: 'Network Representation Capacity: How Social Relationships are Represented in Human Mind'; 21. On Mobilization: 'How Actors Mobilize their Networks in Practice'; 22. On Trust: 'Self-Verification, Trust, and Social Capital Mobilization'; 23. On Dynamics: 'Personal Network Dynamics: Organizing Principles of Stability and Change from Complex Systems Theory'; 24. On Inequality: 'The Context of Network Inequality'; 25. On Culture: 'The Problem of Culture Flows in Weak Ties'; 26. On Migration: 'Personal Networks and Migration Trajectories'; 27. On Movements: 'The Opportunities and Challenges of Studying Social Movement Ego-Networks: Online and Offline'; 28. On Social Media: 'Studying Social Media from an Ego-Centric Perspective'.

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