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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.
This cutting-edge Research Agenda takes a hard look at workplace innovation practices that are vital for dealing with the global disruptive changes we currently face. It unpacks the ways in which organisations can become more sustainable, not only for value creation and profitability but also for sustainable employability and employee skill development.
Exploring the ways in which workplace innovation provided necessary safeguards to deal with technological and environmental change, chapters provide a state-of-the art discussion of the topic in light of digital disruption and the Green Revolution. These areas of concern do not beg for one overall solution but for more resilient organisations in general. Bringing together the most renowned scholars in the field of workplace innovation from Europe, Australia and Asia, this Research Agenda looks at how we can learn to tackle these issues on an international level.
With invaluable insight into workplace innovation spanning companies and individuals, nations and regions this Research Agenda explores the results of workplace innovation practices in very different global contexts. It will be of great value to researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, consultants and students of workplaces, organisations, human behaviour and digital transitions.
Trade Review‘Digital disruption is widespread across our economies and societies. Bringing together an array of highly qualified contributors, this timely book contains important theory, research and analysis on this challenging phenomenon. It includes valuable guidance on how to engage with digital transformation through the mutually beneficial process of workplace innovation.’ -- Peter Boxall, University of Auckland, New Zealand
‘The organization of work and the workplace is under stress. COVID-19 is one example but the longstanding pressure of technological change is another as are labor supply shocks flowing from demographics. How are organizations adapting? What constitutes best practice? What are the consequences of different strategies for the organization and for the workforce? These are urgent questions and via thoughtful comparative chapters A Research Agenda for Workplace Innovation
provides answers. This is a timely and much needed contribution.’ -- Paul Osterman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, US
‘An insightful and fascinating book that will reshape the way you approach innovation in this challenging and disruptive era of unprecedented digital transformation. This book will provide you with tools and strategies to successfully navigate workplace innovation transition and manage the impacts of technology to support and empower your future workforce…read this book and learn from the best!’ -- Al Jawhari, Innovate Inn Pty Ltd, Australia
‘As the world moves to ever greater integration of technology with economic, social, and environmental issues, this work sets the scene for transitioning the workplace through technology adoption. This is a powerful and timely edition with logically organised parts and international cases. It will prove to be a valuable resource for managers and scholars alike.’ -- Allan O’Connor, University of South Australia
‘This book is timely published when digital technologies are transforming work across the globe. It is an invaluable contribution to how inclusively to combine human labour and disruptive technologies by analyzing various country experiences of workplace innovation in the context of new technologies and COVID-19.’ -- Kiu Sik Bae, formerly president of Korea Labour Institute, current standing member of Korean Economic, Social and Labour Council
‘As with every previous wave of change, the information revolution and the green transition are bound to transform both consumption and work patterns. This book takes a deep look at the workplace transformation and how to go about doing it well and studying it. Important, useful, and timely for academics, managers, and workers.’ -- Carlota Perez, Author of Technological Revolutions and financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages; University College London, University of Sussex, UK and TalTech, Estonia
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword xix 1 An Introduction to the Research Agenda for Workplace Innovation 1 Steven Dhondt, Adela J. McMurray and Peter R.A. Oeij PART I TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANISATION: NEW TECHNOLOGY AS A DRIVER FOR CHANGE IN THE ORGANISATION, FOR ITS WORK PROCESSES AND THE WORK OF EMPLOYEES 2 Workplace innovation at the digital frontier 15 Steven Dhondt, Peter R.A. Oeij and Gerben Hulsegge 3 Analysing production disturbances for aligning work organisation, human resource management, and digital transformation 35 Ezra Dessers, Monique Ramioul, Yennef Vereycken, Michiel Bal, Ine Smits and Geert Van Hootegem 4 Augmented telework with avatar technology: impact on workplace and required actions 51 Kentaro Watanabe 5 The impact of technology on work: enabling workplace innovation by technological and organisational choice 67 Peter R.A. Oeij, Gerben Hulsegge and Wouter van der Torre 6 Workplace innovation in the digital era: a role for SMART work design 91 Sharon Kaye Parker and Alexandra A. Boeing 7 How can the Korean workplace become conducive to workplace innovation? Learning from a case study of a manufacturing firm 113 Se Ri No and Kyetaik Oh 8 Examining workplace innovation as a driver for innovation in the public sector: evidence from Australia 129 Mahmoud Moussa and Adela McMurray PART II INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR CONTRIBUTING TO PERFORMANCE GOALS: WORKPLACE ENGAGEMENT TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS AND THE QUALITY OF WORK 9 The determination of a psychological workplace innovation construct 147 Adela J. McMurray and Don Scott 10 Job crafting and work engagement among remote workers in Italy: Lessons for workplace innovation 167 Arianna Costantini and Serena Rubini 11 Ethical leadership as workplace innovation and enabler for employee commitment and innovative work behaviours in Vietnam 183 Michael K. Muchiri, Hiep Cong Pham, Mathews Nkhoma and Adela J. McMurray PART III CONVERGENCE, POLICY ABOUT WORKPLACE INNOVATION, AND THE AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE 12 A converging or diverging research field? 201 Peter R.A. Oeij, Steven Dhondt and Adela J. McMurray 13 Towards research-based policy and practice of workplace innovation in Europe 255 Frank D. Pot, Tuomo Alasoini, Peter Totterdill and Claudio Zettel 14 Developing a scientific and policy research agenda for workplace innovation: an invitation for conversation and collaboration 273 Peter R.A. Oeij, Steven Dhondt and Adela J. McMurray Index
