ABSTRACT

New Ways of Organizing Work offers a broader understanding of changes to the way work is organized and the implications for relevant stakeholders. It brings together contributions from a well established group of international scholars to examine the nature and consequences of new ways of working. The book draws on studies of a variety of new forms of work, involving a diverse range of employees and drawing on experiences in a variety of countries. It includes three main empirical sections. The first focuses on different forms of work and working arrangements, stimulated by the use of technology, increased competitive pressure and media portrayal of work and working. In contrast to much other work in the field, a strong theme of this book is individuals’ experiences of new ways of working. The second empirical section examines this theme with a specific focus on remote workers and their responses to new ways of working. Exploring contemporary trends towards increasing use of global teams, the third section examines the implications of distributed teams and the challenges for managing performance and knowledge transfer.

chapter |14 pages

Paradoxical Consequences of the Use of Blackberrys

An Application of the Job Demand–Control–Support Model 1

chapter |16 pages

Temporary Work and Temporary Work Agencies in Australia

Going from Bad to Worse?

chapter |16 pages

Women Doing Their Own Thing

Our Picture of Modern Women at Work?

chapter |16 pages

Flexible Work, Flexible Selves?

The Impact of Changing Work Practices on Identity

chapter |16 pages

New Working Practices

Identity, Agency and the Emotional Experience of Remote Working

chapter |14 pages

Flexwork in Canada

Coping with Dis-Ease?

chapter |14 pages

Understanding Processes of Individual Resistance to New Working Practices

The Case of Deciding Not to Embrace Telework

chapter |18 pages

Telecommuters

Creative or Exhausted Workers? A Study into the Conditions Under Which Telecommuters Experience Flow and Exhaustion

chapter |19 pages

Innovation in Distributed Teams

The Duality of Connectivity Norms and Human Agency