Flexible Work

Designing our Healthier Future Lives

Sarah H. Norgate, Cary L. Cooper (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

250 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-20845-5 (ISBN)

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This book examines flexible working from a psychological perspective and presents empirical research evidence to address what forms of flexible working there are and how they are evolving.

Flexible Work: Designing Our Healthier Future Lives examines flexible working through the lens of social science, in particular using psychological perspective to address not only what forms of flexible working there are and how they are evolving but also their prospect in the future of work. Bringing together views from thought-leaders and underpinned by research evidence, this book addresses two of the most fundamental business challenges for large and medium organisations – mental health and productivity – calling for the bridging of science and policy to design flexible working for our future healthier lives.

Growing from these foundations, this book explains the latest landscape in flexible working, looking at employee psychological health and productivity, including showing up for work sick. Perspectives are provided from around the world on leadership, line management, ‘over attachment’ with technology, commuting, skill-based inequality and control over working time. Readers are offered insights into the relevance of flexible working for a diverse workforce – invisible disabilities, disabilities, older workers and blended families. Throughout, the book offers suggestions for shaping future policy, practice and research.

Each chapter concludes with recommendations, making this essential reading for students, academics, human resource practitioners, policy-influencers, policymakers and professionals interested in flexible work.

Dr Sarah H. Norgate was formerly a Reader in Applied Developmental Psychology at the University of Salford, UK, and is a popular science author. Since completing her PhD at the University of Warwick, UK, she has widely published in both academic and practitioner journals and has enjoyed collaborating with diverse stakeholders on award-winning research. Sarah is also a fellow for life with the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Sir Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, President of the CIPD and Co-Chair of the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work.

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Contributors

PART I – Introduction

Designing our Healthier Future Lives: Bridging Science and Policy for Flexible Work: The Pervasion of 'cog in the wheel' workplaces across time
Sarah H. Norgate & Cary L. Cooper

A Flexible Working Future – The Opportunities and Challenges
Peter Cheese

PART II – The Impact of Flexible Working on Health and Productivity

Employees’ Psychological Health and The Impact of Flexible Working Arrangements
Carolyn Timms, Paula Brough & Xi Wen (Carys) Chan

Workplace Flexibility Increases Productivity Throughout Presenteeism: A Conceptual Framework
Sara L. Lopes & Aristides I. Ferreira

Flexible Working and Quality of Life: Compatible?
Sarah Jackson & Jonathan Swan

PART III – What Makes Flexible Working Work?

Leadership in Flexible Work Systems
Anika Cloutier & Julian Barling

Line Managers and Flexible Working
Sharon Clarke

The Balanced Communications Diet for Business: Principles for Working Smarter, Not Harder in A Connected World
Nicola J. Millard

The Impact of The Commute on Our Mental Health and Physical Health Within the Context of Flexible and Non-Flexible Working
Anna Mary Cooper-Ryan, Charlotte Stonier & Abolanle Gbadamosi

Flexible Working and Skill-Biased Inequality: Causes and Consequences
Egidio Riva & Marcello Russo

Control Over Working Time - A Twenty-First-Century Issue
Kate Bell

PART IV – Flexible Working for Particular Groups of Workers

Supporting Employees with Invisible Disabilities via Flexible Work
Alexandra Duval, Duygu Gulseren & E. Kevin Kelloway

Workers with Disabilities: The Role of Flexible Employment Schemes
Eleftherios Giovanis & Oznur Ozdamar

Lone Parents and Blended Families: Advocating Flexible Working to Support Families in Transition
Anneke Schaefer, Caroline Gatrell & Laura Radcliffe

Employee FWA Needs and Requests and Employer Provisions across Age Groups
Bernice Kotey & Stuart Wark

Flexible Working for Older Workers

Carol Atkinson

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	20.04.2020
Reihe/Serie	Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	503 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
ISBN-10	0-367-20845-8 / 0367208458
ISBN-13	978-0-367-20845-5 / 9780367208455
Zustand	Neuware