Brave New Workplace
Designing Productive, Healthy, and Safe Organizations
Published on 13. March 2023
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-19-064810-7 (ISBN)
Description
After a period of tremendous upheaval, it is necessary for organizations to transform alongside their employees and welcome new ways of working. While it is impossible to predict which changes will be successful, it is crucial for leaders to now ask: what should work look like to achieve productive, healthy, and safe organizations?
In Brave New Workplace, Julian Barling argues that we should focus on creating environments in which employees can flourish, rather than relying on the resiliency of workers to withstand difficult working conditions. Synthesizing centuries of research from scholars such as Abraham Maslow, Fred Herzberg, and Richard Hackman, among others, Barling identifies seven elements that are key to building an exceptional workplace: high quality leadership, autonomy, belonging, fairness, growth, meaning, and safety. Throughout the book, chapters touch on pressing issues affecting today's organizations such as working through crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of gender differences on people's experiences in the workplace. Barling illustrates that small changes make a big difference in the long term--perhaps especially during the most trying times--and that effective, evidenced-based interventions are needed to achieve productive, healthy, and safe, work.
In Brave New Workplace, Julian Barling argues that we should focus on creating environments in which employees can flourish, rather than relying on the resiliency of workers to withstand difficult working conditions. Synthesizing centuries of research from scholars such as Abraham Maslow, Fred Herzberg, and Richard Hackman, among others, Barling identifies seven elements that are key to building an exceptional workplace: high quality leadership, autonomy, belonging, fairness, growth, meaning, and safety. Throughout the book, chapters touch on pressing issues affecting today's organizations such as working through crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of gender differences on people's experiences in the workplace. Barling illustrates that small changes make a big difference in the long term--perhaps especially during the most trying times--and that effective, evidenced-based interventions are needed to achieve productive, healthy, and safe, work.
Reviews / Votes
In his book, Brave New Workplace: Designing Productive, Healthy, and Safe Organizations, the professor of organizational behaviour argues we should focus on creating environments in which employees can flourish, rather than relying on the resiliency of workers to withstand difficult working conditions. * Linda White, Toronto Sun * The book is an important contribution to the organizational science literature and should prove to be especially valuable to "real world" professionals seeking to fabricate all-around better places to work. * Joseph J. Hurrell Jr., Occupational Health Science * His book provides insights into the world of work, and Barling's expertise in writing makes it a great resource for individuals and organizations seeking guidance on reforming and advancing their lives and organizations. * Choice * The book is an important contribution to the organizational science literature and should prove to be especially valuable to "real world" professionals seeking to fabricate all-around better places to work. * Joseph K. Hurrell Jr, Occupational Health Science * The book is an important contribution to the organizational science literature and should prove to be especially valuable to "real world" professionals seeking to fabricate all-around better places to work. * Occupational Health Science *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 163 mm
Width: 244 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-064810-7 (9780190648107)
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E-Book
01/2023
OUP eBook
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E-Book
01/2023
OUP eBook
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Person
Julian Barling is the Distinguished University Professor at Queen's University, and Borden Chair of Leadership in the Smith School of Business. Dr. Barling has received numerous awards for research and teaching, such as the National Post Leaders in Business Education Award in 2001 and Queen's University's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision in 2008. Dr. Barling has written a number of books, including The Science of Leadership. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2002, and is a fellow of several other international research societies.
Content
Chapter 1: Brave New Workplace
Chapter 2: Leadership
Chapter 3: Autonomy
Chapter 4: Belonging
Chapter 5: Fairness
Chapter 6: Growth
Chapter 7: Meaning
Chapter 8: Safety
Chapter 9: Toward Healthy, Safe and Productive Workplaces
References
Chapter 2: Leadership
Chapter 3: Autonomy
Chapter 4: Belonging
Chapter 5: Fairness
Chapter 6: Growth
Chapter 7: Meaning
Chapter 8: Safety
Chapter 9: Toward Healthy, Safe and Productive Workplaces
References