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The Plight of Older Workers : Labor Market Experience after Plant Closure in the Swiss Manufacturing Sector
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ISBN: 3319397524 3319397540 Year: 2016 Publisher: Cham Springer Nature

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This open access book examines the economic, social, and psychological consequences of manufacturing plant closure at the individual level. Using an original data set of over 1,200 workers from Switzerland who lost their manufacturing jobs after the financial crisis of 2008, the author analyzes the determinants of reemployment, the sector of reemployment, and the change in wages over a two year period. In addition, coverage also explores how plant closure affects the social relationship between a displaced worker and his or her significant other, which includes a discussion of the coping strategies on the household level as well as how changes in a worker's social and occupational life affects overall satisfaction. Readers will discover that the burden of structural change disproportionately falls on the shoulders of workers aged 55 and older who often face substantial barriers when trying to return to employment. A larger portion of this group experience long-term unemployment and those who do manage to find a new job often suffer disproportionate wage loss. This result is intriguing in the context of the current demographic change and contradicts the common assumption that young and low-qualified individuals are at greatest risk of unemployment. Advanced age—and not low education—appears to be the primary obstacle to workers finding job satisfaction after being laid off because of market conditions. .


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Promoting Social Dialogue in European Organizations : Human Resources Management and Constructive Conflict Management
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ISBN: 9783319086057 3319086049 9783319086040 3319086057 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cham Springer Nature

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This volume focuses on describing the social dialogue system in organizations from an Human Resources Management perspective. Based on the NEIRE model for industrial relations, key factors are determined contributing to creative social dialogue in European organizations. Actual data from surveys and interviews from more than 700 CEO and HR managers in eleven European countries give insights in the experiences with and expectations of employers of social dialogue. The volume offers a comprehensive introduction to the historical context and current situation in social dialogue in these countries. This context helps to understand the current major challenges in each country when it comes to a vital social dialogue. Using good practices from many organizations, this book offers an agenda for innovative and cooperative social dialogue in organizations.


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Knowledge Solutions : Tools, Methods, and Approaches to Drive Organizational Performance
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ISBN: 981100983X 9811009821 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cham Springer Nature

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This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. This book comprehensively covers topics in knowledge management and competence in strategy development, management techniques, collaboration mechanisms, knowledge sharing and learning, as well as knowledge capture and storage. Presented in accessible “chunks,” it includes more than 120 topics that are essential to high-performance organizations. The extensive use of quotes by respected experts juxtaposed with relevant research to counterpoint or lend weight to key concepts; “cheat sheets” that simplify access and reference to individual articles; as well as the grouping of many of these topics under recurrent themes make this book unique. In addition, it provides scalable tried-and-tested tools, method and approaches for improved organizational effectiveness. The research included is particularly useful to knowledge workers engaged in executive leadership; research, analysis and advice; and corporate management and administration. It is a valuable resource for those working in the public, private and third sectors, both in industrialized and developing countries.


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Knowledge and Institutions
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ISBN: 3319753274 3319753282 Year: 2018 Publisher: Cham Springer Nature

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This open access book bridges the disciplinary boundaries within the social sciences to explore the role of social institutions in shaping geographical contexts, and in creating new knowledge. It includes theorizations as well as original empirical case studies on the emergence, maintenance and change of institutions as well as on their constraining and enabling effects on innovation, entrepreneurship, art and cultural heritage, often at regional scales across Europe and North America. Rooted in the disciplines of management and organization studies, sociology, geography, political science, and economics the contributors all take comprehensive approaches to carve out the specific contextuality of institutions as well as their impact on societal outcomes. Not only does this book offer detailed insights into current debates in institutional theory, it also provides background for scholars, students, and professionals at the intersection between regional development, policy-making, and regulation.


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Mediation in Collective Labor Conflicts
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ISBN: 3319925318 331992530X 9783319925318 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cham Springer Nature

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This open access book opens up the black box of mediation in collective conflicts through the analyses and comparisons of various systems. Mediation and related third party interventions such as conciliation and facilitation are discussed as effective prevention and regulation tools for different types of collective labor conflicts. These interventions fit in a new developed five-phase model of collective conflicts in organizations, going from capacity building in latent conflicts, through conciliation, mediation and arbitration in escalating phases, to rebuilding of trust after hot conflicts. The authors promote understanding and discussion with regards to labor mediation systems, presenting comparative research on the perspectives of mediators and users of mediation. This book describes and analyses laws, regulations and practices of mediation in seventeen countries, with a relative strong emphasis on Europe. Part 1 presents theoretical frameworks on conciliation and mediation in collective labor conflicts. Part 2 presents regulations and practices in 12 European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Part 3 discusses mediation in these collective conflicts in Australia, China, India, South Africa and the USA. Part 4 offers conclusions and ways forward. This book offers analyses, good practices and developments for third party intervention in collective labor conflicts in global and local changing environments. This book is a must-read for policy makers, , social partners at different levels, as well as scholars and practitioners in industrial relations, human resources management and conflict management, particularly conciliators and mediators.


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Bedeutsame Momente im Coaching : Eine explorative Untersuchung zur Weiterentwicklung der Prozessforschung
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ISBN: 3658256877 3658256869 Year: 2019 Publisher: Wiesbaden Springer Nature

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Auf der Grundlage einer differenzierten Kritik an der aktuellen Coaching-Forschung wird in diesem Open-Access-Buch eine Landkarte für die künftige Ausrichtung der Coaching-Prozessforschung vorgestellt. Als weiteres Ergebnis seiner Arbeit stellt Robert Wegener ein methodisches Verfahren zur Untersuchung «bedeutsamer Momente» vor. Ziel des Verfahrens ist es, dem Gegenstand Coaching und insbesondere dessen dynamischem und komplexem Charakter in besonderer Weise Rechnung zu tragen. Ausgangspunkt dafür ist das theoretische Verständnis «bedeutsamer Momente» im Coaching, das Wegener mit einer eigenen Coaching-Definition und verschiedenen psychotherapiebezogenen Forschungsrichtungen herleitet und für die Entwicklung und Erprobung seines Forschungsdesigns konsequent verwendet. Dieses Buch bildet eine erste Grundlage für eine programmatisch angelegte Forschung über «bedeutsame Momente» im Coaching. Der Inhalt Grundlagen des Coachings Kritische Bilanzierung der aktuellen Coaching-Forschung Herleitung einer prozessorientierten Coaching-Forschungslandkarte Rekonstruktion der besonderen Charakteristika «bedeutsamer Momente» im Coaching Die Zielgruppen Wissenschaftler, Dozierende und Studierende der Psychologie, der Erziehungswissenschaften und der Sozialen Arbeit Coaches, Supervisoren und Berater Der Autor Dr. Robert Wegener ist Co-Leiter der Coaching Studies FHNW. An der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW lehrt und forscht er zu Coaching und ist Coach in eigener Praxis. Sofern nicht anderweitig angegeben, wird dieses Buch unter einer Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz veröffentlicht. Weitere Details zur Lizenz entnehmen Sie bitte der Lizenzinformation auf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de.


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Emotion and Proactivity at Work : Prospects and Dialogues
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ISBN: 1529212650 1529208300 Year: 2021 Publisher: Bristol Bristol University Press

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In this pioneering work, expert scholars offer new thinking on proactivity by examining how emotion can drive employees' proactivity in the workplace and how, in turn, that proactivity can shape one's emotional experiences. Of the five levels -- A multilevel model of emotions and proactivity -- The dynamic nature of the FLMEW -- The interactive nature of the FLMEW -- Future research -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Affective Events and Proactivity -- Affective events theory -- Affective events and proactive behaviour: overview of previous research -- Effects of Positive Versus Negative Work Events on Affect, Motivation, and Proactive Behaviour -- Effects of task versus interpersonal work events on affect, motivation, and proactive behaviour.


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Wertschöpfung hybrid gestalten : Geschäftsmodellentwicklung und Arbeitsgestaltung in der Digitalisierung.
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ISBN: 3662651300 3662651297 Year: 2023 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Nature

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In diesem Open-Access-Buch ist die Digitalisierung von Geschäftsmodellen anhand von Praxisbeispielen beschrieben. Dies umfasst einerseits die Entwicklung digitaler bzw. hybrider Geschäftsmodelle und andererseits die Gestaltung des Umsetzungsprozesses im Unternehmen. Dazu zählen Veränderungen an Strukturen der Aufbau- und Ablauforganisation ebenso wie an Zusammenarbeit, Führung und Kompetenzbedarf. Alle Vorgehensweisen und Lösungen sind anschaulich dargestellt. Damit verbundene Potenziale werden ebenso aufgezeigt wie kritische Erfolgsfaktoren. Der Herausgeber Das ifaa – Institut für angewandte Arbeitswissenschaft e. V. in Düsseldorf ist das Forschungsinstitut der Metall- und Elektroindustrie zur Gestaltung der Arbeitswelt. Das ifaa verknüpft Kompetenz in Arbeitswissenschaft und Betriebsorganisation mit Erfahrungen aus der betrieblichen Praxis. Das ifaa beteiligt sich an praxisrelevanten Forschungs- und Verbundprojekten und bereitet die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse für den Transfer in die Praxis auf. Es vermittelt Erkenntnisse der Forschung und hilft den Partnern vor Ort, die Erkenntnisse, Methoden und Konzepte in den Betrieben umzusetzen. Das ifaa unterstützt Verbände und Unternehmen auf den Gebieten Arbeitsgestaltung/Ergonomie, Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutz, Arbeitswelt der Zukunft, Arbeitszeitgestaltung, betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement, Digitalisierung/Industrie 4.0, Entgelt und Vergütung, Industrial Engineering, künstliche Intelligenz/lernende Systeme, Nachhaltigkeit, Planspiele, Produktions- und Unternehmensgestaltung, psychische Belastung am Arbeitsplatz. Das ifaa beteiligt sich an Diskussionen über arbeitswissenschaftliche und betriebsorganisatorische Fragen und Herausforderungen. Das gilt auch für Initiativen der Europäischen Union im Bereich der Arbeitssicherheit und des Gesundheitsschutzes mit ihren Auswirkungen auf die Unternehmen. Bei seinen Arbeiten bezieht das ifaa Veränderungen der Arbeitswelt ein, die auf demografische, gesellschaftliche, ökonomische und technologische Ursachen zurückzuführen sind.


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Human Flourishing : A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Neuroscience, Health, Organizations and Arts
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ISBN: 3031097866 3031097858 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham Springer Nature

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This open access book presents a novel multidisciplinary perspective on the importance of human flourishing. The study of the good life or Eudaimonia has been a central concern at least since Aristotelian times. This responds to the common experience that we all seek happiness. Today, we are immersed in a new paradoxical boom, where the pursuit of happiness seems to permeate everything (books, media, organizations, talks), but at the same time, it is nowhere, or at least very difficult to achieve. In fact, it is not easy to even find a consensus regarding the meaning of the word happiness. Seligman (2011), one of the fathers of the positive psychology, confirmed that his original view the meaning he referred to was close to that of Aristotle. But, he recently confessed that he now detests the word happiness, since it is overused and has become almost meaningless. The aim of this open access book is to shed new light on human flourishing through the lenses of neurosciences and health, organizations, and arts. The novelty of this book is to offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on the importance of human flourishing in our lives. The book will examine further how different initiatives, policies and practices create opportunities for generating human flourishing.


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Averting Disaster Before It Strikes : How to Make Sure Your Subordinates Warn You While There is Still Time to Act
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ISBN: 3031307720 3031307712 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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Some of the major industrial disasters could have been prevented. When the facts of what happened are established, their stories share a common thread: before things spiralled out of control, there were workers at the affected sites who knew that the situation was dangerous, and could become catastrophic unless immediate action was taken. But tragically, nobody dared to tell the decision-makers who could have authorized that action. With no idea of the risks they were taking, the people in charge continued as normal… and disaster struck. Because vital information about risks could not flow freely from the shop floor to the director’s office, the crucial decisions were not made in time. This observation has been documented in the following major technological accidents: Challenger space shuttle explosion (USA, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster (USSR, 1986); Deepwater Horizon oil spill (USA, 2010); Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant disaster (Japan, 2011); and numerous other industrial disasters. After accidents like these, losses and costs for dealing with the consequences are often hundreds — or even thousands — of times greater than the finances that would have been required to deal with the risks when they were first recognized. This handbook is about how to transform the way large critical infrastructure companies communicate about safety and technological risks. It aims to support senior managers to get the information they need from their subordinates concerning the risks they are facing, in order to prevent accidents before it is too late. The recommendations in this handbook are based on interviews with 100 executives at various levels, working in 65 critical infrastructure companies around the world, in power, oil and gas, metals, chemicals and petrochemicals, mining and other industries. The recommendations of these leaders were also tested in the pilot project, in an industrial company which is the world leader in its sector. More than 400 managers at various levels of the corporate hierarchy, and employees at several of the company’s industrial plants, took part in the project. This open access handbook is written for the owners, senior managers, and industrial safety directors of critical infrastructure companies. .

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