Designing work that works in the contemporary world: Future directions for job design research

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Designing work that works in the contemporary world: Future directions for job design research

Much research shows that good work design has positive outcomes for individuals and organisations. After a brief review of two popular work design perspectives (designing motivating work; designing safe and healthy work), the primary goal of this chapter is to identify some important future research...

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Main Authors:	Parker, Sharon, Zhang, F.
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69787

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