Book description
Drawing on more than a decade of inter-disciplinary research, this book
provides a comprehensive overview of the available theories, concepts,
data and research on new work organizations and the concept of 'work
without boundaries'.
- Explores a concept of work that is not restricted by traditional
organizational rules like regular office hours, a single workplace,
fixed procedures and limited responsibility
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the available theories,
concepts, data and research on new work organizations
- Examines the shift of power away from organizations to make
individuals accountable for their own employability and work
- Draws on over a decade of original research into 'work without
boundaries' in which the authors are key authorities
- Brings together organization theory and work psychology with
scholarship from related fields including sociology, social
psychology, cognition and psychobiology
Michael Allvin
is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at
Uppsala University and a licensed Psychologist.
Gunnar Aronsson is Professor of Work and Organizational
Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University.
Tom Hagström is Professor Emeritus of Education in the
Department of Education, Stockholm University and a licensed Psychologist.
Gunn Johansson is Professor Emeritus of Work Psychology in the
Department of Psychology, Stockholm University.
Ulf Lundberg is Professor of Biological Psychology in the
Department of Psychology at Stockholm University, and at the Centre
for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), affiliated with Stockholm
University and the Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
