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Creating Sustainable
Work Systems
Since the first edition of this book was published, the subject of sustainability
has risen to the forefront of thinking in almost every subject within business
and management. Tackling the latest developments and integrating practical
perspectives with rigorous research, this new edition sheds light on a vital aspect
of working life.
Current trends reveal that increasing intensity at work has major consequences
at individual, organizational and societal levels. Sustainability in work systems
thus requires a multi-stakeholder approach, emphasizing a value-based choice to
promote the concurrent development of various resources in the work system.
This sustainability grows from intertwined individual and collective learning
processes taking place within and anizations in collaboration.
In exploring the development of sustainable work systems, this book analyzes
these problems, and provides the basis for designing and implementing ‘sustainable
work systems’ based on the idea of regeneration and the development of human
and social resources. The authors, who are leading researchers and practitioners
from around the world, consider the existing possibilities and emerging solutions
and explore alternatives to intensive work systems.
Peter Docherty is a Faculty Member of the Institute for Management for
Innovation and Technology, Sweden. He is also Senior Research Fellow at the
Department of Quality Sciences at the Chalmers University of Technology,
Gothenburg and a Senior Researcher at ATK Arbetsliv AB, Stockholm.
Mari Kira is an Academy Research Fellow at the Helsinki University of
Technology, Finland.
. (Rami) Shani is Professor and Chair of Management at California Poly-
technic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA and Research Professor at the
School of Management, Politechnico di Milano, Italy.
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