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
About the Authors vii
Foreword by Cary L. Cooper ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 The New Work 1
The new inequality 4
New markets and new structures 7
The new work life 13
What is so new about “The New Work”? 16
The new and the old work 18
The purpose and structure of this book 22
2 The New Rules of Work: On Flexible Work and How to Manage It 25
Flexible work 29
Flexibility through empowerment 35
Flexibility through substitution 48
Separate paths? 60
3 The New Work Life and the Dimensions of Knowledge 69
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