Job and Work Design: Organizing Work to Promote Well-Being and Effectiveness

This book provides an extensive look at both the history and current use of job design in organizations. The authors stress that the environment in which organizations exist today is substantially different from that in which job design theory evolved. Numerous examples of job design in organizations are provided and an emphasis is placed on the diverse options available when designing jobs. Overall this book adequately portrays the current state of job design theory in organizations.