scholarly journals How to re-enchant workplaces and organizations? An introduction to the special issue

2022 ◽  
pp. 234094442110702
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Beltrán Martín ◽  
Alma Mª Rodríguez Sánchez ◽  
Despoina Xanthopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Jel Classification ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Internal Process

Enchanting work is a polysemic term that can account for multiple interpretations. It can be defined as a feeling of being connected in an affirmative way to existence. In organizational terms, enchanted workplaces are places of wonder that allow people to be active agents, who can impact on their environment, find meaning in their work, and flourish. In this context, enchantment has been operationalized in organizational and managerial literature in a variety of ways, including being resourceful, happy, resilient, passionate, motivated, or healthy at work, among others. The main purpose of this special issue was to highlight those elements that may promote enchanting work environments, and the processes through which (re-)enchantment may be achieved. Also, we were interested in understanding re-enchantment as an internal process. JEL CLASSIFICATION: M50

scholarly journals Special Issue: Accident Analysis and Prevention: Experimental and Numerical Approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 508
Author(s):  
Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa ◽  
Mariusz Ptak
Keyword(s):  
Work Environments ◽  
Accident Analysis ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Numerical Approaches

Accidents are a daily occurrence in our lives, in many different activities and scenarios, from sports to traffic, from home to work environments, from non-intentional to criminal offences [...]

scholarly journals HRM and workplace innovations: formulating research questions

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 1216-1227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg J. Bamber ◽  
Timothy Bartram ◽  
Pauline Stanton
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the roles of human resource management (HRM) specialists in the contemplation and implementation of innovation in employing organisations and workplaces. Design/methodology/approach The authors review some of the literature and practice in this field as well as 11 other articles that are included in this special issue. Findings The authors propose six research questions. First, are HRM specialists analysing relevant trends and their implications for the future of work and the workforce? Second, are HRM specialists enabling employing organisations to identify and enable innovative ideas? Third, to what extent are HRM specialists leading partnership arrangements with organised labour? Fourth, what is the role of HRM specialists in creating inclusive work environments? Fifth, how should HRM specialists change to foster enterprise performance, intrapreneurship, agility, creativity and innovation? Sixth, to what extent is there an HRM function for line managers in coordination with HRM specialists in engendering innovation around “change agent” roles? Originality/value The authors argue that HRM specialists should embrace and enable innovation. The authors challenge HRM specialists to consider how they can contribute to facilitating innovation. The paper proposes further research on HRM and range of associated stakeholders who, together, have responsibility for innovating in the design and delivery of HRM to enrich our knowledge of HRM and workplace innovations.

Team adaptation and the changing nature of work: Lessons from practice, evidence from research, and challenges for the road ahead

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-526
Author(s):  
Ramon Rico ◽  
Cristina Gibson ◽  
Miriam Sanchez-Manzanares ◽  
Mark A. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Complex Environments ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Road ◽  
Team Adaptation ◽  
Theoretical Reasoning

As the fabric of modern organizations, teams provide capacity to handle the ongoing adaptation demanded by contexts that characterize the future of work. While scholars have studied how team composition and structural characteristics facilitate team adaptation, both research and practice will benefit from also explicating the process of adapting—how a team’s active coping determines team adaptation over time. To move in this direction, we integrate perspectives on team adaptation which emphasize how teams understand complex environments and combine coordination processes to reach adaptive outcomes. This clarifies when, why, and how teams adapt, yielding performance benefits for organizations. Our goal is to offer evidence-based insights and theoretical reasoning to foster future research explaining the team adaptation–performance connection in current complex and changing work environments. JEL classification: L2

scholarly journals Metaphorical Analysis of Discourse on Early Saudi Attempts to Include Women in Unconventional Work Environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-09
Author(s):  
Shrouq Al Maghlouth
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Saudi Women ◽  
Eclectic Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
Metaphorical Analysis

Objective - This paper examines empirically the discourse on social change as represented in gender-related posts on English blogs written by Saudi bloggers. Slightly more than a decade ago, Saudi women were allowed and encouraged by the government to work in unconventional work environments (outside the fields of education and health care); this stirred controversy across the country. Methodology/Technique – This analysis is based on an understanding of discourse as both shaping and being shaped by social and cognitive contexts. In so doing, it approaches the data from a socio-cognitive perspective with a focus on the mental models underlying the discursive representations at hand. The adopted methodology is based on metaphor analysis due to the inherently cognitive nature of metaphors. Consequently, an eclectic approach combining insights from conceptual metaphor theory and critical theory analysis is used. Finding – Data analysis reveals two main findings. First, change is constructed cognitively as challenging and demanding for both women aspiring to work in unconventional professions and their supporters on authoritative and non-authoritative levels. This, however, clashes with the second finding, as in these blogs women are metaphorically constructed in an objectifying and victimizing manner. Novelty – Such a mismatch calls for a careful examination of some gender constraining cognitive constructions as they are, surprisingly, constructed and reproduced even within discourse attempting to empower women. Type of Paper: Empirical. JEL Classification: M14, Q56 Keywords: Social Change; Critical Discourse Analysis; Women’s Empowerment; Metaphor Analysis Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Maghlouth, S.A. (2021). Metaphorical Analysis of Discourse on Early Saudi Attempts to Include Women in Unconventional Work Environments, GATR Global J. Bus. Soc. Sci. Review, 9(1): 01 – 09. https://doi.org/10.35609/gjbssr.2021.9.1(1)

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