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    4 Insights from Work Design for Your Self-Managing Organizational Structure
    • Aug 27, 2017

    4 Insights from Work Design for Your Self-Managing Organizational Structure

    If you're an employee, CEO, researcher, or consultant, here are some insights for you about how to be 1) reliable and 2) adaptive in your...
    Have the jobs of the future been invented yet?
    • Aug 20, 2017

    Have the jobs of the future been invented yet?

    21st of August 2017 From the BBC World Service, More or Less May 30th 2017 Are we prepared for the future of work? This radio show...
    Autonomy: A small saving grace amidst the pressures of gig economy work
    • Aug 20, 2017

    Autonomy: A small saving grace amidst the pressures of gig economy work

    Our colleagues at UWA, Caleb Goods, Alex Veen, and Tom Barratt, published some early findings from their research on food delivery...
    1 in 4 Australians take a sick day a month due to bad sleep. How can work design change this?
    • Aug 14, 2017

    1 in 4 Australians take a sick day a month due to bad sleep. How can work design change this?

    From the Sleep Health Foundation, July 2017 Sick leave costs Australian employers $32.5 billion every year. In a recent study, the Sleep...
    We can’t put a price on better work … or can we?
    • Aug 2, 2017

    We can’t put a price on better work … or can we?

    This is an older piece of news, but as we found ourselves talking about these trials during our centre research meeting last week, we...
    The Female Perspective on the Gig Economy
    • Jul 31, 2017

    The Female Perspective on the Gig Economy

    From Hyperwallet, Q1 2017 In Australia, the average female salary is 86% of that of the average male. However, according to a recent...
    Long working days can cause heart problems
    • Jul 19, 2017

    Long working days can cause heart problems

    From "The Guardian", July 14, 2017 According to a major study by a research team at University College, London, a long hours office...
    Good Work in the Media! The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices in the UK has been published!
    • Jul 11, 2017

    Good Work in the Media! The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices in the UK has been published!

    Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices The British government yesterday published a review considering the implications...
    • Jul 10, 2017

    Shocking Job Characteristics for Young Women Working as Bartenders in a Mining Town

    When people talk about Western Australia (WA), they often mention the importance of the mining industry for the region, particularly how...
    More on Uber's incentives to keep drivers working Uber-long hours: potential safety hazards and
    • Jun 26, 2017

    More on Uber's incentives to keep drivers working Uber-long hours: potential safety hazards and

    According to NPR, Uber's variable pay rates to drivers create uncertainty in drivers about whether or not they'll meet their earning...
    Compassion at work: Job quality matters
    • Jun 24, 2017

    Compassion at work: Job quality matters

    This article explores the key role of empathy and compassion in future work. Importantly from the perspective of our centre, the author...
    The dark side of gig work: A work design perspective on flexible work.
    • Jun 21, 2017

    The dark side of gig work: A work design perspective on flexible work.

    From The Conversation, June 19, 2017 An increasing number of part-time workers are looking towards rideshare services such as Uber, or...
    Work design is the new black: Or is it orange?
    • Jun 12, 2017

    Work design is the new black: Or is it orange?

    In Australia, winter season is often Netflix season - that is, why we were happy when we saw that (since June 9) the new season of...
    Digging in the past, to look in the future: What impact had the "spreadsheet" on modern wo
    • Jun 11, 2017

    Digging in the past, to look in the future: What impact had the "spreadsheet" on modern wo

    We recently came across this podcast episode around the impact of "spreadsheets" (episode 606, a rerun from 2015) that caught our...
    The Costs of Loneliness at Work
    • Jun 8, 2017

    The Costs of Loneliness at Work

    From the Financial Times, June 8, 2017 A recent article in Financial Times, authored by Emma Jacobs, discusses about the problem of...
    Mental Health of Australian Soldiers
    • Jun 6, 2017

    Mental Health of Australian Soldiers

    From ABC Online, May 19, 2017 Life in the army could be very tough. To perform their duties, soldiers always have to endure incredible...
    An Online Tool to Gauge Work Design
    • May 28, 2017

    An Online Tool to Gauge Work Design

    From Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, May 1, 2017 Earlier this month, Dina Gerdeman, senior writer for Harvard Business School...
    Stop Visual "Noise" from Ruining Your Work
    • May 22, 2017

    Stop Visual "Noise" from Ruining Your Work

    From the Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2017 Why you can't concentrate at your work? Well, there must be quite a range of factors, either...
    AI and job losses – “Don’t buy into the hype or the fear”
    • May 16, 2017

    AI and job losses – “Don’t buy into the hype or the fear”

    From ABC’s RN Breakfast, May 17, 2017 Experts forecast that within the next ten to fifteen years, more than 40 per cent of Australian...
    Doctors are Human Too
    • Apr 25, 2017

    Doctors are Human Too

    From "The New York Times", April 21, 2017 Following a recent spate of suicides by young doctors in New South Wales, a young Sydney...
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