Professor Sharon Parker joined other international speakers in China this week to give a keynote presentation on how leaders can enhance the proactivity of their workforce. She presented at the 3rd Annual Organizational Behaviour / Human Resources Symposium hosted by the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai. Photo: Welcome Address from Weijiong Zhang, Vice President and Co-Dean, CEIBS Sharon described how leaders can foster employees' proactive motivat

This weekend, one of the Centre Post Docs and a holidaying Dutch Scholar, Professor Maria Tims, took time out to explore the underground tunnels at Fremantle Prison. We learned how the tunnels were excavated from Limestone by prisoners in the 1800s, to provide water to Fremantle. Prisoners were forced to 'work' underground for long hours every day excavating tunnels. They had no shoes or safety equipment, and had to wade through water which was sometimes up to their neck. It

One of the overarching research questions that we are trying to pursue here, at the Centre for Transformative Work Design is “Why poorly designed jobs continue to be prevalent, despite all the strong evidence we have about their negative outcomes for both employees and organisations?” A recent opinion piece in New York Times hints towards one possible answer by highlighting the rebranding of poorly balanced work as a desirable lifestyle choice in certain industries. The artic