THE THEME
THE THEME

Summary/Abstract: The organizing nature and quality of jobs drive behavior in organizations and make a difference in the lives of working individuals. Job design – the content and organization of one’s work tasks, activities, relationships, and responsibilities (Parker, 2014) – is either directly or indirectly, positively or negatively related to various personal, work, and organizational outcomes. It represents a useful human resource management tool that has drawn much attention from psychologists, economists and sociologists over the last hundred years (e.g., Oldham & Fried, 2016; Parker, Morgeson, & Johns, 2017). While questions of inquiry might remain the same across generations of researchers (i.e. how to make people, jobs and organizations more effective), the uncertain business environment, technological developments and competitive requirements are dramatically changing how, where, and when work is done.

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