Passive addiction, or, Why we hate work : an investigation of problems in organizational communication / Xin-An Lucian Lu and Matthew C. Ramsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lu, Xin-An Lucian.

Contributor:

Ramsey, Matthew C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Job satisfaction.

Communication in organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work examines various organizational problems that contribute to the phenomenon of passive addiction. Future technological and economic changes may lead to the emergence of active addiction, a state of work that is blended with life and is actively embraced by the worker with a spirit of creativity and innovation.

Contents:

PASSIVE ADDICTION OR WHY WE HATE WORK; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One Passive Addiction: Symptom of a Deep and Prevalent Organizational Problem; Defining Passive Addiction; Illustrating Passive Addiction; Causality of Passive Addiction; Cost of Passive Addiction; Summary; References; Chapter Two The Dichotomization of Work and Life; Why and How We Identify with Organizations; The Paradox of Work and Life; Finding Balance; Summary; References; Chapter Three The Bad Economics of the Contemporary System of Evaluation; Prevalence of Evaluation; Justification of Evaluation

Lack of Study on the Impact of Evaluation on Employee MotivationThe Logic of Numbers; Competition, False Scarcity, and Motivation; Waste Due to Invalid or Pro Forma Evaluation; Inequity in Certain Evaluation; Summary; References; Chapter Four The Divorce Between Purpose and Action; Why Purpose; Illustrations and Causality of the Divorce between Purpose and Action; Cost of the Divorce between Action and Purpose; Summary; References; Chapter Five The Paradox Between Extrinsic Order and Intrinsic Chaos; The Search for Order; The Function of Order; Organizational Mechanisms for Order

A Classification of Different Types of OrderChaos Latent in Phenomenal Order; Noumenal Order in Phenomenal Chaos; Summary; References; Chapter Six Crisis of Credibility; Defining Credibility; Employee Credibility; Organizational Credibility; Summary; References; Chapter Seven Leadership or Management; Leadership versus Management; Orientations of Management; Management and Passive Addiction; Summary; References; Chapter Eight Active Addiction: Envisioning the Future of Work; Defining Active Addiction; Work in its Natural State; From Competition to Innovation and Personal Growth

From Efficiency to EffectivenessThe Blending Between Work and Life; Summary; References; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7618-6164-5

OCLC:

852759311