Progressing Performance and Well-being at Work: Travelling the Loop (New Horizons in Management series)

Through concise investigations into key questions such as how we can develop meaningful work experiences and how we can create an enabling work setting, Jaap Paauwe aids readers’ understanding of how optimal workplace commitment and organizational performance may be achieved.

Progressing Performance and Well-being at Work provides an indispensable overview of highly applicable organization and Human Resource Management theories, such as goal setting theory, job demands resources theory and psychological contract theory. Chapters clearly indicate how such theories may be put into practice, detailing how and why they may boost commitment and motivation in often fast-paced and challenging workplaces. Ultimately, this essential book showcases proven methods with which managers can improve employee well-being.

This timely book will be highly engaging for practitioners and managers who are seeking to boost company well-being and performance. An intriguing contribution to the field of HR, it will additionally benefit students and researchers studying business, occupational psychology and strategic management.

Jaap Paauwe, Professor of Organization and Human Resource Management, Department of Human Resource Studies, Tilburg University, the Netherlands