Job Crafting: (Management on the Cutting Edge)
About this audiobook
Job Crafting is a rigorous, modern take on job redesign that empowers workers to transform the jobs they have into the ones they want. Through the process of job crafting, a worker proactively alters their job to emphasize tasks that better align with their skills or that allow opportunities to learn new skills, with the help of executives who are willing to transform their organizations into supportive work environments. Offering practical guidance grounded in empirical evidence, British researcher Benjamin Laker and coauthors Lebene Soga, Yemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun, and Adeyinka Adewale describe the steps necessary for businesses and organizations to facilitate that support.
Rather than passively receive job titles and role descriptions, job crafters harness meaning at work through three primary avenues:
- exercising greater control over tasks,
- determining the way tasks are perceived, and
- shaping social context.
About the author
Benjamin Laker is a leadership professor at Henley Business School, University of Reading who undertakes research and delivers keynote speeches on the societal impact of leadership—often influencing government policies and law—to develop new ways for organizations to operate in a socially responsible manner. He is best known for popularizing the concept of Meeting-Free Days, often called "No-Meeting Days" or more recently "Meeting-Free Fridays", which are becoming increasingly popular in workplaces globally—including Facebook, Microsoft, SAP and Shopify—as a way to improve employee well-being and productivity. Find out more at benjamin.laker.co.uk
Lebene Richmond Soga is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management Practice at Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University, a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and a multi-award-winning academic. His research interests include technology-mediated practices, entrepreneurship ecosystems and leadership. He publishes in high-ranking academic journals and has delivered his insights to government agencies as well as managers at a Fortune-200 organisation. His research is featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Forbes, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Global and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, among others.
Dr Adeyinka Adewale is an Associate Professor of Leadership Ethics and Entrepreneurship and Director of Studies in the department of Leadership Organisations and Behaviour at the Henley Business School. He is an award winning researcher, keynote speaker and global leadership development consultant whose body of work continues to impact organisations, societies and nations around the world. He is published in both academic and practitioner outlets on themes around Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Ethics. Adeyinka is a member of global think-tanks and also continues to serve on the board of exciting start-ups and charities. He has a strong passion to leverage his research and knowledge for building the people that will build enterprises that will change the world for better.
