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management revue – Socio-Economic Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Challenging Demands in the Modern Workplace)

1st Issue 2018
management revue – Socio-Economic Studies, Volume 29

Special Issue ‘Challenging Demands in the Modern Workplace’
Guest Editors: Sascha Ruhle, Johannes Siegrist, Stefan Süß, Eva-Ellen Weiß

Contents

Sascha Ruhle, Johannes Siegrist, Stefan Süß, Eva-Ellen Weiß
Editorial: Challenging Demands in the Modern Workplace

Sebastian Raetze, Silke Geithner, Gabriele Fassauer
Demands, Stressors, and Resources in Co-Configured Project Work: Case Study of a Construction Company

Karina Becker, Thomas Engel
Temporary Workforce Under Pressure: Poor Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) as a Dimension of Precarity?

Eva Brosch, Carmen Binnewies
A Diary Study on Predictors of the Work-life Interface:The Role of Time Pressure, Psychological Climate and Positive Affective States

Susanne Blazejewski, Eva-Maria Walker
Digitalization in Retail Work: Coping With Stress Through Job Crafting

Book Reviews
Dewe, Philip J. & Cooper, Cary L., Work Stress and Coping: Forces of Change and Challenge (by Ingo Klingenberg)

Korunka, Christian & Kubicek, Bettina (Eds): Job Demands in a Changing World of Work: Impact on Workers’ Health and Performance and Implications for Research and Practice (by Corinna Steidelmüller)

Cooper, Cary L. & Quick, James Campbell (Eds.): The Handbook of Stress and Health: A Guide to Research and Practice (by Eva-Ellen Weiß)

Call for Papers

What Makes a Job Good or Bad? Standards of Good Work Revisited
Submission deadline: 31 August 2018

Forthcoming Issues
Digital Working Life Continuation

Guest Editors: Mikael Ottosson, Wenzel Matiaske, Simon Fietze

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summer School, June 11-15, 2018, Aachen

Within the ERASMUS+ Knowledge Alliance, TACIT project – https://www.tacitproject.org) we are organising a PhD Summer School on June 11-15, 2018 at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. The summer school focuses on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Methods and will be a good mix of lectures, workshops and social activities.

The summer school is both for PhD and Master students, and will effectively give the participants a hands-on experience of a diversity of methods, that can provide them with new approaches to innovation and entrepreneurship.

Application deadline is May 1st! You need to include your CV and a short application describing your research interest, and why this summer school would be interesting for you to participate in.

Summer School Flyer

Management Akademie Weimar: Storytelling für die Wissenschaft (27.-28.07.2018)

“In einer demokratischen Gesellschaft ist eine bürgerorientierte Wissenschaftskommunikation (…) keine Zumutung. Eher schon wird durch sie jenes räsonierende Publikum realisiert, in dem Kant überhaupt das Medium der Aufklärung sah.” (S. 24, “Fundiert Forschen”, Springer Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2017)

Wissenschaftskommunikation ist das Zauberwort: wissenschaftliche Inhalte sollen nicht nur innerhalb eines Fachbereiches geteilt, sondern auch sachlich, interdisziplinär und offen reflektiert werden. Die Öffentlichkeit hat ein verstärktes Interesse an den Ergebnissen wissenschaftlicher Arbeit. Es steigt die Nachfrage nach allgemein verständlichen Inhalten. Wissenschaftler und Forscherinnen können sich nicht mehr nur auf ihre akademischen Leistungen verlassen. Um ihre Expertise Kooperationspartnern, Vorgesetzten, Geldgebern, potentiellen Kunden, Geschäftspartnern oder auch Investoren verständlich, klar und ansprechend zu präsentieren, benötigen sie mehr als ihre Fachkompetenz. Es geht um die richtige Formulierungen und die passende Visualisierung. Genau diese Kompetenz können Sie in diesem Workshop erlernen.

Zielgruppe: Dieser Workshop eignet sich für Forscherinnen und Wissenschaftler sowohl aus der universitären wie der industriellen Forschung und Entwicklung. Ein Hochschulabschluss wird vorausgesetzt.

Wann? Freitag, den 27.07.2018 ab 10:00 Uhr bis Samstag, den 28.07.2018 um 17:00 Uhr

Wo? Management Akademie Weimar (Villa Ingrid), Gutenbergstraße 1, 99423 Weimar

Teilnahmegebühr: 599,- EUR (netto; inkl. MwSt.: 712,81 EUR) bei Anmeldung bis 30.04.2018. Nach Ablauf der Early-Bird-Konditionen gilt der Normaltarif von 699,- EUR netto.

Weitere Infos und Anmeldung unter http://www.management-akademie-weimar.de/veranstaltungen-2/

Management Akademie Weimar: BarCamp zum kritischen Denken (08.-09.06.2018)

Kritisches Denken – wir wollen darüber diskutieren, offen und frei: Was ist kritisches Denken? Welchen gesellschaftlichen Stellenwert hat es? In unserem Alltag? Im Beruf? Im Bildungssystem? In der Wissenschaft? In der Wirtschaft? Das Wort „Kritik“ hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten einen eher negativen Beigeschmack erhalten. Kritik zu üben – sei diese nun konstruktiv oder gut gemeint – bedeutet, die Schwachpunkte und die negativen Aspekte aufzuzeigen. Aber „Kritik“ hat sowohl eine negative als auch eine positive Konnotation.

Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung, ein kritischer Diskurs oder eine Kritik im klassischen Sinne ist eine systematische, wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit einem Thema. Es bedeutet, dass wir Argumenten, Ideen, Positionen und wissenschaftlichen Belegen auseinandersetzen auf den Prüfstand stellen. Sie hinterfragen und untersuchen. Das ist nicht nur in der Wissenschaft wichtig. In Zeiten offener und freier Informationsverbreitung gewinnt die Fähigkeit zum kritischen Denken für Jedermann an Relevanz. Quellen und Informationen sollten geprüft und hinterfragt werden. Nicht jede Information ist zuverlässig. Wir sollten also darüber sprechen, wie wir dieser Anforderung gerecht werden können.

Wir wollen uns kritisch mit dem kritischen Denken beschäftigen – in einem offenen Format, dem BarCamp. Ein BarCamp gibt nur die Struktur einer Konferenz vor – die Inhalte liefern Sie als Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer selbst. Sie dürfen Vorträge halten, Workshops durchführen, Diskussionsrunden moderieren, Fragen in den Raum stellen, Theorien und Ideen präsentieren, – Ihrer Kreativität sind keine Grenzen gesetzt.

Ziel ist, die Idee des kritischen Denkens in unserer heutigen Gesellschaft zu erfassen und zu dokumentieren. Jede Teilnehmerin oder Teilnehmer kann sich an der Dokumentation und der anschließenden Publikation beteiligen. Wir, die Management Akademie Weimar und Dr. Anna Kollenberg, freuen uns auf einen Austausch auf Augenhöhe, der uns alle in unserem Denken und Handeln weiterbringen, uns inspirieren und neue Perspektiven aufzeigen wird.

Wann? 08.06.2018 19.00 – 09.06.2018 19:00 Uhr
Wo? Management Akademie Weimar (Villa Ingrid), Gutenbergstraße 1 in 99423 Weimar
Weitere Infos und Anmeldung: http://www.management-akademie-weimar.de/veranstaltungen-2/

ReMaT – Research Management Training for Early-Stage-Researchers

A ReMaT workshop – Research management training for early-stage researchers – will take place in Hamburg on 16th and 17th April 2018. The workshop is designed for early-stage researchers in engineering and natural sciences, particularly PhD candidates from the 2nd year onwards. The idea of European networking is very much embedded in the concept, and we encourage participation from many different countries at the workshop.

ReMaT is an interactive, intensive workshop providing an introduction to research management. The modules of the workshop cover exploitation of knowledge and entrepreneurship, acquisition of grants, intellectual property rights and the management of interdisciplinary projects. They are delivered in such a way that it challenges participants to consider different perspectives on how they might use their PhD education in a variety of career paths and convince others to hire them.

More information

Spring School on Leadership in Knowledge Organizations: Perspectives on Talent Management & Diversity

We are happy to announce our Spring School on Leadership in Knowledge Organizations: Perspectives on Talent Management & Diversity, which will take place at TUM School of Management, Munich, from March 5-8, 2018 (organized by the Chair of Research and Science Management, Prof. Dr. Claudia Peus).

The Spring School is a great opportunity to present an (early-stage) project and to get feedback from internationally renowned researchers in the field (e.g., Prof. Dr. Marieke van den Brink, Prof. Dr. Joachim Henkel, Prof. Dr. Sabine Sonnentag). There will be plenty of opportunities for scientific exchange as well as a wide range of workshops on different research methods, held by experts in the field.

The Spring School facilitates scientific exchange on research topics around Talent Management and Diversity, including Recruitment, Leadership, Success Factors in Academia, Women in Science and in STEM Fields.

We cordially invite interested PhD students and post-doctoral researchers who are doing research on the above-mentioned or related topics to participate.

The Spring School will take place within the context of the “FührMINT” project, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; FKZ: 01FP1602).

Application is open until 31st January, 2018.

For more information and details on the application procedure, please visit our website at: https://www.rm.wi.tum.de/en/fuehrmint/spring-school/

Best wishes,
Your FührMINT project team

Technical University of Munich – TUM School of Management
Chair of Research and Science Management, Prof. Dr. Claudia Peus

management revue – Socio-Economic Studies – Vol. 28, No. 3

3rd Issue 2017
management revue – Socio-Economic Studies, Volume 28

Special Issue “Digital Working Life”
Guest Editors: Mikael Ottosson, Wenzel Matiaske, Simon Fietze

Contents

Mikael Ottosson, Wenzel Matiaske, Simon Fietze
Digital Working Life: Some Introductory Reflections

Jan Johansson, Lena Abrahamsson, Birgitta Bergvall Kåreborn, Ylva Fältholm, Camilla Grane, Agnieszka Wykowska
Work and Organization in a Digital Industrial Context

Werner Eichhorst, Holger Hinte, Ulf Rinne, Verena Tobsch 
How Big is the Gig? Assessing the Preliminary Evidence on the Effects of Digitalization on the Labor Market

Thomas Tranvik, Mona Bråten 
The Visible Employee Technological Governance and Control of the Mobile Workforce

Verena Bader, Stephan Kaiser 
Autonomy and Control? How Heterogeneous Sociomaterial Assemblages Explain Paradoxical Rationalities in the Digital Workplace

Philipp Grunau, Stefanie Wolter, Lutz Bellmann, Dana Müller
ICT and Actual Working Time in Germany

Call for Papers

Workplace Flexibility
Submission deadline: 31 July 2017

Forthcoming Issues
Demands in the Modern Workplace
Guest Editors: Sascha Ruhle, Johannes Siegrist, Stefan Süß, Eva-Ellen Weiß (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany)

BI Norwegian Business School: Winter School in Empirical Research Methods – Oslo, January 2018

Winter School in Empirical Research Methods – January 2018

We offer you a set of top quality courses in qualitative and quantitative methodologies. The classes you enroll in will be taught by some of the leading researchers in their field. Participants can choose from different courses (one course per week) offered as block seminars.

Date: 08 – 19 January 2018
Course Load: 4 ECTS credits per course
Location: BI’s Campus in Oslo

08 – 12 January 2018
Regression I Introduction (Instructor: Tim McDaniel)
Machine Learning with R (Instructor: Brett Lantz)
Case Study Methods (Instructor: Andrew Bennet)
Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis (Instructor: Amanda Montoya)

15 – 19 January 2018
Regression Analysis II (Instructor: Tim McDaniel)
Longitudinal Data Analysis (Instructor: Christopher Zorn)
Qualitative Research Methods and Data Analysis (Instructor: Paul Mihas)
Structural Equation Models I – Introduction (Instructors: Ulf H.Olsson and Njål Foldnes)

We also offer a variety of social activities as part of the programme.

We would be grateful if you could make this information available to your students or staff. If you should have any additional questions, please feel free to contact Ouafa Abarkach at gserm@bi.no.

For more info, visit http://www.bi.edu/gserm and http://www.gserm.ch/oslo.

Management Revue – Socio-Economic Studies – Special Edition: Human Resources, Labour Relations and Organizations. A European Perspective

Special Edition
management revue – Socio-Economic Studies

Human Resources, Labour Relations and Organizations – A European Perspective
http://www.nomos-shop.de/29502

Contents
Wenzel Matiaske & Simon Fietze
Introduction

Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Chris Brewster
European Human Resource Management: Researching Developments over Time

Paul Boselie
A Balanced Approach to Understanding the Shaping of Human Resource Management in Organisations

Erik Poutsma, Paul E. M. Ligthart, Roel Schouteten
Employee Share Schemes in Europe. The Influence of US Multinationals

Ingo Singe, Richard Croucher
US Multi-Nationals and the German Industrial Relations System

Walther Müller-Jentsch
Trade Unions in a Civilized Market Economy

Stefan Kirchner
Embedded Flexibility Strategies and Diversity within National Institutional Frameworks: How many Flexibility Profiles are in the German Model?

Dudo von Eckardstein, Stefan Konlechner
Employer Behavior: Human Resource Management Research and Teaching in Germany and Austria

Wenzel Matiaske
Pourquoi pas? Rational Choice as a Basic Theory of HRM

Jörg Freiling
RBV and the Road to the Control of External Organizations

Werner Nienhüser
Resource Dependence Theory – How Well Does It Explain Behavior of Organizations?

Kirsten Foss, Nicolai J. Foss
The Next Step in the Evolution of the RBV: Integration with Transaction Cost Economics

Reminder: 11th International Research Workshop – Methods for PhD (10 – 15 September 2017)

We still have some vacancies! Check our website for further information: http://www.phd-network.eu/irws/registration/

11th International Research Workshop – Methods for Ph
10–15 September 2017
Akademie Sankelmark, Flensburg (Germany)
University of Southern Denmark, Kolding (Denmark)

PROGRAMME
PARALLEL MORNING SESSION 1 (11 – 13 September 2017@Akademie Sankelmark)

PARALLEL AFTERNOON SESSION 2 (11 – 13 September 2017@Akademie Sankelmark)

PARALLEL SESSION 3 (14 September 2017@SDU Kolding)

WORKSHOP COMMITTEE:

  • Wenzel Matiaske, Helmut-Schmidt-University
  • Simon Fietze, University of Southern Denmark
  • Heiko Stüber, Institute for Employment Research

FEES & REFUGEE SCHOLARSHIPS

469 Euro (with accommodation and meals)
299 Euro (without accommodation, lunch and dinner are included)

We are offering up to three funded scholarships to support refugee postgraduate students from Germany. Full details including eligibility criteria and how to apply for a scholarship can be found on the workshop website.

It is possible to get a certificate on 5 credit points (according to the European Credit Transfer System).

CONTACT & REGISTRATION

For any questions don’t hesitate to contact the workshop committee (irwsnetwork@gmail.com).
Please register for the workshop on the workshop website.

ORGANIZERS

  • Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the FAF Hamburg, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
  • Institute for Employment Research (IAB), The Research Institute of the Federal Employment Agency in Nuremberg
  • University of Southern Denmark, Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management
  • Akademie Sankelmark im Deutschen Grenzverein e.V.
SUPPORTERS
  • University of Southern Denmark, Department of Environmental and Business Economics
  • Europa-Universität Flensburg
  • University of Hamburg, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
  • University of Hamburg, School of Business
  • Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Economics
  • Werkstatt für Personal- und Organisationsforschung e.V.
  • German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the DIW Berlin
  • Hans-Boeckler-Foundation