Work and Quality of Life: Ethical Practices in Organizations

Title

Work and Quality of Life: Ethical Practices in Organizations

Role

Co-editors: Nora P. Reilly, M. Joseph Sirgy and C. Allen Gorman

Contributing authors: Donald E. Gibson and K. McCann

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Document Type

Article

Description/Summary

Donald Gibson (with K. McCann) is a contributing author, “Blame and Credit Attributions and Quality of Work Life: The Effect of Organizational Structure and Culture”, pp. 307-324.

Book description: Employees have personal responsibilities as well as responsibilities to their employers. They also have rights. In order to maintain their well-being, employees need opportunities to resolve conflicting obligations. Employees are often torn between the ethical obligations to fulfill both their work and non-work roles, to respect and be respected by their employers and coworkers, to be responsible to the organization while the organization is reciprocally responsible to them, to be afforded some degree of autonomy at work while attending to collaborative goals, to work within a climate of mutual employee-management trust, and to voice opinions about work policies, processes and conditions without fear of retribution. Humanistic organizations can recognize conflicts created by the work environment and provide opportunities to resolve or minimize them. This handbook empirically documents the dilemmas that result from responsibility-based conflicts. The book is organized by sources of dilemmas that fall into three major categories: individual, organizational (internal policies and procedures), and cultural (social forces external to the organization), including an introduction and a final integration of the many ways in which organizations can contribute to positive employee health and well-being. -- Publisher description.

ISBN

9789400740587

Publication Date

2012

Publication Information

Gibson, D. E., & McCann, K. 2012. “Blame and Credit Attributions and Quality of Work Life: The Effect of Organizational Structure and Culture,” In Reilly, N. P., Sirgy, M. J., & Gorman, A. (Eds.), Work and Quality of Life: Ethical Practices in Organizations, pp. 307-324. Springer Science+Business Media.

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Copyright 2012 Springer Science + Business Media

Work and Quality of Life: Ethical Practices in Organizations

@ the DiMenna-Nyselius Library

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