How job design and leadership support impact employee wellbeing
- May 13
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This showcase research symposium presented at the Academy of Management Conference centers around better understanding how job characteristics impact employee wellbeing. My co-organizer and I coordinated several teams of scholars who all contributed their unique research around this topic. We also presented our study exploring how leaders and job design impact employee social wellbeing.
Symposium title: Job Design Characteristics and Well-Being
Symposium organizers: Jared Shaw Allen & Reka Anna Lassu (Discussant: Jeffrey R. Edwards, U. of North Carolina)
Mapping New Frontiers in Work Design - The Hybrid Work Characteristics | Jia Lin Xie, U. of Toronto; Jing Hu, U. of Toronto; A R Elangovan, U. of Victoria; Coreen Hrabluik, Deloitte Consulting
Job Challenge, Performance, and Wellbeing: A Resource Gain - Resource Depletion Perspective | Irene E. De Pater, National U. of Singapore; Yukun Liu, National U. of Singapore; Anna Van Vianen, U. of Amsterdam; Doris Fay, U. of Potsdam
Perception is Reality: Exploring the Role of Challenge and Hindrance Appraisals | Amy Bartels, Arizona State U.; Suzanne J. Peterson, Arizona State U.; Marcie LePine, Arizona State U.
Job Context and Wellbeing: The Mediating Role of Perseverative Cognitions | Guillaume Soenen, EMLYON Business School
Job Design and Leadership Support for Social Well-Being | Reka Anna Lassu, U. of Central Florida; Jared Shaw Allen, U. of Central Florida; Ronald F. Piccolo, U. of Central Florida
Citation: Lassu, R.A., Allen, J.S., Piccolo, R. (2017) Job design and leadership support for social wellbeing. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. 4-8 August 2017. Atlanta, GA












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