Jonathan H. Westover, PhD, MPA, AF-CIPD, SFHEA

Work is constantly evolving, and organizations need to equip their leaders with the tools to navigate change while fostering employee engagement, productivity, and well-being. In this book, leadership expert Jonathan H. Westover lays out a roadmap for establishing purpose-driven leadership in uncertain times.

Drawing from research and case studies, Westover outlines strategies for developing a coaching mindset, creating a culture of open communication and collaboration, and embedding… Show more

Work is constantly evolving, and organizations need to equip their leaders with the tools to navigate change while fostering employee engagement, productivity, and well-being. In this book, leadership expert Jonathan H. Westover lays out a roadmap for establishing purpose-driven leadership in uncertain times.

Drawing from research and case studies, Westover outlines strategies for developing a coaching mindset, creating a culture of open communication and collaboration, and embedding well-being practices into daily work. He provides templates, checklists, and examples to help leaders implement an agile and growth-oriented leadership approach.

Readers will learn how to craft a compelling vision that inspires action, set measurable goals to track progress, and translate strategy into clear action steps. They will also discover tactics to facilitate breakthrough thinking, resolve conflicts constructively, and establish an environment where learning from failure is expected.

Ultimately, Westover coaches leaders on how to lead with empathy, integrity and resilience -- traits essential for navigating constant change while elevating performance and engagement. For any executive seeking to inspire their organization to reach new levels of success, this book delivers a practical roadmap for purposeful leadership in today's shifting business landscape. Show less

Leading for Transformation - Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Work is a groundbreaking book that serves as a compass for leaders who are navigating the ever-changing landscape of work. In this insightful and thought-provoking guide, renowned leadership expert Jonathan H. Westover, PhD, provides a roadmap for leaders to embrace the challenges and opportunities presented by the dynamic world of work.

Drawing upon extensive research and real-world examples, Dr. Westover explores the… Show more

Leading for Transformation - Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Work is a groundbreaking book that serves as a compass for leaders who are navigating the ever-changing landscape of work. In this insightful and thought-provoking guide, renowned leadership expert Jonathan H. Westover, PhD, provides a roadmap for leaders to embrace the challenges and opportunities presented by the dynamic world of work.

Drawing upon extensive research and real-world examples, Dr. Westover explores the critical role of transformational leadership in driving organizational success amidst constant change. He offers practical strategies, actionable insights, and powerful frameworks that empower leaders to adapt, innovate, and thrive in an environment where the only constant is change.

From understanding the forces reshaping the workplace to developing a forward-thinking and agile mindset, this book equips leaders with the tools they need to lead their teams and organizations through transformational change. Dr. Westover delves into topics such as fostering a culture of continuous learning, embracing technology and automation, and nurturing a resilient workforce that embraces change.

Whether you are a seasoned executive, a middle manager, or an aspiring leader, Leading for Transformation - Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Work offers valuable guidance for anyone seeking to make a lasting impact in today's rapidly evolving world of work. Packed with practical advice and thought-provoking questions, this book invites leaders to reflect, challenge their assumptions, and step into their role as catalysts for positive change.

If you are ready to embrace the shifting landscape of work and lead your organization to new heights, this book is an essential resource that will inspire and empower you to become a transformational leader. Take the first step towards leading for transformation and unlock the full potential of your leadership. Show less

Stemming from two decades of professional experience and over 600 in-depth interviews with executives, thought leaders, and scholars from across the globe, The Future Leader will help you explore the ordinary, everyday actions that will help you to prepare to lead in the future of work, to respond to an uncertain future, and to produce extraordinary results for individuals, teams, and organizations.

The Future Leader includes 25 chapters, broken up into four parts:
Part 1: Preparing… Show more

Stemming from two decades of professional experience and over 600 in-depth interviews with executives, thought leaders, and scholars from across the globe, The Future Leader will help you explore the ordinary, everyday actions that will help you to prepare to lead in the future of work, to respond to an uncertain future, and to produce extraordinary results for individuals, teams, and organizations.

The Future Leader includes 25 chapters, broken up into four parts:
Part 1: Preparing for the Future of Work (Chapters 2 – 9)
Part 2: A Focus on Growth and Abundance (Chapters 10 – 16)
Part 3: A Focus on Psychological Safety (Chapters 17 – 24)
Part 4: Pulling it All Together (Chapter 25)
Following each chapter, you are encouraged to engage in critical self-reflection, with key take-aways and guiding questions provided. Show less

Consider how the nature of work has shifted over the past 50 years. With increased globalization, rapid technological advancement, and a shift in economic composition, the average jobs of today look very little like the average jobs 50 years ago. What will the jobs and organizations of tomorrow look like? Moreover, what does this all mean for organizational leaders? What are the core competencies and capabilities of organizations and their leadership that are prepared for continued disruption… Show more

Consider how the nature of work has shifted over the past 50 years. With increased globalization, rapid technological advancement, and a shift in economic composition, the average jobs of today look very little like the average jobs 50 years ago. What will the jobs and organizations of tomorrow look like? Moreover, what does this all mean for organizational leaders? What are the core competencies and capabilities of organizations and their leadership that are prepared for continued disruption and geo-political and socio-economic shifts? Increasingly leaders need to be socially-minded, data-driven, decisive, champions of talent, and disruptors of the traditional notions of leadership, teams, organizations, and work. The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership will help you to explore your own leadership competencies and capabilities and consider ways to apply and implement them into your workplace and personal life. Show less

Early in my adult life, I learned about an Asian proverb that translates as ‘Bluer than Indigo.' If you think about the color indigo, it is a brilliant, deep and vibrant blue — what some would call the bluest of blues. To have something that is “bluer than indigo” is rare and truly remarkable.

Contrary to popular myth, there is no one-size-fits-all or cookie cutter approach to effective leadership. There is no silver bullet, no secret sauce, no go-to model that will solve all our… Show more

Early in my adult life, I learned about an Asian proverb that translates as ‘Bluer than Indigo.' If you think about the color indigo, it is a brilliant, deep and vibrant blue — what some would call the bluest of blues. To have something that is “bluer than indigo” is rare and truly remarkable.

Contrary to popular myth, there is no one-size-fits-all or cookie cutter approach to effective leadership. There is no silver bullet, no secret sauce, no go-to model that will solve all our problems. The truth is, great leaders have all had their unique strengths (and flaws) and have all had to discover and then pave their own distinctive path in their life’s journey to fulfill their leadership potential.

‘Bluer than Indigo’ Leadership will help you discover your own path and explore those ordinary, everyday actions that will help you respond to an uncertain future and produce extraordinary results for individuals, teams, and organizations. Show less

I have published over 250 research articles and chapters in a variety academic and professional journals and books. Check out my CV for a full list.

I have been published widely in 500+ articles in newspapers, professional magazines, blogs, and in popular media locally, nationally, and abroad (such as Forbes, The Economist, U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Medium, and USA Today). I have also been extensively quoted and cited as a management expert in popular press nationally and abroad.

In todays shifting global economy and the emergence of technology and service-oriented knowledge organization, requiring enhanced levels of organizational flexibility and innovation, how do we maximize the human capital potential of workers to enhance their ability to perform and add value in a hyper-intensive competitive global marketplace? What are the methods and strategies for effectively motivating employees and increasing the job satisfaction of workers? What are the important drivers of… Show more

In todays shifting global economy and the emergence of technology and service-oriented knowledge organization, requiring enhanced levels of organizational flexibility and innovation, how do we maximize the human capital potential of workers to enhance their ability to perform and add value in a hyper-intensive competitive global marketplace? What are the methods and strategies for effectively motivating employees and increasing the job satisfaction of workers? What are the important drivers of worker satisfaction? What are the important individual, organizational, and social outcomes of various job satisfaction levels? What are the individual, organizational, and societal differences in job satisfaction levels and its determinants? These are just some of the pressing questions facing the organizations of today which this volume discusses. Show less

Given the rapidly changing global higher education landscape, the systematic internationalization of higher education offers the potential for many positive outcomes and benefits for an increasingly interconnected and globalized citizenry, students, faculty, and institutions. Additionally, with more and more competitive pressures being put on institutions of higher education, a continually increasing number of universities and colleges within a variety of national contexts are actively looking… Show more

Given the rapidly changing global higher education landscape, the systematic internationalization of higher education offers the potential for many positive outcomes and benefits for an increasingly interconnected and globalized citizenry, students, faculty, and institutions. Additionally, with more and more competitive pressures being put on institutions of higher education, a continually increasing number of universities and colleges within a variety of national contexts are actively looking at the potential of internationalization. Within the context of these complex global tensions, the internationalization of higher education has emerged as a balanced approach to addressing the rapidly shifting competitive landscape of higher education.
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International political economy (IPE) is an interdisciplinary field that draws on many distinct academic schools, most notably political economy, political science and economics, also sociology, history, and cultural studies. IPE ultimately is concerned with the ways in which political forces (states, institutions, individual actors, etc.) shape the systems through which economic interactions are expressed, and conversely the effect that economic interactions (including the power of collective… Show more

International political economy (IPE) is an interdisciplinary field that draws on many distinct academic schools, most notably political economy, political science and economics, also sociology, history, and cultural studies. IPE ultimately is concerned with the ways in which political forces (states, institutions, individual actors, etc.) shape the systems through which economic interactions are expressed, and conversely the effect that economic interactions (including the power of collective markets and individuals acting both within and outside them) have upon political structures and outcomes. Given the rapidly changing and increasingly interconnected global landscape, a solid grasp of global systems and structures are important for an informed citizenry and competitive institutions. Within the context of complex global tensions, IPE has emerged as a balanced and interdisciplinary approach to examining and addressing the global challenges we face. This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to the interdisciplinary field of International Political Economy (IPE) and explores its increasingly important role within a shifting global landscape, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. This book will be informative to scholars and practitioners alike seeking to understand the wide range of influences and impacts of global affairs in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world. Show less

Effective Human Resource Management (HRM) is essential to providing increased value to all organizational stakeholders and enhancing an organization’s strategic competitive advantage. Successful HRM requires well-developed critical thinking skills and a broad awareness and understanding of a wide variety of psychological, economic, organizational, and social concepts, issues and cross-cultural and global phenomena.

This anthology provides a comprehensive introduction to dynamic human… Show more

Effective Human Resource Management (HRM) is essential to providing increased value to all organizational stakeholders and enhancing an organization’s strategic competitive advantage. Successful HRM requires well-developed critical thinking skills and a broad awareness and understanding of a wide variety of psychological, economic, organizational, and social concepts, issues and cross-cultural and global phenomena.

This anthology provides a comprehensive introduction to dynamic human resource management issues and their wide sweeping impacts for the modern workplace. It presents a wide range of introductory material, management cases, and cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. In addition, this collection provides a concise, lively, and practical approach to engage students and help them to develop their critical thinking skills and human resource competencies, while applying core concepts and issues to a dynamic global workplace environment.

While readings were specifically selected and the text designed with undergraduate and graduate students in mind, this anthology will also be informative to management academics and instructors. This text will also instruct organizational managers, leaders, and human resource professionals of all types seeking to understand proven practices and methods to maximize their human capital potential and get the most out of workers that will drive an enhanced competitive advantage in an increasingly competitive global economy. Show less

In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, with a seemingly endless supply of examples of corporate scandal and organizational exploitation and abuses of employees, consumers, and the environment represented daily in the media, there is an ever increasing need for our organizational leaders to be more firmly grounded in sound ethical principles and practices. Furthermore, the business students of today will be the business leaders of tomorrow and need to be adequately trained in how… Show more

In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, with a seemingly endless supply of examples of corporate scandal and organizational exploitation and abuses of employees, consumers, and the environment represented daily in the media, there is an ever increasing need for our organizational leaders to be more firmly grounded in sound ethical principles and practices. Furthermore, the business students of today will be the business leaders of tomorrow and need to be adequately trained in how to deal with the complexity and the ambiguity inherent in the ethical dilemmas they will face. With the far reaching societal impacts of organizational and business ethics missteps, we need business leaders with pragmatic ethical knowledge and dispositions and sensitivities to work to find creative and innovative solutions to society's most perplexing challenges. Show less

One need only turn on the news or briefly peruse the daily headlines to see countless examples and evidences of ethical failures in all aspects of our daily lives. The impacts of these ethical missteps can be far reaching, often with everyone in society paying the price in some way. Furthermore, with an increasing interconnected and complex globalized world, we have communication technologies that allow for the instant sharing of information, along with a citizenry hungry to consume the next… Show more

One need only turn on the news or briefly peruse the daily headlines to see countless examples and evidences of ethical failures in all aspects of our daily lives. The impacts of these ethical missteps can be far reaching, often with everyone in society paying the price in some way. Furthermore, with an increasing interconnected and complex globalized world, we have communication technologies that allow for the instant sharing of information, along with a citizenry hungry to consume the next big scandal. Once more, increasingly complex technological integration of previously isolated systems has created ever more complex systems that are increasingly sensitive to the surrounding environment, which can often result in a chain reaction effect of one seemingly small and isolated ethical blunder that can then having wide-ranging societal impacts. Within this increasingly complex environment, with ever more damage caused by unethical leaders in organizations of all types and sizes in all parts of the globe, never before has there existed such an imperative for strong organizational and business ethics. Additionally, not only must organizational leaders seek to “do no harm,” but they must put their pragmatic ethical knowledge to work to find creative and innovative solutions to society’s most perplexing challenges. Show less

Hybrid and blended learning are relatively new approaches to utilizing disruptive technological innovations within educational environments. With increased pressure on higher education institutions to provide greater access to programs as well as reduce costs, a continually increasing number of universities and colleges have been embracing the role of distance education programs and online courses. Within the context of this pedagogical and technology tension, engaging hybrid and blended… Show more

Hybrid and blended learning are relatively new approaches to utilizing disruptive technological innovations within educational environments. With increased pressure on higher education institutions to provide greater access to programs as well as reduce costs, a continually increasing number of universities and colleges have been embracing the role of distance education programs and online courses. Within the context of this pedagogical and technology tension, engaging hybrid and blended learning methods have emerged as a balanced approach to addressing a rapidly shifting landscape of higher education. This edited collection will answer the following questions: • How can we make hybrid and blended learning models more engaging and student-centered? • How can we effectively implement, manage, and assess hybrid and blended learning environments? • What are examples and best practices of hybrid and blended learning across disciplines? This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to hybrid and blended learning and explores the role of emerging disruptive technological innovations within academia, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. It will be informative to higher education scholars and administrators seeking to understand the role and implementation of hybrid and blended learning in response to a shifting higher education landscape. Show less

With the global economy shifting in recent decades and the emergence of the technology and service-oriented knowledge organizations, we live in an increasingly hyper-competitive global marketplace where firms are fighting to stay lean and flexible in an effort to satisfy increasingly diverse and specialized consumer demand around the world. In such a hyper-competitive global economy, how do organizational leaders effectively manage and lead key organizational change efforts? What are the… Show more

With the global economy shifting in recent decades and the emergence of the technology and service-oriented knowledge organizations, we live in an increasingly hyper-competitive global marketplace where firms are fighting to stay lean and flexible in an effort to satisfy increasingly diverse and specialized consumer demand around the world. In such a hyper-competitive global economy, how do organizational leaders effectively manage and lead key organizational change efforts? What are the leadership characteristics, skills, and best practices that top leaders need to possess to have a measurable impact on increased firm effectiveness and employee productivity? How can organizational leaders more successfully manage organizational change initiatives to achieve strategic organizational goals and add value to all organizational stakeholders? These are just some of the pressing questions facing today’s organizations.

This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to leadership and organizational change and explores the wide-sweeping impacts for the modern workplace, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. It will be informative to management academics and instructors, while also instructing organizational managers, leaders, and human resource development professionals of all types who are seeking effective organizational change leadership to drive firm effectiveness in an increasingly competitive global economy. Show less

In short, social entrepreneurship is an approach to recognizing a social problem and using entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change. Furthermore, microfinance is an approach of providing banking and other financial resources to low-income clients who otherwise would not have access to such financial resources. While social entrepreneurship and microfinance are not new phenomenon, these approaches to utilizing entrepreneurial and business… Show more

In short, social entrepreneurship is an approach to recognizing a social problem and using entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change. Furthermore, microfinance is an approach of providing banking and other financial resources to low-income clients who otherwise would not have access to such financial resources. While social entrepreneurship and microfinance are not new phenomenon, these approaches to utilizing entrepreneurial and business principles to achieve social change has increased in popularity and usage across the world in recent years. As we live in an increasingly hyper-competitive and interconnected globalized world, social entrepreneurship and microfinance practices are increasingly being taught in top universities and being utilized more and more to drive social change and to give a hand-up to those in need around the globe.

This edited collection will help you answer the following questions:
-What is social entrepreneurship and what are its benefits and limitations?
-How might we best approach social entrepreneurship in the age of globalization?
-What is microfinance and what are its benefits and limitations?
-How can we best teach social entrepreneurship and microfinance principles in the university setting?
-What are some examples of social entrepreneurship and microfinance programs that have been implemented in various regions around the world?
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of corporate self-regulation, where CSR policy and practice help to ensure business practices meet socially responsible ethical standards and encourage a positive impact on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere. While corporate social responsibility is not a new phenomenon, this approach to “corporate conscience” or “sustainable responsible business” has increased in popularity… Show more

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of corporate self-regulation, where CSR policy and practice help to ensure business practices meet socially responsible ethical standards and encourage a positive impact on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere. While corporate social responsibility is not a new phenomenon, this approach to “corporate conscience” or “sustainable responsible business” has increased in popularity and usage across the world in recent years. Furthermore, as we live in an increasingly hyper-competitive and interconnected globalized world, corporate social responsibility concepts and practices are increasingly being taught in top universities and being utilized more and more to drive responsible business practices and positive social change around the globe.

This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to corporate social responsibility and explores the impacts for the modern global economic landscape, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. It will be informative to social science and management academics and instructors, while also instructing organizational managers, leaders, and human resource development professionals of all types seeking to understand proven practices and methods in corporate social responsibility to promote ongoing organizational and societal success. Show less

While service-learning is not a new phenomenon, the popularity and usage of this "civically-engaged" experiential learning pedagogy has increased in educational settings in recent years. As we live in an increasingly hyper-competitive and interconnected globalized world, where consumers and citizens are demanding greater levels of corporate social responsibility and civic engagement from organizational leaders within their local community, service-learning is being utilized more and more to… Show more

While service-learning is not a new phenomenon, the popularity and usage of this "civically-engaged" experiential learning pedagogy has increased in educational settings in recent years. As we live in an increasingly hyper-competitive and interconnected globalized world, where consumers and citizens are demanding greater levels of corporate social responsibility and civic engagement from organizational leaders within their local community, service-learning is being utilized more and more to provide meaningful community service opportunities that simultaneously teach civic responsibility and encourage life-long civic engagement, while also providing opportunities for significant real-life, hands-on learning of important skills and vital social understanding for students.

This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to service-learning, its outcomes, and approaches to effective assessment of service-learning activities by presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. It will be informative to both K-12 and higher education teaching professionals, administrators, students, and community leaders seeking to understand proven practices and methods for effective Service-Learning implementation across academic disciplines. Show less

We live in an increasingly hyper-competitive global marketplace, where firms are fighting to stay lean and flexible in an effort to satisfy increasingly diverse and specialized consumer demand around the world. Additionally, with the shifting global economy in recent decades and the emergence of the technology and service-oriented knowledge organizations, how do organizations effectively foster a continuous learning and innovation culture? What can organizational leaders do to promote ongoing… Show more

We live in an increasingly hyper-competitive global marketplace, where firms are fighting to stay lean and flexible in an effort to satisfy increasingly diverse and specialized consumer demand around the world. Additionally, with the shifting global economy in recent decades and the emergence of the technology and service-oriented knowledge organizations, how do organizations effectively foster a continuous learning and innovation culture? What can organizational leaders do to promote ongoing organizational learning that will have a measurable impact on increased firm effectiveness and employee productivity? How can organizations more successfully manage organizational knowledge to achieve strategic organizational goals and add value to all organizational stakeholders? These are just some of the pressing questions facing the organizations of today.

This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to organizational culture, learning, and knowledge management and explores the wide sweeping impacts for the modern workplace, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. It will be informative to management academics and instructors, while also instructing organizational managers, leaders, and human resource development professionals of all types seeking to understand proven practices and methods to create organizational systems and culture to promote ongoing organizational learning and innovation to drive firm effectiveness in an increasingly competitive global economy. Show less

In today’s shifting global economy and the emergence of the technology and service-oriented knowledge organization, requiring enhanced levels of organizational flexibility and innovation, how do we maximize the human capital potential of workers to enhance their ability to perform and add value in a hyper-intensive competitive global marketplace? What are the methods and strategies for effectively motivating employees and increasing the job satisfaction of workers? What are the important… Show more

In today’s shifting global economy and the emergence of the technology and service-oriented knowledge organization, requiring enhanced levels of organizational flexibility and innovation, how do we maximize the human capital potential of workers to enhance their ability to perform and add value in a hyper-intensive competitive global marketplace? What are the methods and strategies for effectively motivating employees and increasing the job satisfaction of workers? What are the important drivers of worker satisfaction? What are the important individual, organizational, and social outcomes of various job satisfaction levels? What are the individual, organizational, and societal differences in job satisfaction levels and its determinants? These are just some of the pressing questions facing the organizations of today.

This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to job satisfaction and its wide sweeping impacts for the modern workplace, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. It will be informative to management academics and instructors, while also instructing organizational managers, leaders, and human resource development professions of all types seeking to understand proven practices and methods to maximize their human capital potential and get the most out of workers that will drive an enhanced competitive advantage in an increasingly competitive global economy. Show less

In this research, I apply and extend Handel’s (2005) Post and Neo-Fordist framework for understanding job characteristics and job satisfaction. Prior research has indicated that the nature of work has changed dramatically in recent years in response to economic shifts and an increasingly global economy. However, there is little agreement on whether the overall quality of work has improved or declined over that period. Furthermore, less is known about changes in job satisfaction and its various… Show more

In this research, I apply and extend Handel’s (2005) Post and Neo-Fordist framework for understanding job characteristics and job satisfaction. Prior research has indicated that the nature of work has changed dramatically in recent years in response to economic shifts and an increasingly global economy. However, there is little agreement on whether the overall quality of work has improved or declined over that period. Furthermore, less is known about changes in job satisfaction and its various indicators over time, based on how the workers feel. Finally, even less is known about the overall comparative quality of work and job satisfaction across the global economy. In this study I use non-panel longitudinal data from the International Social Survey Program (Work Orientations I and II: 1989 and 1997—survey questions on job characteristics and job quality) to conduct an exploratory comparative analysis of job quality and job satisfaction in relation to the differing theoretical predictions of Post-Fordist and Neo-Fordist paradigms in looking at changing job quality characteristics across nations as they relate to these global economic shifts. Show less

“Globalization” is a key concept that represents a wide range of complex processes in our modern world. These processes have wide sweeping impacts on the international political economy, international capitalism, and the ability for organizations of all types to gain and maintain a competitive advantage and successfully compete in an increasingly global economy. Additionally, increasing “globalization” over the past several decades has changed the dynamics of an increasingly international labor… Show more

“Globalization” is a key concept that represents a wide range of complex processes in our modern world. These processes have wide sweeping impacts on the international political economy, international capitalism, and the ability for organizations of all types to gain and maintain a competitive advantage and successfully compete in an increasingly global economy. Additionally, increasing “globalization” over the past several decades has changed the dynamics of an increasingly international labor force, how organizations compete for this labor, their internal labor dynamics, and ultimately how they do business. As such, the nature of work and the workplace has also shifted dramatically over the past several decades.

This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to “globalization” and its wide sweeping impacts for the modern workplace, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. It will be informative to academics and students interested in the interplay between macro global processes and the more micro organizational and individual impacts, while also instructing managers, policy makers, and practitioners of all types interested in the role that “globalization” is playing in shifting international labor dynamics and the transformation of the modern workplace. Show less

In today’s shifting global economy and the emergence of the technology and service-oriented knowledge organization, how do we train the rising generation of knowledge workers with the knowledge, skills, and the ability to perform and add value in a hyper-intensive competitive global marketplace?

What are the methods and strategies for effectively preparing the future knowledge worker generation? What needs to be done in our institutions of higher learning? What initiatives and methods… Show more

In today’s shifting global economy and the emergence of the technology and service-oriented knowledge organization, how do we train the rising generation of knowledge workers with the knowledge, skills, and the ability to perform and add value in a hyper-intensive competitive global marketplace?

What are the methods and strategies for effectively preparing the future knowledge worker generation? What needs to be done in our institutions of higher learning? What initiatives and methods need to be adopted by organizations for greater engaged learning and transference of knowledge to practical application in the workplace? These are just some of the pressing questions facing the organizations of today.

This edited collection provides a comprehensive introduction to organizational learning and explores the wide sweeping impacts for the modern workplace, presenting a wide range of cross-disciplinary research in an organized, clear, and accessible manner. It will be informative to management academics and instructors, while also instructing organizational managers, leaders, and human resource development professions of all types seeking to understand proven practices and methods to train the next generation of knowledge workers that will drive an enhanced competitive advantage in an increasingly competitive global economy. Show less