Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL160100033
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,917,224.00
Summary
Transformative work design for health, skills and agility. Transformative work design for health, skills and agility. This Fellowship plans to study how transformative work design promotes meaningful, healthy, and productive work. The ‘what, how, where, when, and who’ of work is changing: the digital revolution is reconfiguring work processes more rapidly and on a much larger scale than ever before, and the demography of the workforce is profoundly shifting. Work design is a crucial but neglecte ....Transformative work design for health, skills and agility. Transformative work design for health, skills and agility. This Fellowship plans to study how transformative work design promotes meaningful, healthy, and productive work. The ‘what, how, where, when, and who’ of work is changing: the digital revolution is reconfiguring work processes more rapidly and on a much larger scale than ever before, and the demography of the workforce is profoundly shifting. Work design is a crucial but neglected strategy for optimising health, for unleashing employee talent, and for creating agile and effective organisations. Anticipated outcomes include a new theory on the future of work, a national longitudinal study on how work design fosters critical human development, field interventions, and evidence-based collaboratory activities.Read moreRead less
Building individual and collective proactivity in performance-critical work contexts. This research focuses on mobilising individuals and groups to take charge of their situations and self-initiate positive change. It aims to support proactive workforces that can deliver quality health care and community service because employees think ahead, actively introduce better ways of doing things and make the most of opportunities.
Longitudinal, multilevel, and multi-study tests of an integrative theory of leader development. Leadership plays a critical role in the success of organizations and societies. The behaviours, decisions, and actions of leaders determine the overall quality of leadership. Having the most effective and efficient leader development interventions is important to strengthening the social and economic fabric of Australia. Preparing individuals to participate fully in leadership roles and processes will ....Longitudinal, multilevel, and multi-study tests of an integrative theory of leader development. Leadership plays a critical role in the success of organizations and societies. The behaviours, decisions, and actions of leaders determine the overall quality of leadership. Having the most effective and efficient leader development interventions is important to strengthening the social and economic fabric of Australia. Preparing individuals to participate fully in leadership roles and processes will enhance the effectiveness of organizations of all types. In addition, there is national benefit in developing leaders who are better prepared to tackle the myriad challenges facing Australia, such as building an environmentally sustainable society, creating the frontier industry technologies, and safeguarding Australia.Read moreRead less