New Work: Sovereignty in the Postdigital Age / essentials (PDF)

The essential introduces the New Work idea, the core of which is to pursue work that one "really, really wants". This approach is updated with regard to the three areas of individual, organization and society. Special consideration is given to findings from positive psychology and strength-oriented organizational research. With reference to examples and scientific findings, innovative working time models, organizational forms and management practices are presented. Finally, New Work is discussed in the context of progressive social ideas such as basic income, breathing life courses and post-growth.

The content

Digitization and post-digitization
"Digital Athens" - Where is Digitization Leading?
New Work I: The individual level
New Work II: The organizational level
New Work III: Work in the 21st century

The target groups

Entrepreneurs, employees, managers, economists, philosophers, coaches, trainers, politicians, educators
Students and lecturers of education, economics and sociology

The authors

Dr Benjamin Berend is a research associate at the Chair of Learning and Instruction at the University of Trier. He is a founding member of the German Society for Positive Psychological Research (DGPPF).

Prof. Dr. Michaela Brohm-Badry holds the Chair of Learning and Instruction at the University of Trier. She is President of the DGPPF.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.