Understanding How Employees Manage Non-Preferred Tasks at Work
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Rana, Vishal
Jordan, Peter
Tse, Herman
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2015
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Employees experience increasing workloads in today’s organisations and are expected to
be more proactive in managing their work roles. In this paper we examine how employees
manage non-preferred tasks within their work roles. We also identify the role of job
autonomy in managing non-preferred tasks at work. Across 2 data collections in different
settings we used purposive sampling to interview 20 hotel workers and 20 university
academics. Respondents in both samples reported having non-preferred tasks within their
work roles. Results suggest that autonomy played a significant role in helping employees
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View more >Employees experience increasing workloads in today’s organisations and are expected to be more proactive in managing their work roles. In this paper we examine how employees manage non-preferred tasks within their work roles. We also identify the role of job autonomy in managing non-preferred tasks at work. Across 2 data collections in different settings we used purposive sampling to interview 20 hotel workers and 20 university academics. Respondents in both samples reported having non-preferred tasks within their work roles. Results suggest that autonomy played a significant role in helping employees manage non-preferred tasks. We discuss implications for theory and practice, and outline future research directions.
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View more >Employees experience increasing workloads in today’s organisations and are expected to be more proactive in managing their work roles. In this paper we examine how employees manage non-preferred tasks within their work roles. We also identify the role of job autonomy in managing non-preferred tasks at work. Across 2 data collections in different settings we used purposive sampling to interview 20 hotel workers and 20 university academics. Respondents in both samples reported having non-preferred tasks within their work roles. Results suggest that autonomy played a significant role in helping employees manage non-preferred tasks. We discuss implications for theory and practice, and outline future research directions.
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Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management: Managing for Peak Performance
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Human Resources Management