Shaping Work Design in the Future: The Role of Macro, Meso, and Micro Antecedents

Abstract

The future of work design is a topic that is receiving increasing attention from management scholars. Parker and Grote (2020) propose that new technologies (e.g., AI, Robots, Algorithms) can have positive or negative impacts on work design, depending on various macro, meso and individual factors. In the current symposium, we unpack these multi-level factors that shape future work design (Parker, Van Den Broeck, & Holman, 2017). Including five empirical studies that explore the macro (institutional and technological influences), meso (leadership and HRM activities) and micro (individual perceptions of and proactive actions towards algorithmic management) antecedents of work design, this symposium provides an integrative discussion of how organizations, leaders and individuals prepare for a changing world of work from a work design perspective. Institutional and Technological Predictors of Remote Work Before and After the Covid-19 Pandemic Presenter: Peter Norlander; Loyola U. Chicago Presenter: Christopher Erickson; U. of California, Los Angeles Leaders’ Cognitive Framework and Employees’ Autonomy during Digital Organizational Change Presenter: Irina Nikolova; Maastricht U. School of Business and Economics Presenter: Sut I Wong; BI Norwegian Business School Presenter: Jing Wu; BI Norwegian Business School International HRM Activities of Food Delivery Platforms: Hyper Global, Hyper Local Presenter: Tom Barratt; School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan U. Presenter: Caleb Goods; U. of Western Australia Presenter: Anne Keegan; U. College Dublin, Ireland Presenter: Jeroen Meijerink; U. of Twente Presenter: Alex Veen; U. Of Sydney Development and validation of the Algorithmic Management Questionnaire Presenter: Xavier Parent-Rocheleau; HEC Montreal Presenter: Sharon Parker; Centre for Transformative Work Design / Curtin U. Examining Gig Workers’ Job Crafting Activities in Food Delivery Platforms Presenter: Haijiang Wang; School of Management, Huazhong U. of Science and Technology Presenter: Xuejing Song; Huazhong U. of Science and Technology Presenter: Yuanxin Tang; Huazhong U. of Science and Technology Presenter: Xianwei Shi; Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong U. Presenter: Lirong Long; Huazhong U. of Science and Technology