Journal of Human Resource Sustainability and Organizational Studies(JHRSOS)

NWU Business School, North-West University, South Africa

Publications

• Research Article   
  Building Organisational Communities in the New World of Work
  Author(s): Tonja Blom*
  
  Purpose –This paper investigates elements of organisational community building, the benefits thereof and the realities of neglecting this human need in the new world of work. Design/Methodology/approach – The methodology is based on a literature review and a constructivist approach to case study research to investigate how existing theories and elements apply to organisational community building. Findings - The research reveals three results. First, the need for an importance of organisational community building as mitigation within the new world of work. Second, where employees are permitted to express themselves in a non- judgemental and safe space, isolation can be averted. Third, fear of expression and/or an inability to express due to no appropriate platform will likely result in increased isolatio.. Read More»
  

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