Human Sustainability and Cognitive Overload at Work: The Psychological Cost of Working

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Alexander D. Stajkovic Kayla S. Stajkovic

Human Sustainability and Cognitive Overload at Work

The Psychological Cost of Working

Alexander D. Stajkovic, Kayla S. Stajkovic

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Routledge
06 August 2024

Occupational & industrial psychology; Economics; Management: leadership & motivation; Organisational theory & behaviour; Psychotherapy

This innovative book considers the cost of cognitive overload and psychological distress on human sustainability, and suggests ways to prevent employees from becoming a psychologically depleted workforce.

Employee attentional processing capacity is maxed out, and psychological distress is at an all-time high. Alexander D. Stajkovic and Kayla S. Stajkovic explain how human cognitive ‘broadband’ is at the hunter-gatherer level and changes at an evolutionary snail’s pace. Yet the amount of information necessary to make a living now is incomparable to then, and the current relationship between workers and organizations is unsustainable. The authors discuss causes, processes, and consequences of human unsustainability at work, as well as suggesting remedies for personal change, leadership practice, and policy development. They frame efforts toward furthering human sustainability as a grand challenge that tackles a chronic problem at a societal level with consequences that have ripple effects into other spheres of life. Drawing from multiple disciplines and data sources, the book offers a theory-driven, evidence-based, and meaningful way to better understanding employee cognitive overload and psychological distress in organizations across the globe, and improve work lives going forward.

Human Sustainability and Cognitive Overload at Work is a useful resource for students and scholars of business, management, leadership, organizational and work psychology, and organizational studies. The practical insights will also help managers, policy makers, policy analysists, consultants, and all those with an interest in the psychological cost of working.

By: Alexander D. Stajkovic, Kayla S. Stajkovic
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781032505671
ISBN 10: 1032505672
Pages: 169
Publication Date: 06 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Alexander D. Stajkovic is the Dean’s Professor in Business at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA. Kayla S. Stajkovic is a Lecturer at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis, USA.