Here are reading materials I’ve attained off the Internet. I’ve posted links to them for your convenience. Scholarly source materials are preceded with an asterisk (*) and all others with a dash (-). If you don’t find what you’re looking for, check back again as I will continue to update this list. Feel free to make requests also, and I’ll see what I can find.

Employee Engagement

- The Boredom Boom by Sandi Mann

* Workplace Boredom Among University Faculty Members in Pakistan (Sohail, Ahmad, Tanveer, & Tariq, 2012)

* A Review of Behavioral and Biological Correlates of Sensation Seeking in Pakistan (Roberti, 2004)

* When the Bored Behave Badly: An Interest Enhancement Model of Counterproductive Work Behavior (Skoronski, 2008)

- Employee Engagement: Maximizing Organizational Performance by Right Management

- Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees (Sarkisian, Pitt-Catsouphes, Bhate, Lee, Carpinha, & Minnich, 2011) in the United States, in Brazil, in Japan, in Mexico, and in the Netherlands

* Chapter 11: Knowledge Worker Productivity and the Practice of Self-Management by Hunter & Scherer

* Rewarding Knowledge Worker Productivity Beyond the Corner Office by Brand

- Employee Engagement: Best Practices for Employers by Research Works (2009)

Evolution of Work

- Talent Mobility 2020 The next generation of international assignments (PriceWaterhouseCoopers)

- The Future of Work A New Approach to Productivity and Competitive Advantage by Cognizant

- Virtual Worlds, Real Leaders: Online games put the future of business leadership on display (IBM, Seriousity; 2007)

- The Information Age Mindset: Changes in Students and Implications for Higher Education by Jason L. Frand

[Book] - Chapters 8 & 9 of Future Work (Maitland & Thomson, Palgrave Macmillan 2011) – Chapter 8 is How to break free of the old model and Chapter 9 is Putting it into practice.

* The Work-Life Evolution Study (Harrington, 2007)

* The Evolution of Socio-Technical Systems: A Conceptual Framework and an Action Research Program (Trist, 1981)

- Redesigning Your Organization for the Future of Work (Erickson, 2008)

- The Future of Work — Trends and Implications (Rand Corporation, 2004)

- Future Work and Work Trends (O’Neill, 2009)

- The Changing World of Work: Trends and Implications for Leaders (Sullivan, 2009)

- Future Work Skills 2020 (Davies, Fidler, & Gorbis, 2011)

- Flexible Working: Goodbye to the Nine to Five (Institute of Leadership & Management)

The Digital Economy

[Book] Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead by by Paul Raskin; Tariq Banuri; Gilberto Gallopin; Pablo Gutman; Al Hammond

- Job Opportunities in the Information Society: Exploiting the Potential of the Information Revolution (European Commission, 1998)

- The Future of the Internet Economy by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Policy Brief (2008) & A Statistical Profile (2011)

- The Information Age: An Anthology on Its Impact and Consequences (Alberts & Papp, 1997)

Personality

- Chapter 3 The Diverse Workforce: Individual Differences, Personality, and Career Development (Prenhall.com)

* Personality Type and Workforce Diversity as Predictors of Ethical Behavior and Job Satisfaction among Nigerian Policeman (Afolabi & Omole, 2011)

* Mapping Individual Variations in Learning Capacity (Mercado, 2011)

* Is there a genetic contribution to cultural differences? Collectivism, individualism and genetic markers of social sensitivity (Way, B. M. & Lieberman, M. D., 2010)

* When Personality and Culture Clash: The Psychological Distress of Allocentrics in an Individualist Culture and Idiocentrics in a Collectivist Culture (Caldwell-Harris, C.L. & Ayçiçegi, A., 2006)

* Variation in the μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) is associated with dispositional and neural sensitivity to social rejection (Way, B. M., Taylor, S. E., & Eisenberger, 2009)

* The Forced Choice Dilemma : A Model Incorporating Idiocentric/Allocentric Cultural Orientation (Jung, J. Y., McCormick, J., & Gross, M. U. M., 2012)

* Idiocentric and allocentric differences in emotional expression, experience, and the coherence between expression and experience (Matsumoto, D. & Kupperbusch, C., 2001)

Self-Employment

- Self-Employment in the United States: An Update (Hipple, 2004)

Entrepreneurship

* Digital Entrepreneurship and its Sociomaterial Enactment (Davidson & Vaast)

Telework (or Workshifting)

- Managing a Remote Workforce: Proven Practices from Successful Leaders (TheWorkDesign Collaborative, LLC; 2010)

* The Health and Wellbeing of Remote and Mobile Workers (Crawford, 2009)

- Legal Issues Abound in the World of Telecommuting Including: Workers’ Compensation, Tax Issues, and Compliance with ADA and OSHA Regulations (Winters, 2007)

* Telecommuting and Environmental Policy: Lessons from the ecommute Program (Walls, Nelson, & Safirova, 2005)

* Telecommuting and Emissions Reductions: Evaluating Results from the ecommute Program (Walls & Nelson, 2004)

* A Review of Telework Research: Findings, New Directions, and Lessons for the Study of Modern Work (Bailey & Kurland, 2002)

- Knowledge Worker Productivity: Challenges, Issues, Solutions (GSA Enterprise Transformation, 2011)

- Set Up Remote Workers to Thrive (Mulki, Bardhi, Lassk, & Nanavaty-Dahl, 2009)

* Remote Work: An Examination of Current Trends and Emerging Issues (Busch, Nash, & Bell, 2011)

- The World of Virtual Work: Facts and Statistics (Manpower)

- Guide to Telework in the Federal Government (U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 2011)

- Implementing & Managing a Telework Program: A Complete Guide to Properly Managing Telework Employees (Viack Corporation)

- Bringing Work Home: Advantages and Challenges of Telecommuting (Hamilton)

- The State of Telework in the U.S.: How Individuals, Business, and Government Benefit (Lister & Harnish, 2011)

- The Business Case for Telecommuting (WFC Resources, Inc.)

- The Reality of Virtual Work: Is Your Organization Ready? (Thompson & Caputo, Aon Consulting, 2009)

- The Virtual Work Environment: Strategies for Success (Aon Insurance Services, 2011)

- Making Virtual Work “Business as Usual” It’s all been said, so how do we get it done? (Mclnerney, Idehen, & Goodman at Deloitte Development LLC, 2012)

- Workspace Utilization and Allocation Benchmark (U.S. General Services Administration, 2011)

* Managing a Virtual Workplace (Cascio, 2000)

- The Unique Challenges of Virtual Teams (McKinnon, 2003)

* Five Challenges to Virtual Team Success: Lessons from Sabre, Inc. (Kirkman, Rosen, Gibson, & Tesluk, 2002)

* Virtual Teams: A Literature Review (Ebrahim, Ahmed, & Taha, 2009)

- Telework: The Advantages and Challenges of Working Here, There, Anywhere, and Anytime (Kurland & Bailey, 1999)

* Comparing Telework Locations and Traditional Work Arrangements: Differences in Work-Life Balance Support, Job Satisfaction, and Inclusions (Morganson, Major, Oborn, Verive, & Heelan, 2010)

- Managing Virtual Teams (Intranet Focus Ltd, 2012)

- The Challenges of Working in Virtual Teams (RW3 CultureWizard LLC, 2012)

- Virtual Teams: Challenges and Opportunities (HRCgroup 2010)

- Workshifting Benefits: the Bottom Line (Lister, 2010)

* Virtual Work Environments in the Post-Recession Era (Bullock & Klein)

- The Workplace Revolution: Six Steps to Build a Successful Virtual Workforce (Haid)