A Great but Slightly Dated Book
4 stars
(Full disclosure: Jeff is a friend)
This book is a great summary of the state of research on how common approaches to management harm both employee health and firm performance, with a number of case studies sprinkled in for good measure. I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of time Jeff spends on lower income workers, although books such as "Getting Me Cheap" put more focus on the topic and expand on a lot of what's included here. There's also basically nothing about the Global South, despite many workers there being subject to management dictates from the Global North, and it's also hard to take lots of the cases about companies/executives doing things well when so recently they've reversed course. That being said, the research that's presented here is timeless and needs to be repeated to avoid falling into the myopia of the current moment. Highly recommend
(Full disclosure: Jeff is a friend)
This book is a great summary of the state of research on how common approaches to management harm both employee health and firm performance, with a number of case studies sprinkled in for good measure. I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of time Jeff spends on lower income workers, although books such as "Getting Me Cheap" put more focus on the topic and expand on a lot of what's included here. There's also basically nothing about the Global South, despite many workers there being subject to management dictates from the Global North, and it's also hard to take lots of the cases about companies/executives doing things well when so recently they've reversed course. That being said, the research that's presented here is timeless and needs to be repeated to avoid falling into the myopia of the current moment. Highly recommend