Abstract
In recent decades, employees in the Western world have been affected by many changes in their working conditions . New types of work (e.g., crowd-working) and new work settings (e.g., flexible work arrangements ) have appeared and employees at many workplaces seem to suffer from intensified work, which results in decreases in the quality of working life .
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Korunka, C., Kubicek, B. (2017). Job Demands in a Changing World of Work. In: Korunka, C., Kubicek, B. (eds) Job Demands in a Changing World of Work. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54678-0_1
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