Human Sustainability and Cognitive Overload at Work : The Psychological Cost of Working / Alexander D. Stajkovic.

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction to Cognitive Load, Attentional Processing, and Human Sustainability at Work -- PART 1: How We Arrived at Cognitive Overload -- 2. Increase in Cognitive Load Through Epochal Stages of Human Development -- 3. The Failure of the Leadership "Cottage Industry" and Organizational Leaders as More Proximal Factors Contributing to Employee Cognitive Overload -- PART 2: How Bad is It and How Should We Work Then? -- 4. Evidence of Psychological Cost of Working in Contemporary Organizations: Anxiety, Depression, Work-Home Conflict, and Suicides Attributed to Work -- 5. Theory Guidance Toward Human Sustainability at Work: Moral Matrices, Business Concerns, Science, or all of the Above? -- PART 3: Toward Reducing Cognitive Overload and Fostering Human Sustainability at Work at Different Levels of Analysis -- 6. Modify the System: Pros and Cons of Liberal, Coordinated, and Directed Capitalism -- 7. Modify Organizational Leadership: Ethics of Care and Female Leadership Advantage -- 8. Modify Humans: Are There Limits to Transcending our Limitations, is Homo Sapiens Outdated, and How to Contemplate AI Upgrades? -- 9. Cognitive Automation: Reducing Cognitive Overload and Boosting Performance Without Attention -- PART 4: Epilogue -- 10. Alternative Explanations, Future Research, and Conclusion -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.