Using role theory to understand and solve employment relations and human resources problems

Qian Yi Lee, Keith Townsend, Ashlea Troth and Rebecca Loudoun

Chapter 19 in Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations, 2019, pp 280-294 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: All employees have a role or even multiple roles to play and in recent decades role theory has assisted a better understanding of how and why people behave in certain ways at work. In addition, their work role may potentially hold various ‘sub-roles’. This chapter explores the development of role theory as it pertains to organizational experiences for employees. Role theory literature in the workplace context is centred around some key concepts including role clarity, role conflict, role ambiguity, and role overload. Looking at the opportunities offered by role theory to address the guiding questions central to this chapter, the authors show that role theory helps understand the many and varied roles that employees play inside and outside the workplace and how interpretations and expectations around these roles influence individual and workplace outcomes.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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