{"product_id":"9789819282395","title":"When Flexibility Fails Digital Work, Superficial Fulfillment, and the New Psychology of Employee Wellbeing","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHuman Resource Management\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWhen Flexibility Fails\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDigital Work, Superficial Fulfillment, and the New Psychology of Employee Wellbeing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYaning Li | Huifang Li\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Human Resources \u0026amp; Personnel Management\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines why digital transformation often fails to improve employee wellbeing, even when organizations invest heavily in remote work, flexible scheduling, digital collaboration tools, and data-driven management systems. The book focuses on a central paradox: digital work appears to give employees more autonomy, flexibility, and control, yet many workers experience greater stress, weaker boundaries, reduced satisfaction, and intensified psychological strain. Drawing on self-determination theory, organizational behavior, information systems research, and large-scale employee review data, the book argues that digital work frequently produces superficial need fulfillment. Employees may appear to gain autonomy through flexible work arrangements, competence through performance dashboards, or connection through digital communication tools, but these same systems can also increase surveillance, availability expectations, algorithmic control, and social isolation. The book develops three core mechanisms: duality, where digital tools simultaneously support and undermine psychological needs; superficiality, where apparent benefits mask deeper constraints; and cascading, where the violation of one psychological need triggers harm across other dimensions. The book is written for scholars, graduate students, and advanced practitioners interested in digital transformation, employee wellbeing, human resource management, organizational theory, and the future of work. It addresses an urgent problem for modern organizations: why providing flexibility is not enough. By explaining when and why digital flexibility fails, the book offers a framework for designing digital work systems that support genuine autonomy, competence, relatedness, and sustainable wellbeing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYaning Li is a postgraduate researcher at the School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China. His research focuses on organizational behavior and digital work. His work has been accepted at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2026. He has gained practical experience through internships at ByteDance and CITIC Securities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuifang Li is an Associate Professor at the School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China. She has published multiple UTD24 papers, focusing on sharing economy platforms, e‑marketplace operations, and organizational misbehavior. Her work appears in \u003cem\u003eProduction and Operations Management\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndustrial Management \u0026amp; Data Systems\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eInformation Systems Research\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 March 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Singapore\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789819282395\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63414080307340,"sku":"9789819282395","price":161.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819282395.tif?v=1792542673","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789819282395","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}