Zahálka v práci aneb Rukoveť pracovního simulantství – Paulsen Roland (2017)

In the frantic pace of contemporary workplaces, many employees are heading towards burnout. For others, busyness is more about finding ways to avoid work. Both are aptly described in this study of everyday economics regarding the meaning of work and the struggle for time. The people mentioned in these pages are undoubtedly very busy, but for most of the time, their busyness is more about finding ways to avoid work than diving into its embrace. Paulsen is fully and deeply aware of how he presents 'work simulation' as a powerful critique of the dominant discourse of work as a universal panacea. While many people spend more and more time at work, international statistics estimate that the average employee spends about two hours each day on activities that have nothing to do with their job. How is this possible, and what drives us to avoid work? In his provocative book, Roland Paulsen examines work disobedience. He focuses primarily on the phenomenon of 'work simulation,' which he defines as the time during which people attend to their personal matters at work. The author considers various explanations, from a lack of work activity to a conscious boycott of job responsibilities. He starts from...