Events

Prof. Christopher M. Barnes
Professor and Provost Chair
Department of Management and Organisation
National University of Singapore

In this presentation, Prof. Barnes will walk through the topic of human sustainability. Human sustainability focuses on how employees can meet their needs for maintenance without neglecting their needs for growth and generativity, such that they can maintain a (preferably high) level of performance over long periods of time. Prof. Barnes will discuss Restricted Employee Sustainability Theory (REST), as well as a theoretical extension to REST which focuses on the role of the leader. Following this, Prof. Barnes will discuss a construct validation process in which my coauthors and he developed new measures associated with REST, and how these constructs relate to employee health. Prof. Barnes will devote special attention to the topics of preventive versus corrective maintenance, which seem very similar on the surface but are better differentiated in predicting outcomes over time. Finally, Prof. Barnes will discuss potential future directions for research on the topic of human sustainability.