Bengt Furåker – författare

De flesta människor ägnar en stor del av sina liv åt förvärvsarbete. Genom det genereras merparten av den levnadsstandard och den välfärd samhället kan erbjuda. Arbetet och arbetsvillkoren påverkar också direkt individens fysiska och psykisk hälsa, livskvalitet och arbetsglädje. Hur individen påverkas hänger samman med bland annat klassposition, kön, ålder och härkomst.Ambitionen med denna bok är att belysa och besvara många av de frågeställningar som dagens arbetsliv ger upphov till. Bokens 21 kapitel är skrivna av forskare som är ledande inom sina områden och ger en unik översikt över de förhållanden som råder i det svenska arbetslivet. Översikten kombineras med en rad internationella utblickar och initierade presentationer av olika teoretiska perspektiv på hur existerande förhållanden kan förstås och förklaras. Denna fjärde upplaga har uppdaterats både vad gäller data och aktuell forskning. För att ytterligare bredda den redan sammansatta bilden av arbetslivet har nya kapitel lagts till om bland annat arbetets upplevda värde, motstånd på arbetsplatser och hybridarbete.Arbetslivet vänder sig i första hand till studenter på introducerande kurser om arbetsliv och arbetsmarknad, men lämpar sig för alla som söker kunskaper om arbetslivet och vill vidga sina perspektiv i olika arbetslivsfrågor.

Work orientations and work attitudes have to do with the productive capacities in society. Insofar as individuals are positively oriented towards contributing their labour, we can expect a great amount of work to be done and to be carried out efficiently, carefully and responsibly. These subjective factors are thus very vital in modern working life.Work Orientations: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings offers up-to-date research on people’s commitment to work and employment and job satisfaction in economically advanced countries. It will also analyse changes that have taken place in these respects over the last decades.Among the key issues in Work Orientations are questions about whether patterns of work centrality and employment commitment tend to remain stable or have changed across time in various countries. Moreover, we assume that the circumstances under which people participate in the social division of labour colour their subjective relationships to their jobs and to employment in general. A major aim of the book is to explore the impact of factors such as occupation, education, age and gender on work orientations and work attitudes.Work Orientations will be invaluable for researchers and scholars in the fields or organizational studies, the sociology of work, employee engagement and related disciplines.

In nearly all OECD countries, the labour market has been in flux in recent decades. This book examines the labour markets and the institutional frameworks that condition their functioning in four different countries: Canada, the United States, Denmark and Sweden. Through a comparative study of these cases, the book discusses the nation-specific patterns that exist in a world that seems to become increasingly subject to common social and economic development.

People’s work orientations and attitudes to paid work are highly important for the welfare of any country. Still, little is currently known about how such attitudes are distributed among different countries, men and women, classes, occupations, age groups and so on. Even less is known about how work orientations have changed during the dramatic social transformations of economies and labour markets during recent decades. What happened, for example, to work orientations in Iceland when the country went bankrupt? The answer is quite surprising. Or, is it true that work is losing its position in people’s lives in Western world? What is the relationship between people’s attitudes to work and the way they actually behave on the labour market?This timely book deals with these questions – and more – presenting fresh knowledge on changes in work orientations in many countries. It is based on genuine theoretical arguments and thorough empirical studies, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It is a great source of new knowledge on work orientations and changes in attitudes to work.

Work orientations and work attitudes have to do with the productive capacities in society. Insofar as individuals are positively oriented towards contributing their labour, we can expect a great amount of work to be done and to be carried out efficiently, carefully and responsibly. These subjective factors are thus very vital in modern working life.Work Orientations: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings offers up-to-date research on people’s commitment to work and employment and job satisfaction in economically advanced countries. It will also analyse changes that have taken place in these respects over the last decades.Among the key issues in Work Orientations are questions about whether patterns of work centrality and employment commitment tend to remain stable or have changed across time in various countries. Moreover, we assume that the circumstances under which people participate in the social division of labour colour their subjective relationships to their jobs and to employment in general. A major aim of the book is to explore the impact of factors such as occupation, education, age and gender on work orientations and work attitudes.Work Orientations will be invaluable for researchers and scholars in the fields or organizational studies, the sociology of work, employee engagement and related disciplines.

People’s work orientations and attitudes to paid work are highly important for the welfare of any country. Still, little is currently known about how such attitudes are distributed among different countries, men and women, classes, occupations, age groups and so on. Even less is known about how work orientations have changed during the dramatic social transformations of economies and labour markets during recent decades. What happened, for example, to work orientations in Iceland when the country went bankrupt? The answer is quite surprising. Or, is it true that work is losing its position in people’s lives in Western world? What is the relationship between people’s attitudes to work and the way they actually behave on the labour market?This timely book deals with these questions – and more – presenting fresh knowledge on changes in work orientations in many countries. It is based on genuine theoretical arguments and thorough empirical studies, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It is a great source of new knowledge on work orientations and changes in attitudes to work.

People’s work orientations and attitudes to paid work are highly important for the welfare of any country. Still, little is currently known about how such attitudes are distributed among different countries, men and women, classes, occupations, age groups and so on. Even less is known about how work orientations have changed during the dramatic social transformations of economies and labour markets during recent decades. What happened, for example, to work orientations in Iceland when the country went bankrupt? The answer is quite surprising. Or, is it true that work is losing its position in people’s lives in Western world? What is the relationship between people’s attitudes to work and the way they actually behave on the labour market?This timely book deals with these questions – and more – presenting fresh knowledge on changes in work orientations in many countries. It is based on genuine theoretical arguments and thorough empirical studies, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It is a great source of new knowledge on work orientations and changes in attitudes to work.

People’s work orientations and attitudes to paid work are highly important for the welfare of any country. Still, little is currently known about how such attitudes are distributed among different countries, men and women, classes, occupations, age groups and so on. Even less is known about how work orientations have changed during the dramatic social transformations of economies and labour markets during recent decades. What happened, for example, to work orientations in Iceland when the country went bankrupt? The answer is quite surprising. Or, is it true that work is losing its position in people’s lives in Western world? What is the relationship between people’s attitudes to work and the way they actually behave on the labour market?This timely book deals with these questions – and more – presenting fresh knowledge on changes in work orientations in many countries. It is based on genuine theoretical arguments and thorough empirical studies, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It is a great source of new knowledge on work orientations and changes in attitudes to work.

In nearly all OECD countries, the labour market has been in flux in recent decades. This book examines the labour markets and the institutional frameworks that condition their functioning in four different countries: Canada, the United States, Denmark and Sweden. Through a comparative study of these cases, the book discusses the nation-specific patterns that exist in a world that seems to become increasingly subject to common social and economic development.

This open access book discusses transnational trade union cooperation in Europe – its forms, focuses, conditions, and obstacles. It provides an overview of existing trade union cooperation and includes detailed analyses of two specific questions: the debates on statutory minimum wages and the Posting of Workers Directive. Drawing on empirical research, the authors take a comparative approach, considering national industrial relations regimes as well as individual sectors. With the ongoing processes of integration in Europe, it has become increasingly important for unions to cooperate with regard to employers and EU institutions. The authors illustrate the interconnections between national and European industrial relations, and explore the process of European integration in labour markets. Illustrating the potential for and difficulties involved in deepening trade union cooperation across Europe, this work is a vital read for trade unionists, researchers and students interested in European trade unionism and labour markets.

Denna bok beskriver på ett kortfattat och introducerande sätt den offentliga sektorns utveckling med särskild tonvikt på hur det framväxande välfärdssamhället kom att förändras i slutet av 1990-talet, då privata aktörer i snabbt ökande takt kom att intressera sig för välfärdstjänster. Allt fler privata utförare kom att ta över allt mer av välfärdens tjänster inom skola, vård och omsorg.Här analyseras dels de aktörer som tar plats och gör sig hörda inom välfärdssektorn, dels de styrningsfilosofier som hörs i debatten om styrningen av den offentliga sektorn. Boken belyser också opinionen kring privatiseringar och vinstutdelning till ägare av privat organiserade verksamheter som finansieras via skattemedel. Vilka sociala kategorier är mest positiva till privatisering och vilka vänder sig mot privata lösningar? Den bild som framträder kontrasteras mot hur riksdagens partier ställer sig till privata utförare av välfärdstjänster och till vinstutdelning.Boken riktar sig till universitets- och högskolestuderande på samhällsvetenskapliga utbildningar. Den bör också vara av intresse för andra som är engagerade i samhällsfrågor.

Idag förhandlar man inom stat och kommuner om löner och andra anställnings- och arbetsvillkor på ungefär samma sätt som i det privata näringslivet, även om vissa skillnader fortfarande kvarstår. I denna bok behandlas hur arbetsrätten, anställningsskyddet och medbestämmandet har utvecklats inom stat och kommuner. Reformeringen av arbetsrätten knyts till samhälleliga skeenden som den offentliga sektorns expansion och omstrukturering samt den fackliga organiseringen och aktiviteten. Vidare diskuteras betydelsen av faktorer som byråkratisk styrning, professionell makt samt olika lojaliteter hos de anställda.