Bengt Larsson – 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.

I Sociologiska perspektiv ges en heltäckande introduktion i allmän-sociologiska teorier och begrepp. Boken är tematiskt upplagd, och tar med läsaren på en vandring från samhällets små skeenden till dess stora och övergripande sammanhang – från enskilda individers handlingar till samhällsföreteelser av global utbredning. I boken behandlas inledningsvis frågan om vad samhällsteori är. Därefter redogör författarna för olika teoretiska perspektiv på ett antal grundläggande samhällsteoretiska problem. Bokens olika delar behandlar i tur och ordning hur sociologer teoretiskt betraktar: • aktörer och handling• social interaktion• organisering av samhandling• samhällets skiktning• modernitet och globalisering • teoretiska utmaningar och teorianvändningSociologiska perspektiv är lämplig för introduktionskurser i sociologi och samhällsteori, men kan även användas på fördjupande teorimoment.

Denna bok är en introduktion till området lön och belöning. Den ger en översiktlig beskrivning av hur svensk lönebildning fungerar, hur organisationer arbetar med individuell lönesättning och belöningssystem, samt hur lönen påverkar medarbetares motivation och rättviseuppfattningar. På alla dessa områden presenteras både centrala teoretiska perspektiv och aktuella forskningsresultat, vilka belyses genom illustrerande och konkreta exempel.

Personalvetenskapliga perspektiv är en serie av böcker som behandlar ämnen med relevans för blivande personalvetare och yrkesverksamma inom HR-fältet. De är teoretiskt och empiriskt underbyggda och ger genom konkreta exempel och intervjucitat från yrkesverksamma också en inblick i praktiken.

Böckerna vänder sig till studenter som läser en utbildning med inriktning mot personalvetenskap, men även till yrkesverksamma som vill förnya eller fördjupa sina kunskaper. Det personalvetenskapliga perspektivet innebär att böckerna har en flervetenskaplig ansats och belyser den aktuella frågan från olika håll och genom olika teoretiska ingångar.

Om författarnaFörfattarna är verksamma vid Göteborgs universitet och är engagerade i forskning och undervisning inom det breda området arbetsliv, organisation och personal. Bengt Larsson är professor i sociologi, Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson är docent i sociologi och Petra Adolfsson är docent i företagsekonomi.

Traditional approaches in the wide field of employment relations focused on a small and clearly delineated set of actors, such as trade unions and employers’ organizations, operating within the constraints given by formal, nationally confined institutions. It is becoming increasingly clear that traditional approaches are insufficiently able to account for employment relations processes and outcomes in a world wherein formal institutions are being rapidly transformed and partially dissolved, national boundaries become porous, and the sheer number of actors involved is increasing substantially. A shift in perspective is necessary, past the nationally bounded actor-institution dichotomy, towards an understanding of employment relations as fundamentally mediated by complex and emergent networks that connect a multitude of actors within and between countries.This volume provides a seminal starting point for such a paradigm shift by applying theories and methodologies from social network analysis to the study of employment relations. It develops a theoretical toolkit of mechanisms that operate within networks and shape employment relations processes and outcomes, such as wages, labour market policies and labour conflicts. It brings together insights from various projects that investigate the structure, functioning and impact of networks in employment relations through quantitative and qualitative methods. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of employment relations across business and management, economics, political science, and sociology disciplines, as well as those interested in social networks. Managers, trade unions, employers’ organizations and state authorities at national and international levels will find it helpful in understanding how networks shape their world.

Traditional approaches in the wide field of employment relations focused on a small and clearly delineated set of actors, such as trade unions and employers’ organizations, operating within the constraints given by formal, nationally confined institutions. It is becoming increasingly clear that traditional approaches are insufficiently able to account for employment relations processes and outcomes in a world wherein formal institutions are being rapidly transformed and partially dissolved, national boundaries become porous, and the sheer number of actors involved is increasing substantially. A shift in perspective is necessary, past the nationally bounded actor-institution dichotomy, towards an understanding of employment relations as fundamentally mediated by complex and emergent networks that connect a multitude of actors within and between countries.This volume provides a seminal starting point for such a paradigm shift by applying theories and methodologies from social network analysis to the study of employment relations. It develops a theoretical toolkit of mechanisms that operate within networks and shape employment relations processes and outcomes, such as wages, labour market policies and labour conflicts. It brings together insights from various projects that investigate the structure, functioning and impact of networks in employment relations through quantitative and qualitative methods. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of employment relations across business and management, economics, political science, and sociology disciplines, as well as those interested in social networks. Managers, trade unions, employers’ organizations and state authorities at national and international levels will find it helpful in understanding how networks shape their world.

Traditional approaches in the wide field of employment relations focused on a small and clearly delineated set of actors, such as trade unions and employers’ organizations, operating within the constraints given by formal, nationally confined institutions. It is becoming increasingly clear that traditional approaches are insufficiently able to account for employment relations processes and outcomes in a world wherein formal institutions are being rapidly transformed and partially dissolved, national boundaries become porous, and the sheer number of actors involved is increasing substantially. A shift in perspective is necessary, past the nationally bounded actor-institution dichotomy, towards an understanding of employment relations as fundamentally mediated by complex and emergent networks that connect a multitude of actors within and between countries. ? This volume provides a seminal starting point for such a paradigm shift by applying theories and methodologies from social network analysis to the study of employment relations. It develops a theoretical toolkit of mechanisms that operate within networks and shape employment relations processes and outcomes, such as wages, labour market policies and labour conflicts. It brings together insights from various projects that investigate the structure, functioning and impact of networks in employment relations through quantitative and qualitative methods. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of employment relations across business and management, economics, political science, and sociology disciplines, as well as those interested in social networks. Managers, trade unions, employers’ organizations and state authorities at national and international levels will find it helpful in understanding how networks shape their world.

Traditional approaches in the wide field of employment relations focused on a small and clearly delineated set of actors, such as trade unions and employers’ organizations, operating within the constraints given by formal, nationally confined institutions. It is becoming increasingly clear that traditional approaches are insufficiently able to account for employment relations processes and outcomes in a world wherein formal institutions are being rapidly transformed and partially dissolved, national boundaries become porous, and the sheer number of actors involved is increasing substantially. A shift in perspective is necessary, past the nationally bounded actor-institution dichotomy, towards an understanding of employment relations as fundamentally mediated by complex and emergent networks that connect a multitude of actors within and between countries. ? This volume provides a seminal starting point for such a paradigm shift by applying theories and methodologies from social network analysis to the study of employment relations. It develops a theoretical toolkit of mechanisms that operate within networks and shape employment relations processes and outcomes, such as wages, labour market policies and labour conflicts. It brings together insights from various projects that investigate the structure, functioning and impact of networks in employment relations through quantitative and qualitative methods. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of employment relations across business and management, economics, political science, and sociology disciplines, as well as those interested in social networks. Managers, trade unions, employers’ organizations and state authorities at national and international levels will find it helpful in understanding how networks shape their world.

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.