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This book makes use of a four country research programme, covering France, Germany, Great Britain and Japan. Investigations and interviews at store, company and individual levels paint a picture of working times in the sector and in each of the countries. The volume provides some explanations for national differences as well as the similarities; supply and demand issues, as well as societal and social backgrounds. Large format food retailing is a major force in each country, employing millions in many different situations and conditions. This book suggests opportunities for retailers and employees to better manage their situations.

The rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has come to fruition. In many cases, employment in the service sector now outnumbers that in manufacturing sectors, and it is accepted that in all developed countries, the service sector is the only one in which employment will grow in future. The reasons for this is the subject of much controversy and debate, the outcomes of which are not merely of academic interest but of decisive importance for economic policy and the quality of working and living conditions in future.In order to examine these various arguments, research teams from eight European countries worked together for three years on a comparative study of the evolution of service sector employment in EU member states. They also investigated working and employment conditions in five very different service industries (banking, retailing, hospitals, IT services and care of the elderly) in a number of countries, and the results of their research are presented in this informative new collection, of interest to students academics and researchers involved in all aspects of industrial economics.

The rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has come to fruition. In many cases, employment in the service sector now outnumbers that in manufacturing sectors, and it is accepted that in all developed countries, the service sector is the only one in which employment will grow in future. The reasons for this is the subject of much controversy and debate, the outcomes of which are not merely of academic interest but of decisive importance for economic policy and the quality of working and living conditions in future.In order to examine these various arguments, research teams from eight European countries worked together for three years on a comparative study of the evolution of service sector employment in EU member states. They also investigated working and employment conditions in five very different service industries (banking, retailing, hospitals, IT services and care of the elderly) in a number of countries, and the results of their research are presented in this informative new collection, of interest to students academics and researchers involved in all aspects of industrial economics.

This book makes use of a four country research programme, covering France, Germany, Great Britain and Japan. Investigations and interviews at store, company and individual levels paint a picture of working times in the sector and in each of the countries. The volume provides some explanations for national differences as well as the similarities; supply and demand issues, as well as societal and social backgrounds. Large format food retailing is a major force in each country, employing millions in many different situations and conditions. This book suggests opportunities for retailers and employees to better manage their situations.

This book makes use of a four country research programme, covering France, Germany, Great Britain and Japan. Investigations and interviews at store, company and individual levels paint a picture of working times in the sector and in each of the countries. The volume provides some explanations for national differences as well as the similarities; supply and demand issues, as well as societal and social backgrounds. Large format food retailing is a major force in each country, employing millions in many different situations and conditions. This book suggests opportunities for retailers and employees to better manage their situations.

Der Begriff des Finanzmarktkapitalismus wird in der deutschen Soziologie vielfach als neue Interpretationsfolie der aktuellen Entwicklungstendenzen des Kapitalismus genutzt. Die Akzentuierung der analytischen Inhalte, die mit dem Begriff jeweils verbunden werden, ist dabei breit gefächert. Im vorliegenden Band werden Brücken geschlagen zwischen der sich darum entwickelnden theoretischen Diskussion und einer anwendungsorientierten Arbeitsforschung. Daraus ergeben sich auch neue Anregungen für die soziologische Debatte über den Finanzmarktkapitalismus. Das Buch versammelt Arbeiten aus verschiedenen Forschungsvorhaben der Abteilung Arbeitszeit und Arbeitsorganisation am Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation (IAQ) der Universität Duisburg-Essen.

Der Band bilanziert in 30 Beiträgen das wissenschaftliche Werk des geschäftsführenden Direktors des Instituts Arbeit und Qualifikation, Gerhard Bosch. Autorinnen und Autoren aus politischer Praxis und Wissenschaft kommen gleichberechtigt zu Wort. Das Buch ist in die Kapitel "Zukunft der Arbeit", "Arbeitszeit", "Arbeitsbeziehungen", "Arbeitsmarktordnung" und "Arbeitsmarktpolitik" gegliedert und schließt mit einer Übersicht über die zentralen Publikationen von Gerhard Bosch ab.