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Work and Family
Av Randy Hodson
Inbunden, 1999
1610 kr
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This book addresses key issues regarding the nexus of work and family in society at the beginning of the 21st century. For many families, the "balancing act" brings rewards as well as concerns. Employers and governments struggle with whether and how to assist in achieving balance. The work presents …
Deviance in the Workplace
Av Randy Hodson
Inbunden, 1997
1320 kr
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This volume is about deviance in the workplace. It defines deviance as departures from laws or organizational rules by workers, managers, or an organization as an entity. It brings together contributions by scholars in the sociology of work and of crime and deviance, and identifies workplace …
Marginal Employment
Av Randy Hodson
Inbunden, 2000
1233 kr
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This volume will provide students and researchers alike with a solid grounding both in traditional aspects of marginality and in the increasing important topics of part-time and contingent work. The reader will have the opportunity to learn more about the growing range and diversity of marginal …
Transformation of Work
Inbunden, 2001
1571 kr
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Analysts are generally agreed - dramatic changes are unfolding in the character of work, managerial authority, and the employment relationship. However, there is little agreement as to precisely how such changes are reshaping people's working lives, the nature of their careers, and the distribution …
Labor Revitalization
Global Perspectives and New Initiatives
Av Daniel B. Cornfield, Holly J. McCammon
Inbunden, 2003
1432 kr
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This work examines variations among nations in the wide array of initiatives labour unions and labour movements are taking to strengthen themselves and recruit new members. Moving beyond previous research on the factors leading to union decline, the international group of scholars who have …
Sociology of Job Training
Inbunden, 2003
1428 kr
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How workers learn how to do their jobs is central to an understanding of the changing nature of work in post-industrial society. The role of job or worker training has, however, been underdeveloped in sociological theories of work and the labor market. By most accounts, the ongoing penetration of …
Globalism/Localism at Work
Av Leni Beukema, Jorge Carrillo
Inbunden, 2004
1236 kr
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In this volume the focus is on the interrelations of the global and the local in their consequences for work. The process of restructuring of work is analyzed as an ongoing, locally situated process in which actors within work organizations play an important role. Nevertheless, when taking the …
Entrepreneurship
Av Lisa Keister
Inbunden, 2005
1790 kr
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Entrepreneurship, the creation of new economic entities, is central to the structure and functioning of organizations and economies. New business formation also shapes the nature of social and economic stratification in an economy and may be an important vehicle for social mobility. The papers in …
Worker Participation
Current Research and Future Trends
Av Vicki Smith
Inbunden, 2005
1738 kr
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"Worker Participation: Current Research and Future Trends, Volume 16 of Research in the Sociology of Work", offers cutting edge research on the character and implications of workplace participation. Written by some of the leading scholars in the sociology of workplace transformation and alternative …
Workplace Temporalities
Av Beth Rubin
Inbunden, 2007
1250 kr
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The global, 24/7 economy and the organizational changes it has generated have enormous implications for the organization, experience and use of time in (and out of) the workplace. In addition to eroding the boundary between home and work, creating time pressures both within and outside of the …
Institutions and Entrepreneurship
Av Wesley D. Sine, Robert J. David
Inbunden, 2010
1529 kr
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In this volume, we examine how the institutional environment affects entrepreneurial organizations, and vice-versa. This includes not only how the institutional environment constrains both founding processes and the type of organizations founded, but also how institutional dynamics construct new …
Comparing European Workers
Policies and Institutions
Av David Brady
Inbunden, 2011
1372 kr
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This second of two companion volumes places the labor markets, workplaces, jobs and workers of Europe in comparative perspective. It focuses on the politics, economics, sociology, and history of work and workers in Europe. It contains both qualitative and quantitative studies as well as explicitly …
Comparing European Workers
Av David Brady
2011
2629 kr
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This Book Set consists of: *9781849509466 - Comparing European Workers Part A: Experiences and Inequalities *9780857249319 - Comparing European Workers Part B: Policies and Institutions This set of volumes places the labor markets, workplaces, jobs and workers of Europe in comparative perspective. …
Religion, Work, and Inequality
Av Lisa Keister
Inbunden, 2002
1442 kr
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Work behaviours and inequality in work-based rewards are essential to financial security and general well-being. Although the benefits of receiving work-based rewards, such as income, benefits and retirement packages, are significant, they are not enjoyed uniformly. Scholars have invested …
Networks, Work, and Inequality
Inbunden, 2013
1512 kr
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The importance of social relationships at work has long been recognized in the social sciences. Interest in this topic has been renewed through scholarly and popular discussions of social capital as well as recent innovations in network data collection and analysis. These developments have allowed …
Adolescent Experiences and Adult Work Outcomes
Connections and Causes
Av Henrich R. Greve, Marc-David L. Seidel
Inbunden, 2014
1709 kr
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This volume of Research in the Sociology of Work starts with a deceptively simple question of, "Do events and experiences during adolescence influence the work outcomes of individuals when they reach adulthood?" While at first glance simple, the question has a wide range of theoretical and …
Work and Family in the New Economy
Av Samantha K. Ammons, Erin L. Kelly
Inbunden, 2015
1625 kr
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This volume will focus on innovative research that examines how the nature of paid work intersects with family and personal life today. Although some workers have more stability than others, rising income inequality, the continued rise of nonstandard work, further erosion of unions, technological …
Immigration and Work
Inbunden, 2015
1709 kr
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Immigrants and their descendants are growing populations that are rapidly changing the racial/ethnic diversity of the United States and many societies across the globe. People migrate for a multitude of reasons but work whether in the high-skilled, low-wage, or informal sectors of the economy or …
Gedenkschrift to Randy Hodson
Working with Dignity
Av Lisa A. Keister, Vincent J. Roscigno
Inbunden, 2016
1355 kr
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Randy Hodson was one of contemporary sociology's central figures in the study of work, occupations, and inequality. This volume pays tribute to his important scholarly contributions. Chapters by other important scholars in these fields reflect and build on his research in work conditions, worker …
Research in the Sociology of Work
Inbunden, 2016
1540 kr
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Research in the Sociology of Work (RSW) is a twice yearly publication that examines current issues related to the sociology of work. The series provides a comprehensive collection of research focused on the social, economic, political and cultural aspects of work and labour. This volume includes …
Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market
Inbunden, 2017
1287 kr
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Economic institutions are undergoing radical transformations, and with these has come a reconfiguration of labor market institutions, managerial conceptions of work, and the nature of authority and control over employees as well. Yet many of these changes remain poorly understood. This volume …
Precarious Work
Av Arne L. Kalleberg, Steven P. Vallas
Inbunden, 2017
1456 kr
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This volume presents original theory and research on precarious work in various parts of the world, identifying its social, political and economic origins, its manifestations in the USA, Europe, Asia, and the Global South, and its consequences for personal and family life. In the past quarter …
Race, Identity and Work
Av Ethel L. Mickey, Adia Harvey Wingfield
Inbunden, 2018
1215 kr
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This volume examines the connections between race and work, focusing on three key themes. First, contributors consider how racial minorities deal with questions of identity in the workplace. This is especially important as ideas about professionalism often hinge on implicitly racialized criteria, …
Work and Labor in the Digital Age
Av Steven P. Vallas, Anne Kovalainen
Inbunden, 2019
1062 kr
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This volume presents the most recent studies of work and labor in the digital age as it unfolds in both Europe and the United States. One of the critical questions facing modernity concerns the reconfiguration of paid employment, which has been subject to wholesale changes that have widespread …
Professional Work
Knowledge, Power and Social Inequalities
Av Elizabeth Gorman, Steven.P Vallas
Inbunden, 2020
1341 kr
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The professions have undergone massive changes in recent decades, as globalization, information technology, bureaucratization and market competition have begun to envelop even the most prestigious occupations in contemporary societies. Ironically, at a time when expert knowledge has grown …
Worker Organizing
Av Andreas Pekarek, Rick Delbridge m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1273 kr
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Worker organizing has long been a cornerstone of efforts to secure fair pay, decent working conditions, and protection against the insecurities of market economies. By acting collectively, workers have historically been able to counterbalance employer power and win improvements to work and life. …
Work, Rest, and Play
Examining Work and Labour Relations in Arts, Sports, and Entertainment
Av Gretchen Purser, Andreas Pekarek m. fl.
Inbunden, 2027
1273 kr
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Work in the “cultural economy” is increasingly defined by blurred boundaries between labour and leisure. This edited volume reveals how those in the arts, sports, and entertainment industries actually work – and struggle – behind the spectacle.Drawing on original empirical research across arts, …
Essentiality of Work
Av Markus Helfen, Markus Helfen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1199 kr
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The Covid-19 pandemic both popularized and politicized the designation of essential work. Interrogating the dialectics of essential work, this volume of Research in the Sociology of Work presents original research that explores the essentiality of work and highlights the experiences of essential …
Employability
Ideology, Policy, and Practice
Av Gretchen Purser, Gretchen Purser m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1199 kr
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Employability has become an increasingly widespread concept both in management and policy, but its meaning remains somewhat enigmatic and ambiguous. This volume offers a much-needed critical analysis of the ideology, practices, and policies of employability, reflecting significant transformations …
Ethnographies of Work
Av Rick Delbridge, Markus Helfen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1199 kr
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Presenting cutting-edge ethnographic research on contemporary worlds of work and the experiences of workers from a range of contexts, Volume 35 of Research in the Sociology of Work offers fine-grained, exploratory ethnographic data to provide insights unmatched by other research methods.Conscious …
