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Work and Industry
Structures, Markets, and Processes
Av Arne L. Kalleberg, Ivar Berg
Inbunden, 1987
1122 kr
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Work occupies a pivotal role in the daily activities and over the course of a lifetime of members of modern societies. In anticipation, work influ ences education and training; it has much to do with shaping current earned income and status in the community; and in retrospect, it influ ences …
Industries, Firms, and Jobs
Sociological and Economic Approaches
Av George Farkas, Paula England
Inbunden, 1988
1680 kr
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This book is a welcome reassertion of an old tradition of interdisdplinary research. That tradition has tended to atrophy in the last decade, largely because of an enormous expansion of the domain of neoc1assical economics. The expansion has fed on two sdentific developments: first, human capital …
Maternal Employment and Children’s Development
Longitudinal Research
Av Adele Eskeles Gottfried, Allen W. Gottfried
Inbunden, 1988
1585 kr
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In a review written in 1979, I noted that there was a paucity of research examining the effects of maternal employment on the infant and young child and also that longitudinal studies of the effects of maternal em ployment were needed (Hoffman, 1979). In the last 10 years, there has been a flurry …
Bureaucratic Labor Market
The Case of the Federal Civil Service
Inbunden, 1989
2237 kr
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A description of the jobs in a labor force, an "occupational" description of it, is an abstraction for describing the flow of concrete work that goes through one or more employing organizations; the flow of work proba bly changes at a higher speed than the system for abstracting a descrip tion of …
Enriching Business Ethics
Inbunden, 1990
1680 kr
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Over thirty years ago, Alfred North Whitehead wrote: "If America is to be civilized, it has to be done (at least for the present) by the business class who are in possession of the power and the economic resources . . . . If the American universities were up to their job, they would be taking …
Life and Death at Work
Industrial Accidents as a Case of Socially Produced Error
Av Tom Dwyer
Inbunden, 1991
2237 kr
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This book benefited from the financial support of a French Government scholarship between 1976 and 1978. It sponsored a doctoral thesis in which initial theoretical, empirical, and historical reflections on acci- dents were developed and written while I was a student at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes …
When Strikes Make Sense—And Why
Lessons from Third Republic French Coal Miners
Av Samuel Cohn
Inbunden, 1993
1122 kr
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Social scientists have not helped the working class make strategic deci sions. Unionists need to know how to carry on industrial conflict so as to provide concrete economic benefits for their members. Should unions strike or not strike? Should losses be avoided at all costs, or can unions afford …
Employment Relationship
Causes and Consequences of Modern Personnel Administration
Av William P. Bridges, Wayne J. Villemez
Inbunden, 1994
1090 kr
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In 1979, serious research was just beginning on the connections between stratification outcomes and organizations. Data suitable for investigating these connections were scarce, and the general wisdom was that they would remain scarce--since organizational case studies were seen as the only means …
Labor and Politics in the U.S. Postal Service
Inbunden, 1994
1122 kr
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Labor and Politics in the U.S. Postal Service grew out of concern for the way a large public organization does its work. It reflects my effort to link experience working as a letter carrier and mail collector with subsequent years of study in the field of organizational sociology. The final product …
Operation of Internal Labor Markets
Staffing Practices and Vacancy Chains
Inbunden, 1995
1585 kr
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Employment systems consist of complex arrays of formal and informal rules that structure the relationships between employees and employers. There are many different types of employment systems. Some are specified in considerable detail in collectively bargained quasilegal employment contracts, …
Negro Business and Business Education
Their Present and Prospective Development
Inbunden, 1995
1059 kr
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A reprint of the classic volume originally published by Harper & Brothers in 1947, this scholary work provides important insights for understanding contemporary issues in African-American business and business education as well as in the rebuilding of American communities today.
Social and Spatial Ecology of Work
The Case of a Survey Research Organization
Inbunden, 2000
548 kr
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This work studies both the social organizational specifics and the interior spatial setting of a survey research organization through a combination of social science and architectural research. The author analyzes how social organizational dimensions are related to the spatial ecology of the …
Stress and Distress among the Unemployed
Hard Times and Vulnerable People
Av Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1090 kr
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Employing both large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews, the authors document the mental health effects on workers caused by the closure of four General Motor plants. They paint a portrait of how the social context in which these workers lived played a critical role in their experiences of …
Employment Relations in France
Evolution and Innovation
Av Alan Jenkins
Inbunden, 2000
1090 kr
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This book traces the development of employment relations in France since 1968 and analyzes the main forms of evolution and innovation in two areas; human resources management and industrial relations. The author documents how contemporary employment relations in France have emerged through …
Sourcebook of Labor Markets
Evolving Structures and Processes
Av Ivar Berg, Arne L. Kalleberg
Inbunden, 2001
2172 kr
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A distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the field at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future. Following what the editors describe as an `evolutionist' approach to the study of labor markets, the chapters address issues of …
Analyzing the Labor Force
Concepts, Measures, and Trends
Av Clifford C. Clogg, Scott R. Eliason m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
548 kr
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With the passing of Clifford Collier Clogg at the age of 45 on May 7th 1995, the world lost a talented sociologist, demographer, and statistician all at once. In addition to being a considerable talent in each of these three disciplines, and perhaps more importantly, Cliff was the type of person …
Worlds of Work
Building an International Sociology of Work
Av Daniel B. Cornfield, Randy Hodson
Inbunden, 2002
1090 kr
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The advent of transnational economic production and market integration compels sociologists of work to look beyond traditional national boundaries and build an international sociology of work in order to effectively address the human, scientific, and practical challenges posed by global economic …
Mayoral Control of the New York City Schools
Av David Rogers
Inbunden, 2008
1061 kr
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This is a book about the ambitious reform strategy known as mayoral control ini- ated to transform the dysfunctional system of urban education in the United States. I use the term dysfunctional to refer to the inability of urban school districts over the past 50 years to reduce the learning gap …
Mayoral Control of the New York City Schools
Av David Rogers
Häftad, 2010
1054 kr
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This is a book about the ambitious reform strategy known as mayoral control ini- ated to transform the dysfunctional system of urban education in the United States. I use the term dysfunctional to refer to the inability of urban school districts over the past 50 years to reduce the learning gap …
State and the Labor Market
Häftad, 2011
546 kr
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In the two decades before the mid-1970s, macroeconomic policies in Western Europe were frequently accompanied by policies of direct wage restraint in the pursuit of acceptable levels of employment, inflation, and international competitiveness. The same period witnessed a proliferation of social …
Workers, Managers, and Technological Change
Emerging Patterns of Labor Relations
Häftad, 2011
546 kr
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Workers, Managers, and Technological Change: Emerging Patterns of Labor Relations contributes significantly to an important subject. Technological change is one of the most powerful forces transforming the American industrial relations In fact, the synergistic relationships between technology and …
Worlds of Work
Building an International Sociology of Work
Av Daniel B. Cornfield, Randy Hodson
Häftad, 2012
1084 kr
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The advent of transnational economic production and market integration compels sociologists of work to look beyond traditional national boundaries and build an international sociology of work in order to effectively address the human, scientific, and practical challenges posed by global economic …
Sourcebook of Labor Markets
Evolving Structures and Processes
Av Ivar Berg, Arne L. Kalleberg
Häftad, 2012
2161 kr
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A distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the field at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future. Following what the editors describe as an `evolutionist' approach to the study of labor markets, the chapters address issues of …
Stress and Distress among the Unemployed
Hard Times and Vulnerable People
Av Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1116 kr
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Employing both large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews, the authors document the mental health effects on workers caused by the closure of four General Motor plants. They paint a portrait of how the social context in which these workers lived played a critical role in their experiences of …
Ensuring Minority Success in Corporate Management
Av Donna E. Thompson, Nancy DiTomaso
Häftad, 2012
546 kr
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To be a corporate executive in America is to achieve a universally recognized measure of personal and professional success. The high income, privilege, prestige, and authority enjoyed by most corporate executives all attest to "making it." That is why the advancement of racial and ethnic minorities …
Employment Relationship
Causes and Consequences of Modern Personnel Administration
Av William P. Bridges, Wayne J. Villemez
Häftad, 2013
1084 kr
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In 1979, serious research was just beginning on the connections between stratification outcomes and organizations. Data suitable for investigating these connections were scarce, and the general wisdom was that they would remain scarce--since organizational case studies were seen as the only means …
Segmented Labor, Fractured Politics
Labor Politics in American Life
Av William Form
Häftad, 2013
546 kr
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My curiosity and concern about the working class in America stems from childhood memories of my father, a cabinetmaker, and of my oldest brother, an autoworker, who were passionately involved in the labor movement. Perhaps because they so wanted the working class to achieve greater social and …
Ending a Career in the Auto Industry
“30 and Out”
Av Melissa A. Hardy, Lawrence Hazelrigg m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
546 kr
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During the 1980s the news media were filled with reports of soaring unemployment as 'downsizing' and `restructuring' became the new buzzwords. Firms managed their workforce reduction by increasing the attractiveness of their pension plans-especially their early-retirement plans. In this volume, the …
Employment Relations in France
Evolution and Innovation
Av Alan Jenkins
Häftad, 2013
1084 kr
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Thisbook is the fruit of a number of years of assimilating another culture and learning about the evolution of its institutions, altogether an incr- iblyrich andrewarding experience. Ihopetopassonto the reader some of that richness in the belief that, even in a “globalizing” context, learning about …
Social and Spatial Ecology of Work
The Case of a Survey Research Organization
Häftad, 2013
530 kr
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The Social and Spatial Ecology of Work is an important contribution to the P- num Studies in Work and Industry. It is a theoretically informed case study, unique in that it takes full measure of the importance of physical space and the built environment for the quality of people’s daily working …
