Internationally renowned experts assess the role of retail work in modern industrial economies in Retail Work. Chapters are arranged thematically to capture four aspects of retail work: the nature of work and the shop floor; work across the supply chain and the wider productive system; the skills used in retailing; and workers as a collectivity.
Internationally renowned experts assess the role of retail work in modern industrial economies in Retail Work. Chapters are arranged thematically to capture four aspects of retail work: the nature of work and the shop floor; work across the supply chain and the wider productive system; the skills used in retailing; and workers as a collectivity.
IRENA GRUGULIS is the Professor of Employment Studies at Durham University, UK ÖDÜL BOZKURT is a Lecturer at the Department of Organisation Work and Technology, Lancaster University Management School, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
Why retail work demands a closer look PART I: WORK AND SKILLS Following the retail chain: sandwiches, supermarkets and the potential for workplace learning In the blink of an eye - American high end small retail businesses and the public workforce system Labour supply and skills demand in fashion retailing Technological change, work reorganization and retail workers' skills in production-oriented supermarket departments PART II: RETAIL AS A JOB VERSUS RETAILING AS A CAREER 'It's all right for Saturdays but not forever' The employment of part-time student staff within the retail sector The 'lost boys' Avoiding the trap: temporary identity as a means of coping with low-wage, part time jobs PART III: THE PRESSURES OF RETAIL WORK Employers' 'exit options' and low wage retail work: the case of supermarkets in the Netherlands and Germany 'No place to hide'? the realities of leadership in UK supermarkets In search of teamworking in a major supermarket PART IV: NEGOTIATING 'GOOD WORK' IN RETAIL Humour in Retail Work: Jokes Salespeople Tell about Their Clients Incentive for co-worker commitment Union strategies in representing 'new workers': The case of Australian and UK retail unions Endnote: thoughts and reflections Chris Tilly and Françoise Carré.
Why retail work demands a closer look PART I: WORK AND SKILLS Following the retail chain: sandwiches, supermarkets and the potential for workplace learning In the blink of an eye - American high end small retail businesses and the public workforce system Labour supply and skills demand in fashion retailing Technological change, work reorganization and retail workers' skills in production-oriented supermarket departments PART II: RETAIL AS A JOB VERSUS RETAILING AS A CAREER 'It's all right for Saturdays but not forever' The employment of part-time student staff within the retail sector The 'lost boys' Avoiding the trap: temporary identity as a means of coping with low-wage, part time jobs PART III: THE PRESSURES OF RETAIL WORK Employers' 'exit options' and low wage retail work: the case of supermarkets in the Netherlands and Germany 'No place to hide'? the realities of leadership in UK supermarkets In search of teamworking in a major supermarket PART IV: NEGOTIATING 'GOOD WORK' IN RETAIL Humour in Retail Work: Jokes Salespeople Tell about Their Clients Incentive for co-worker commitment Union strategies in representing 'new workers': The case of Australian and UK retail unions Endnote: thoughts and reflections Chris Tilly and Françoise Carré.
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