Sharon Bolton, Maeve Houlihan

Work Matters (eBook, ePUB)

Critical Reflections on Contemporary Work

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Work Matters brings together a strong collection of narratives from the ethnographic field to discover the reality of pressure and change in the modern workplace. Chapter-by-chapter, experts in the field of work and employment examine empirical accounts and explain the forces shaping today's organisations through a critical, contemporary perspective. The result is a powerful compendium of voices that will provoke a reassessment of work trends and inform the future of policy and managerial practice. Key benefits: - Understand the real issues that affect modern worklife within global capitalism from a range of perspectives - Evaluate key debates about work quality through a flexible, critical mindset and a social perspective - Build a strong social understanding of work place issues through a diverse and international set of field accounts, from the UK, Europe, the US, Australia and New Zealand

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350305366
• Artikelnr.: 62709658

Autorenporträt

SHARON BOLTON is Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Lancaster University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables.- Acknowledgments.- Notes on the Contributors.- Work, Workplaces and Workers: The Contemporary Experience; S.C.Bolton & M.Houlihan.- The Sunlit Uplands Or Bleak House? Just How Good Are Today's Workplaces?; D.Coats.- Working But Poor: Experiences In The American Low-Wage Labour Market; M.Bok & L.Simmons.- The Reality of Vulnerability Among Britain's Non-Unionised Workers with Problems at Work; A.Pollert.- Working in the Gold Rush: Polish Migrants' Careers and the Irish Hospitality Sector; J.Wickham, E.Moriarty, A.Bobek & J.Salamonska.- Housekeepers and the Siren Call of Hotel Chains; C.Guégnard & S.A.Mériot.- Balancing Trays and Smiles: What Restaurant Servers Teach Us About Hard Work in the Service Economy; M.Gatta.- Inequality Street? Working Life in a British Chocolate Factory; B.Hopkins.- The Forgotten Factories: Supermarket Suppliers and Dignity At Work In The Contemporary Economy; K.Newsome, P.Thompson & J.Commander.- Life on the Supermarket Floor: Replenishment Assistants and Just-In-Time Systems; K.Mulholland.- Just 'Mothers Really'? Role Stretch and Low Pay Amongst Female Classroom Assistants; C.Warhurst, S.A.Hurrell, K.Gilbert, D.Nickson, J.Commander & I.Calder.- Vocabularies Of Skill: The Case of Care and Support Workers; A.Junor, I.Hampson & K.R.Ogle.- The Emotional Socialisation of Junior Doctors: Accumulating an Emotional Debt; C.Boyd-Quinn.- Who's Driving Now? GPS and the Restructuring of Taxi Work; C.Grampp, M.Houlihan & P.McGrath.- Creating, Connecting and Correcting: Motivations and Meanings of Work Blogging Amongst Public Service Workers; V.Ellis & J.Richards.- Author Index.- Subject Index.

- List of Tables - Acknowledgments - Notes on the Contributors - Work, Workplaces and Workers: The Contemporary Experience; S.C.Bolton& M.Houlihan - The Sunlit Uplands Or Bleak House? Just How Good Are Todaybs Workplaces?; D.Coats - Working But Poor: Experiences In The American Low-Wage Labour Market; M.Bok& L.Simmons - The Reality of Vulnerability Among Britainbs NonbUnionised Workers with Problems at Work; A.Pollert - Working in the Gold Rush: Polish Migrantsb Careers and the Irish Hospitality Sector; J.Wickham, E.Moriarty, A.Bobek& - J.Salamonska - Housekeepers and the Siren Call of Hotel Chains; C.GuC)gnard& S.A.MC)riot - Balancing Trays and Smiles: What Restaurant Servers Teach Us About Hard Work in the Service Economy; M.Gatta - Inequality Street? Working Life ina British Chocolate Factory; B.Hopkins - The Forgotten Factories: Supermarket Suppliers and Dignity At Work In The Contemporary Economy; K.Newsome, P.Thompson& J.Commander - Life on the Supermarket Floor: Replenishment Assistants and J