Description
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
Table of Contents
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 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 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.
Product details
| Published | 09 Feb 2009 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 250 |
| ISBN | 9781137036711 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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