Job Insecurity and Work Intensification

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-23653-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Employment Relations

Based on findings of the recently published Joseph Rowntree Report, this book provides an up-to-the-minute review of current research on flexibility, job insecurity and work intensification. It examines the impact of these developments on individuals, their families, the workplace and the long-term health of the British economy, as well as an analysis of the impact across a wide range of OECD countries including the United States, France, Germany, Sweden and Japan. Key questions addressed include:

* How are jobs more insecure?
* Does just-in-time labour mean more flexible contracts or more flexible workers?
* Does job insecurity entail a 'new flexible morality'?
* How does workplace stress affect individual health and family relationships?

Timely and thought-provoking, it is essential reading for all those involved in the fields of employment relations, HRM and the sociology of work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burchell, Brendan

Ladipo, David

Wilkinson, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Arbeitsplatz, Arbeitsschutz, Gefahrstoffschutz
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Office Management, Büroorganisation
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Arbeitsschutz- und Arbeitssicherheitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations, List of contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 More pressure, less protection, 2 Flexibility and the reorganisation of work, 3 The prevalence and redistribution of job insecurity and work intensification, 4 Disappearing pathways and the struggle for a fair day’s pay, 5 Job insecurity and work intensification: the effects on health and well-being, 6 The intensification of everyday life, 7 The organisational costs of job insecurity and work intensification, 8 Stress intervention: what can managers do?, 9 What can governments do?, Appendices, Notes, References, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Brendan Burchell, David Ladipo, Frank Wilkinson