Key concepts in work - Blyton, Paul 1953- (SAGE, 2007)
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Clearly and concisely explains the central ideas, debates and theories of work and offers a broad overview of the social, political and economic contexts of work illustrated from diverse industrial societies. Each entry begins with a snapshot definition followed by key words and guidance for further reading
Includes bibliographical references
Absence and turnover -- Alienation -- Bureaucracy -- Career -- Collective bargaining -- Conflict -- Consent -- Customers -- Discrimination -- Domestic work -- Effort and intensity -- Emotional labour -- Employment patterns -- Flexibility -- Fordism -- Globalization and labour migration -- Human relations -- Informal work -- Job design -- Job satisfaction -- Job security -- Knowledge work -- Labour process -- The law and contract of employment -- Management -- Motivation and commitment -- Organizational culture -- Organizations : networks and alliances -- Participation and involvement -- Pay and performance -- Perspectives on work -- Power and authority -- Presenteeism -- Psychological contracts -- Redundancy -- Scientific management -- Skill -- Surviving work -- Teamworking -- Technology -- Teleworking -- Trade unions -- Unemployment and underemployment -- Voluntary work -- Working time -- Work-life balance
Keywords: Travail; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations; Labor; Wirtschaft; Begriff; Arbeitssoziologie; Berufssoziologie; Beschäftigung