ean 9780199664726 temática MANAGEMENT año Publicación 2013 idioma INGLÉS editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 30,24 €    PEDIR

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Addresses a major issue in human well-being Provides comparative evidence on management systems Draws on an exceptionally rich data source to help inform policies on the quality of work The quality of working life has been central to the sociological agenda for several decades, and has also been increasingly salient as a policy issue, and for companies. This book breaks new ground in the study of the quality of work by providing the first rigorous comparative assessment of the way it has been affected by the economic crisis. It examines the implications of the crisis on developments in skills and training, employees’ control over their jobs, and the pressure of work and job security. It also assesses how changing experiences at work affect people’s lives outside of work: the risks of work-life conflict, the motivation to work, personal well-being, and attitudes towards society. The book draws on a rich new source of evidence—the European Social Survey-to provide a comparative view over the period 2004 to 2010. The survey provides evidence for countries across the different regions of Europe and allows for a detailed assessment of the view that institutional differences between European societies—in terms of styles of management, social partnership practices, and government policies—lead to very different levels of work quality and different experiences of the crisis. This comparative aspect will thus forward our understanding of how institutional differences between European societies affect work experiences and their implications for non-work life.

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1: Duncan Gallie: Economic Crisis, the Quality of Work and Social Integration: Issues and Context 2: Michael Tåhlin: Economic Crisis and Employment Change: The Great Regression 3: Michael Tåhlin: Distribution in the Downturn 4: Martina Dieckhoff: Continuing Training in Times of Economic Crisis 5: Duncan Gallie and Ying Zhou: Job Control, Work Intensity and Work Stress 6: Vanessa Gash and Hande Inanc: Job Insecurity and the Peripheral Workforce 7: Fran McGinnity and Helen Russell: Work-Life Conflict and Economic Change 8: Nadia Steiber: Economic Downturn and Work Motivation 9: Helen Russell, Fran McGinnity and Dorothy Watson: Unemployment and Subjective Well-being 10: Javier Polavieja: Economic Crisis, Political Legitimacy and Social Cohesion 11: Duncan Gallie: Economic Crisis, Country Variations and Institutional Structure