Sociology: work and labour

In den modernen Gesellschaften des Westens nimmt das Übertragen von materiellen und immateriellen Gütern auf eine nachfolgende Generation einen hohen Stellenwert ein.

This book traces the development of video (especially short video, duan shipin) in China over the past few years, exploring how these videos engaged with China's rapidly changing society, how they enriched existed theories of society, media and communication, and new theories to be extracted.

This book describes why, for the past twenty-five years, Japanese productivity has been growing more rapidly than productivity in the U.

This book examines the new ways of working and their impact on employees' well-being and performance.

Precarity is a key theme in political discourse, in media and academic discussions of employment, and within the labour movement.

National Wages Policy in War and Peace (1958) examines the thorny issue of inflation prevention, looking at a host of Western economies in the wartime and postwar period.

Against the background of increasing interest in the changing nature and quality of work, The Political Economy of Work offers a new and unique assessment of the theoretical analysis of work.

Youth unemployment in the UK remains around the one million mark, with many young people from impoverished backgrounds becoming and remaining NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training).

This book examines how the police make decisions in real life situations, particularly in major enquiries.

This book focuses on zero hours and on-call work as an extreme form of casual and precarious employment.

Academia-Life-Balance?

The financial crisis that started in 2007 is a concern for the world.

This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into concrete, day-to-day practices at the Motorola plant in East Kilbride, UK.

In the context of ageing populations, increasing participation of women in the labour market, growing marketisation of care provision, and, most importantly, global inequalities, racialised care workers have come to fulfil a key role within older-age care in western European societies.

In einer Welt, die von technologischen Innovationen, demografischen Veränderungen und globaler Vernetzung geprägt ist, wird der Fachkräftemangel oft als eines der drängendsten Probleme unserer Zeit dargestellt.

The transformation of women's lives over the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching of social and economic phenomena, affecting not only women but also their partners, children, and indeed nearly every person on the planet.

It is often said that war is 5% horror and 95% boredom.

The book reflects on ways of transcending Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) by establishing a dialogue between the professional experience of the authors and experts from academia and practitioners from financial services and executive search.

Is a new spirit of capitalism emerging as a result of neoliberal adjustments in the global economy?

Die aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Debatten um Fragen der Teilhabe von Frauen im Kultur- und Medienbetrieb sind nicht so neu, wie sie angesichts ihrer Dringlichkeit bisweilen erscheinen mögen.

Taking a critical look at major perspectives on innovation, this book suggests that innovation is not a designed functional activity of a firm or an intentional process through which firms anticipate changes in conditions.

Involving customers in the development and production of new services becomes a powerful force across many creative industries.

Das Handbuch führt in den aktuellen Diskussionsstand der sozialwissenschaftlichen Entwicklungsforschung ein und liefert einen systematischen Überblick über die Vielfalt der vertretenen Paradigmen und Forschungsfelder.

The Canadian population is aging, bringing with it an increasing number of social and economic challenges.

Über welche schulischen Erfahrungen verfügen mexikanische Familien, deren Lebensbedingungen durch Armut geprägt sind?

Auf der Grundlage eines integrativen Theorierahmens untersucht Patrick Schenk die Motive des Kaufs fair gehandelter Produkte und den Einfluss unterschiedlicher Formen der sozialen Einbettung auf diese Konsumpraxis.

This title was first published in 2001.

This book explains in simple language the change of perspective and the transition of the systems for poverty alleviation, based on the fifteen-year development of China's poverty alleviation policy.

Eine Idee breitet sich aus: Das Soziale, die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung neu begreifen – als Aktionsfeld gesellschaftlichen Unternehmertums im wahren Wortsinn.

The TUC Overseas (1986) traces the decisions made by the Trades Union Congress in response to domestic and external influences and events, from its establishment of a joint international committee with the Labour Party in 1917 to the first congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions in 1945.

This book provides a unique contribution to the controversial discussion that surrounds the digitalisation and virtualisation of work.

This book provides a broad overview of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-supported innovation both on an evidence-based level, a theoretical and a methodological level.

Critical and accessible, the new edition of this bestselling textbook offers valuable insight into contemporary management practices and encourages readers to reflect on the realities of the workplace.

Die Idee zu diesem Buch ist in einem längeren Entwicklungsprozeß allmählich gereift.

Staff Relations in the Civil Service (1973) describes the origins of the Civil Service National Whitley Council, the growing pains it endured in its early years, its major achievements and the role it played in industrial relations between staff in the civil service and their employers, the British Government.

Mit der Einführung des AFG 1969 wurde die aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland nicht nur als Instrument des Marktausgleichs kodifiziert, sondern diese als ein ‚emanzipatorisches Projekt’ in den sozialpolitischen Kontext der Bundesrepublik eingeführt.

Die Auswirkungen des demografischen Wandels erfordern eine aktive und gemeinsame Gestaltung von Politik, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft.

This book represents a selected collection of the writings, from 1950 to 1960, of members of the Human Relations Research Group (HRRG), from UCLA.

First published in 1992.

By assessing the transition in enterprise-employee relations in China over the six decades since the founding of the nation and the three decades since the implementation of a reform and opening up policy, this book investigates these changes from three key perspectives: occupation, operation and governance.

Even among the four Asian tigers, with their economic miracles during the past several decades that allowed them to join the ranks of the developed nations, South Korea is extraordinary.

The economic literature on international migration interests policymakers as well as academics throughout the social sciences.

This original analysis of modern Greece's political culture attempts to present a "e;total social fact"e;-a coherent and complex representation of Greek socio-political culture-to identify the cultural causes of Greece's recent disastrous economic crisis.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies provides a wide-ranging overview of the significance of philosophy in organizations.

For the first time, European professional deregulation is the focus of reflection by social scientists.

This book helps undergraduate and graduate students understand Chester Barnard's organization theory.

This book examines the large-scale return migration of South and Southeast Asian workers triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring its causes, consequences, challenges, and policy responses.