Sociology: work and labour

Examines the development of child helpers in varied cultural contexts, reviewing evidence and discussing the benefits of the helper stage.

Examines the development of child helpers in varied cultural contexts, reviewing evidence and discussing the benefits of the helper stage.

Qualitative empirical research reveals that the narratives and real-life experiences defining gig work have concrete implications for law.

This edited volume explores, theorises and critically investigates different facets of the new world of work.

This edited volume explores, theorises and critically investigates different facets of the new world of work.

This Element engages with fundamental questions concerning the future trajectory of professional occupations and organizations.

Reveals the relationship between social spending and economic growth and which countries have got it right and wrong.

Reveals the relationship between social spending and economic growth and which countries have got it right and wrong.

Reveals how political change and economic development led to the collapse of democracy and the origins of the Spanish Civil War.

This Element engages with fundamental questions concerning the future trajectory of professional occupations and organizations.

An exploration of how to keep industrial-organizational psychology from becoming obsolete in the face of accelerating technological change.

An exploration of how to keep industrial-organizational psychology from becoming obsolete in the face of accelerating technological change.

Explores the hidden underworld of Berlin''s Potsdamer Platz, where cleaners seek dignity through work yet find it elusive.

Reviews the first 120+ years of organization theory, examining its development from the sociology of organizations and management theory.

Explores the hidden underworld of Berlin''s Potsdamer Platz, where cleaners seek dignity through work yet find it elusive.

Why are unions weaker in the US than they are in Canada, despite the countries'' many similarities?

A compendium of research methods on behavioral coding of verbal and nonverbal interaction, indispensable for studying interaction and communication.

Expertise is recast as fluid collaboration on complex tasks that requires envisioning the future and mastering change.

Discover cutting-edge advances in the scientific study of workplace moods and emotions: how our feelings impact our work.

Discover cutting-edge advances in the scientific study of workplace moods and emotions: how our feelings impact our work.

A compendium of research methods on behavioral coding of verbal and nonverbal interaction, indispensable for studying interaction and communication.

Why are unions weaker in the US than they are in Canada, despite the countries'' many similarities?

Breman takes dispossession as his central theme in this ambitious analysis of labour bondage in India''s changing political economy.

Breman takes dispossession as his central theme in this ambitious analysis of labour bondage in India''s changing political economy.

Expertise is recast as fluid collaboration on complex tasks that requires envisioning the future and mastering change.

An analysis of labour internationalism that explores in depth the experience of the Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights (SIGTUR).

An analysis of labour internationalism that explores in depth the experience of the Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights (SIGTUR).

To fill the gaps in theoretical and empirical aspects of the existing international business and management literature, this book addresses several major issues of values in international business in a permanently changing world.

A theoretical, practical approach to the field of lean production from multiple perspectives: five disciplines, ten industries, and seven countries.

A theoretical, practical approach to the field of lean production from multiple perspectives: five disciplines, ten industries, and seven countries.

This is the first book on the policy questions raised by two revolutions in recording the police - copwatching and police-worn body cameras.

This is the first book on the policy questions raised by two revolutions in recording the police - copwatching and police-worn body cameras.

This edited volume explores how work and workers have changed with resulting implications for organizational practice.

This edited volume explores how work and workers have changed with resulting implications for organizational practice.

This comprehensive volume details the importance of integrating project management-related activities into the organizational hierarchy or network.

This comprehensive volume details the importance of integrating project management-related activities into the organizational hierarchy or network.

Describes the theories, policies, challenges, and opportunities surrounding managing work and family roles globally, and identifies future research ideas.

Technological breakthroughs obliterate established methods and change entire industries.

Is about enlarging the boundary of racial justice by recognizing and addressing private racism.

Analyzes the labor experience of Israeli Palestinian women, arguing that state policies and widespread discrimination hinder their labor force participation and success.

Describes the theories, policies, challenges, and opportunities surrounding managing work and family roles globally, and identifies future research ideas.

Aimed at political sciences students and teachers, Ferreras presents the new idea of ''economic bicameralism'' to redefine firms as political entities.

This book unfolds the story of the indenture system within the British Empire, with India as the ''mother country'' of coolies.

Volume 1 provides an overview of the core areas of sociology and the development of the discipline that is both comprehensive and up to date.

Volume 1 provides an overview of the core areas of sociology and the development of the discipline that is both comprehensive and up to date.

The first critical, interdisciplinary handbook in which leading experts critically debate crucial questions around the corporation.

The first critical, interdisciplinary handbook in which leading experts critically debate crucial questions around the corporation.

The untold story, in their own words, of the contributions of Soviet and post-Soviet immigrants to the US innovation economy.

The untold story, in their own words, of the contributions of Soviet and post-Soviet immigrants to the US innovation economy.