Sociology: work and labour

Bridging the social and life sciences to unlock the mystery of how cities shape mental health and illnessMost of the world's people now live in cities and millions have moved from the countryside to the rapidly growing megacities of the global south.

Stell dir vor, es ist Arbeit – und keiner muss hin.

Der Band enthält ausgewählte Beiträge zu den aktuellen sozialen Veränderungsprozessen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.

This book is the first of its kind to incorporate subjective well-being (SWB) data to comprehensively explore perceptional factors that relate to fertility behavior in East Asia.

In February and March 2003, the Committee on Monitoring International Labor Standards (CMILS) of the National Research Council (NRC) convened regional forums in Costa Rica, Sri Lanka, and South Africa.

Professions have long provided a dependable body of expertise that organisations have relied upon to fulfil goals.

This report is the proceedings of a July 2002 workshop of the Committee on AXXS 2002: A Workshop for Clinical Societies to Enhance Women's Contributions to Science and their Profession.

Lucia Artner befasst sich mit einem grundlegenden Paradox der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit – der Idee der Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe.

The nature of employment is changing: low wage jobs are increasingly common, fewer workers belong to unions, and workplaces are being transformed through the growth of contracting-out, franchising, and extended supply chains.

This book presents the most recent theoretical insights and practical intervention methods to (re)build trust between management and organized employees in organizations.

The history of crisis management shows that companies embark on particular strategies in response to crisis.

Drawing on primary qualitative research, this book explores the experiences and identities of a group of British-born women of Bangladeshi background attending university in London through a Bourdieusian theoretical framework.

Elinor C.

How do institutions influence and shape cognition and action in individuals and organizations, and how are they in turn shaped by them?

When Government Helped systematically evaluates some parallels between The Great Depression and the 2007-2008 global economic meltdown, not only in terms of their economic causes and consequences, but also in terms of their political and cultural contexts and the environmental crises that afflict both periods.

A consensus has emerged that corporations have societal and environmental responsibilities when operating transnationally.

Examines the gendered division of labour and how it relates to contemporary employment and family life.

This book presents a collection of research papers focusing on issues emerging from the interaction of information technologies and organizational systems.

This title, originally published in 1984, is based on a study of the work of general and production managers in companies in Britain and Germany, and gives a life-like account of the realities of management, including the problems, crises and unresolved tensions.

This critical, international and interdisciplinary edited collection investigates the new normal of work and employment, presenting research on the experience of the workers themselves.

This handbook comprehensively covers the fundamental key concepts in coaching research and evidence-based practice and shows how coaching can be applied to multiple contexts.

First published in 1979, this book looks at every aspect of the life and work of Elizabeth Gaskell, including her lesser known novels and writings - especially those concerning life in the industrial north of Victorian England.

Originally published in 1970, Race and Racialism aims to bring race discussions into the mainstream of sociological discussion through scrutinizing concepts that defines theoretical issues.

Der ​Band beleuchtet Reichweiten und Grenzen von Bildungspolitiken.

Die Gründe für den Erfolg oder Misserfolg von Betriebsgründungen sind so vielfältig wie die Betriebe selbst.

Contrary to the assumption that Western and Eastern European economies and cinemas were very different from each other, they actually had much in common.

You hear a lot these days about "e;innovation and entrepreneurship"e; and about how "e;good jobs"e; in tech will save our cities.

Japan's employment practices were long considered a cornerstone to its economic success.

China has become one of the fastest-growing economies ever seen in the world in recent times.

For the past three decades, we have been steadily creating an extreme 'time-crunch economy' that has affected jobs, portfolios, businesses and lives.

Any study of contemporary industrial societies must take into account the role of power, ideology and class, and the degree to which these determine the development of social structures.

In the decades following World War II, factories in many countries not only provided secure employment and a range of economic entitlements, but also recognized workers as legitimate stakeholders, enabling them to claim rights to participate in decision making and hold factory leaders accountable.

The Political Economy of International Financial Instability (1986) discusses international financial problems as a global issue, concentrating on systemic interactions.

This book mainly analyzes the major issues at all phases of the transition of urban-rural relation, as well as measures adopted by the transition launcher in face of such issues, including not only the system and policy design of the national and local government, but the countermeasures of basic-level units at urban and rural areas and the people.

Agenda for Change (1991) examines the experiences of five industrialised market economies in a period of profound change in industrial relations.

This book provides a contemporary collection of key works that chart new and ongoing terrain on student sex work.

The Science of People and Office Design: Planning for Thinking, Discussing and Achieving has been written for practitioners who would like to apply evidence-based and human-centric design principles to office and workplace design.

Baby boomers (consumers in the 50+ age bracket) are the wealthiest, fastest growing consumer group in the world.

Robert J.

How do countries create and replicate socio-economic success?

This research-to-practice text explores how coaching can support thriving in the workplace.

Big data, surveillance, crisis management.

The Danish Economy in the Twentieth Century (1987) surveys the Danish economy, examining the effects of the rapid industrialisation which occurred in the country in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

From the perspective of trade unions, European integration makes it more necessary than ever before to establish common political positions.