Job quality in an era of flexibility : experiences in a European context /

This is the era of flexibility. Under constant pressure to be adaptable, organizations increasingly adopt employment practices such as zero-hours contracts, the casualization of the workforce and the use of temporary and agency labour. These flexible practices are central to debates about the changi...

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Hauptverfasser:
Isidorsson, Tommy., Kubisa, Julia
Weitere Verfasser:
Isidorsson, Tommy, Kubisa, Julia
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
London : Routledge, 2019.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
This is the era of flexibility. Under constant pressure to be adaptable, organizations increasingly adopt employment practices such as zero-hours contracts, the casualization of the workforce and the use of temporary and agency labour. These flexible practices are central to debates about the changing nature of job quality and its causes, trends and consequences. Arguing that job quality is central to understanding contemporary work, this book explores the internal and external pressures for flexibility in workplaces, professions and sectors and how this pressure shapes workers’ experiences of job quality. By studying job quality dynamics via case studies from organizations and occupations in the UK, Poland, Belgium and Sweden, the volumes illustrates the diversity of practices and experiences, as well as market pressures and institutional arrangements which effect working lives. Finally, the editors propose a policy debate on the new concept "flexiquality" - a combination of flexibility and job quality that can be beneficial for both management and workers.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xi, 250 p.) : ill.
Anmerkungen:
This book is an initiative that evolved out of the activities of the Marie Curie 'ChangingEmployment' programme 317321, led by Profressor Paul Stewart, University of Strathclyde. Theme 3 of the programme 'Employee wellbeing and work life quality' on which this book was based, was led by Dr Tommy Isidorsson, University of Gothenberg together with postdoc Dr Julia Kubisa, University of Gothenberg.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781351358538
1351358537
9781351358521
1351358529
9780203710678
0203710673
Schlagworte:
Quality of work life.
Job satisfaction.
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