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Work Matters brings together a strong collection of narratives from the ethnographic field to discover the reality of pressure and change in the modern workplace.
Chapter-by-chapter, experts in the field of work and...
Work Matters brings together a strong collection of narratives from the ethnographic field to discover the reality of pressure and change in the modern workplace.Chapter-by-chapter, experts in the field of work and employment examine empirical accounts and explain the forces shaping today's organisations through a critical, contemporary perspective. The result is a powerful compendium of voices that will provoke a reassessment of work trends and inform the future of policy and managerial practice.Key benefits:• Understand the real issues that affect modern worklife within global capitalism from a range of perspectives• Evaluate key debates about work quality through a flexible, critical mindset and a social perspective• Build a strong social understanding of work place issues through a diverse and international set of field accounts, from the UK, Europe, the US, Australia and New Zealand
Empirical accounts in the tradition of classic work place ethnography Broad range of analysis Promoted and supported by the International Labour Conference Thoroughly contemporary and critical outlook
List of Tables Acknowledgments Notes on the Contributors Work, Workplaces and Workers: The Contemporary Experience; S.C.Bolton & M.Houlihan The Sunlit Uplands Or Bleak House? Just How Good Are Today's Workplaces?; D.Coats Working But Poor: Experiences In The American Low-Wage Labour Market; M.Bok & L.Simmons The Reality of Vulnerability Among Britain's Non–Unionised Workers with Problems at Work; A.Pollert Working in the Gold Rush: Polish Migrants' Careers and the Irish Hospitality Sector; J.Wickham, E.Moriarty, A.Bobek & J.Salamonska Housekeepers and the Siren Call of Hotel Chains; C.Guégnard & S.A.Mériot Balancing Trays and Smiles: What Restaurant Servers Teach Us About Hard Work in the Service Economy; M.Gatta Inequality Street? Working Life in a British Chocolate Factory; B.Hopkins The Forgotten Factories: Supermarket Suppliers and Dignity At Work In The Contemporary Economy; K.Newsome, P.Thompson & J.Commander Life on the Supermarket Floor: Replenishment Assistants and Just–In-Time Systems; K.Mulholland Just 'Mothers Really'? Role Stretch and Low Pay Amongst Female Classroom Assistants; C.Warhurst, S.A.Hurrell, K.Gilbert, D.Nickson, J.Commander & I.Calder Vocabularies Of Skill: The Case of Care and Support Workers; A.Junor, I.Hampson & K.R.Ogle The Emotional Socialisation of Junior Doctors: Accumulating an Emotional Debt; C.Boyd-Quinn Who's Driving Now? GPS and the Restructuring of Taxi Work; C.Grampp, M.Houlihan & P.McGrath Creating, Connecting and Correcting: Motivations and Meanings of Work Blogging Amongst Public Service Workers; V.Ellis & J.Richards Author Index Subject Index.
SHARON BOLTON is Professor of Organizational Analysis at Strathclyde University Business School, Glasgow, UK. MAEVE HOULIHAN lectures in Organizational Behaviour and Work at UCD Business Schools, University College Dublin, Ireland.
SHARON BOLTON is Professor of Organizational Analysis at Strathclyde University Business School, Glasgow, UK. MAEVE HOULIHAN lectures in Organizational Behaviour and Work at UCD Business Schools, University College Dublin, Ireland.
