Job Insecurity And Work Intensification

Author : Brendan Burchell
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415236539
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Job Insecurity and Work Intensification written by Brendan Burchell and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1 1 More pressure, less protection 8 2 Flexibility and the reorganisation of work 39 3 The prevalence and redistribution of job insecurity and work intensification 61 4 Disappearing pathways and the struggle for a fair day's pay 77 5 Job insecurity and work intensification: the effects on health and well-being 92 6 The intensification of everyday life 112 7 The organisational costs of job insecurity and work intensification 137 8 Stress intervention: what can managers do? 154 9 What can governments do? 172 Appendices 185 Notes 189 References 206 Index 222.

Author : Brendan Burchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902633411
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Job Insecurity and Work Intensification written by Brendan Burchell and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the reality of employment in the late 1990s? Using findings from the Job Insecurity and Work Intensification Survey (JIWIS), this study reports the experiences of employees in a wide range of industries and occupations in the public and private sectors, and takes in views from employers.

Author : Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Job Insecurity and Work Intensification written by Joseph Rowntree Foundation and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jane Nolan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Experiences of Job Insecurity and Work Intensification written by Jane Nolan and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Daniel Wheatley
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788118774
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research Methods on the Quality of Working Lives written by Daniel Wheatley and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing diversity of contemporary paid work has provoked increased interest in understanding and evaluating the quality of working lives. This Handbook provides critical reflections on recent research in the field, including examining the inextricable links between working life and well-being.

Author : Christian Korunka
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319546783
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Job Demands in a Changing World of Work written by Christian Korunka and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the new ways of working and their impact on employees’ well-being and performance. It concentrates on job demands and flexible work emanating from current economic and organizational change, and assesses impact on workers’ health and performance. The development of issues such as globalization, rapid technological advances, new management practices, organizational changes and new job skills are addressed. This book gives an overview and discusses the potential negative and positive effects of such new job demands and new forms of work.

Author : Alex C. Michalos
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789400707528
Total Pages : 7347 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research written by Alex C. Michalos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-02-12 with total page 7347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this encyclopedia is to provide a comprehensive reference work on scientific and other scholarly research on the quality of life, including health-related quality of life research or also called patient-reported outcomes research. Since the 1960s two overlapping but fairly distinct research communities and traditions have developed concerning ideas about the quality of life, individually and collectively, one with a fairly narrow focus on health-related issues and one with a quite broad focus. In many ways, the central issues of these fields have roots extending to the observations and speculations of ancient philosophers, creating a continuous exploration by diverse explorers in diverse historic and cultural circumstances over several centuries of the qualities of human existence. What we have not had so far is a single, multidimensional reference work connecting the most salient and important contributions to the relevant fields. Entries are organized alphabetically and cover basic concepts, relatively well established facts, lawlike and causal relations, theories, methods, standardized tests, biographic entries on significant figures, organizational profiles, indicators and indexes of qualities of individuals and of communities of diverse sizes, including rural areas, towns, cities, counties, provinces, states, regions, countries and groups of countries.

Author : Erin L. Kelly
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691200033
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overload written by Erin L. Kelly and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why too much work and too little time is hurting workers and companies—and how a proven workplace redesign can benefit employees and the bottom line Today's ways of working are not working—even for professionals in "good" jobs. Responding to global competition and pressure from financial markets, companies are asking employees to do more with less, even as new technologies normalize 24/7 job expectations. In Overload, Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen document how this new intensification of work creates chronic stress, leading to burnout, attrition, and underperformance. "Flexible" work policies and corporate lip service about "work-life balance" don't come close to fixing the problem. But this unhealthy and unsustainable situation can be changed—and Overload shows how. Drawing on five years of research, including hundreds of interviews with employees and managers, Kelly and Moen tell the story of a major experiment that they helped design and implement at a Fortune 500 firm. The company adopted creative and practical work redesigns that gave workers more control over how and where they worked and encouraged managers to evaluate performance in new ways. The result? Employees' health, well-being, and ability to manage their personal and work lives improved, while the company benefited from higher job satisfaction and lower turnover. And, as Kelly and Moen show, such changes can—and should—be made on a wide scale. Complete with advice about ways that employees, managers, and corporate leaders can begin to question and fix one of today's most serious workplace problems, Overload is an inspiring account about how rethinking and redesigning work could transform our lives and companies.

Author : Francis Green
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400849438
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demanding Work written by Francis Green and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1980s, a vast number of jobs have been created in the affluent economies of the industrialized world. Many workers are doing more skilled and fulfilling jobs, and getting paid more for their trouble. Yet it is often alleged that the quality of work life has deteriorated, with a substantial and rising proportion of jobs providing low wages and little security, or requiring unusually hard and stressful effort. In this unique and authoritative formal account of changing job quality, economist Francis Green highlights contrasting trends, using quantitative indicators drawn from public opinion surveys and administrative data. In most affluent countries average pay levels have risen along with economic growth, a major exception being the United States. Skill requirements have increased, potentially meaning a more fulfilling time at work. Set against these beneficial trends, however, are increases in inequality, a strong intensification of work effort, diminished job satisfaction, and less employee influence over daily work tasks. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Demanding Work shows how aspects of job quality are related, and how changes in the quality of work life stem from technological change and transformations in the politico-economic environment. The book concludes by discussing what individuals, firms, unions, and governments can do to counter declining job quality.

Author : Joseph Choonara
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030133303
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insecurity, Precarious Work and Labour Markets written by Joseph Choonara and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Precarity is a key theme in political discourse, in media and academic discussions of employment, and within the labour movement. Often, the prevailing idea is of an endless march of precarity, rendering work ever more contingent and workers ever more disposable. However, this detailed study of the UK labour force challenges the picture of rising precarity and widespread use of temporary employment, suggesting instead that employment tenure and the extent of temporary work have proved stubbornly stable over the past four decades. Choonara offers a new approach to labour markets, drawing on the theoretical underpinnings of Marxist political economy to interrogate research data from the UK. This book examines why, despite the deteriorating conditions in work, employment relations have remained stable, and offers insight into the extent of subjective insecurity among workers. Insecurity, Precarious Work and Labour Markets will be of use to students and scholars across the sociology of work, labour economics, industrial relations and political economy.