Hard work in new jobs : the quality of work and life in European growth sectors /: the quality of work and life in European growth sectors. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ursula Holtgrewe, Vassil Kirov and Monique Ramioul.
• Editors: Holtgrewe, Ursula; Kirov, Vassil, 1971-; Ramioul, Monique
• Contents: 1. New And Growing But Not Necessarily Better: Expanding Jobs In Europe. Introduction; Ursula Holtgrewe, Vassil Kirov, Monique Ramioul; 2. A Hard Job Is Good To Find: Comparability, Contextuality And Stakeholder Involvement In European Job Quality Research; Ursula Holtgrewe, Ekaterina Markova, Johan E. Ravn; PART I. EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, JOB QUALITY AND WELL-BEING; 3. Using Business Functions To Identify New And Growing Jobs; Sem Vandekerckhove, Monique Ramioul; 4. Examining The Quality Of Jobs Amongst Vulnerable Groups Of Workers In Europe; Charlotte Mcclelland, David Holman; 5. Subjective Well-Being At The Workplace; Ambra Poggi, Claudia Villosio; 6. Material Well-Being And Job Quality: Some Descriptive Statistics; Ambra Poggi, Claudia Villosio, Giulia Bizzotto; PART II. REGULATING QUALITY OF WORK; 7. Institutional Anchors For Job Quality - The Case Of Industrial Relations; Steffen Lehndorff; 8. Can Social Partners Improve The Quality Of Work In Low-Wage Work In Europe?; Vassil Kirov; 9. The (In)Visible Third Party: De- And Re-Regulation Of Working Conditions Through Public Procurement; Karen Jaehrling, Hanne O. Finnestrand, Vassil Kirov, Hans Torvatn; PART III. SEGMENTATION AND VULNERABILITY; 10. Low-Paid But Satisfied? How Immigrant And Ethnic Minority Workers In Low-Wage Jobs Make Sense Of Their Wages; Ekaterina L. Markova, Karin Sardadvar, Ambra Poggi, Claudia Villosio; 11. Working For Life: Workers' Career Aspirations And Their Experiences Of Past Career Trajectories And Present Working Conditions; Pernille Hohnen, Jolanta Kuznecovienė, Charlotte Mcclelland, David Holman; 12. Out Of Sight: Dimensions Of Working Time In Gendered Occupations; Albert Recio, Sara Moreno Colom, Alejandro Godino; 13. Gender-Typing Of Low-Wage Work. A Comparative Analysis Of Commercial Cleaning In Austria, Domiciliary Elderly Care In Germany And The Waste Sector In Bulgaria; Karin Sardadvar, Angelika Kümmerling, Darina Peycheva; PART IV. AUTONOMY AND SOCIAL TIES; 14. Autonomy In Unlikely Places: Preconditions In Low Skilled Jobs; Ole H. Sørensen, Monique Ramioul, Rasa Naujanienė; 15. Reciprocity, Allegiance And The Market: Social Integration Still At Work; Ursula Holtgrewe, Pernille Hohnen;
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 331.256; Quality of work life -- Europe; Management; Workplace Culture; Organizational Development; Human Resources & Personnel Management; Organizational theory & behaviour; Management & management techniques; International business; Economics, finance, business & management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137461070; 1137461071
• Related ISBNs: 9781137461063
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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