Work matters : critical reflections on contemporary work /: critical reflections on contemporary work. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sharon C. Bolton & Maeve Houlihan.
• Other Names: Bolton, Sharon C, 1960-; Houlihan, Maeve
• Contents: ; 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
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages), (14 illustrations)
• Subjects: 331; Organizational Behavior; Labor; Work; Labor -- Social aspects; Work -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137125736
• Related ISBNs: 113712573X
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.