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, Monique Ramioul and Vassil Kirov.
• Editors: Holtgrewe, Ursula; Ramioul, Monique; Kirov, Vassil
• 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 Kuznecoviene, 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 Kmmerling, Darina Peycheva -- PART IV. AUTONOMY AND SOCIAL TIES -- 14. Autonomy In Unlikely Places: Preconditions In Low Skilled Jobs; Ole H. Srensen, Monique Ramioul, Rasa Naujaniene -- 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
• Subjects: 331.12; Business; Labor market -- Europe; Quality of work life -- Europe; Labor market; Quality of work life; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations; Business & Economics -- International -- Economics; Business & Economics -- Management; Business & Economics -- Human Resources & Personnel Management; Business & management; Management & management techniques; International economics; Personnel & human resources management; Management science; Organization; International business enterpris; Management; International economics; Personnel management; Business & Economics -- Strategic Planning; Organizational theory & behaviour; Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137461087; 9781349689972; 1349689971
• Related ISBNs: 113746108X; 9781137461063
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