Work Matters : Critical Reflections on Contemporary Work /: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Work. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sharon Bolton, Maeve Houlihan.
• Authors: Bolton, Sharon; 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 ina 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: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Subjects: Business & Economics -- Human Resources & Personnel Management; Personnel & human resources management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350305366; 1350305367
• Related ISBNs: 9780230576391
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