Employment - Jamie Woodcock

Employment

A Key Idea for Business and Society

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
122 Seiten
2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-24728-1 (ISBN)
155,85 inkl. MwSt
Employment: A Key Idea for Business and Society introduces a topic that many of us take for granted yet is central to how we understand business and management. Most people work for the majority of their lives and, in recent years, employment has become a topic of popular debate, particularly asking what the future of work could be. Much of this has focused on the role of technology and automation, as well as the growth of the gig economy and new forms of work.

This book provides new ways to think about our own experiences of work and debates on employment. The book covers the history of employment, key changes to work, and a global perspective. The major debates in employment are introduced, providing theories for readers to develop their own perspectives. In particular, the book reappraises management theory, the role of workers’ agency in changing work, surveys the state of current research and methods, and sketches out the key changes on the horizon for employment.

This book will provide students with a critical introduction to employment, equipping them with the resources to research, understand, and rethink the topic.

Dr Jamie Woodcock is a senior lecturer at the University of Essex and a researcher based in London. He is the author of The Fight Against Platform Capitalism (University of Westminster Press, 2021), The Gig Economy (Polity, 2019), Marx at the Arcade (Haymarket, 2019), and Working the Phones (Pluto, 2017). His research is inspired by workers’ inquiry and focuses on labour, work, the gig economy, platforms, resistance, organising, and video games. He is on the editorial board of Notes from Below and Historical Materialism.

Introduction: What is Employment and Why Does it Matter?

What is Employment?

Chapter 1: A Critical History of Employment

The Beginnings of Work

The Industrial Revolution

Exploitation

Scientific Management

Labour Process Theory

Struggles Over Employment in Britain

The Employment Relationship Today

Chapter 2: The Global Division of Labour

Employment Across the World

Imperialism

Reshaping Global Employment

Unemployment

Informal Work

Unpaid Labour

A Global View of Employment

Chapter 3: The Management of Work

Human Resource Management

Recruitment and Selection

Pay and Rewards

Retention, Engagement, and Turnover

Employee Voice

Management in Practice

Chapter 4: Key Dynamics of Contemporary Employment

State Regulation and Employment Rights

The Public Sector and the State as Employer

Post-Industrial Employment

Emotional Labour

Precarious Work

Platforms and the Gig Economy

Trade Union Decline and Renewal

Chapter 5: Researching Employment

A Brief History of Researching Employment

Research Questions for Understanding Employment

Research Ethics

Collecting Data

Quantitative research

Interviews

Ethnography

Why Research on Employment Matters

Chapter 6: Future(s) of Employment

The Different Futures of Work?

Academic Exercises

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Key Ideas in Business and Management
Zusatzinfo 30 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 280 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Personalwesen
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Makroökonomie
ISBN-10 1-032-24728-2 / 1032247282
ISBN-13 978-1-032-24728-1 / 9781032247281
Zustand Neuware
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