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WORK MATTERS
CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON CONTEMPORARY WORK |
| By: |
Sharon Bolton, Maeve Houlihan |
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Paperback |
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£50.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0230576397 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780230576391 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
9 February, 2009 |
| Series: |
Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment |
| Pages: |
250 |
| Description: |
Work Matters offers a strong set of empirical accounts on the experience of work in the contemporary workplace, accounts that bring forth the voice and humanity of people in relation to their work experiences. |
| Synopsis: |
Work Matters brings together a strong collection of narratives from the ethnographic field to discover the reality of pressure and change in the modern workplace.Chapter-by-chapter, experts in the field of work and employment examine empirical accounts and explain the forces shaping today's organisations through a critical, contemporary perspective. The result is a powerful compendium of voices that will provoke a reassessment of work trends and inform the future of policy and managerial practice.Key benefits:* Understand the real issues that affect modern worklife within global capitalism from a range of perspectives* Evaluate key debates about work quality through a flexible, critical mindset and a social perspective* Build a strong social understanding of work place issues through a diverse and international set of field accounts, from the UK, Europe, the US, Australia and New Zealand |
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250 p. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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