Decent Work

Fiona Christie is a Senior Research Associate at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, with research interests in career studies, higher education, employability, graduates, and young people’s working lives. Marilena Antoniadou is a Reader in Management and Work Psychology at the Department of People and Performance of Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Kevin Albertson is Professor of Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, with a background in statistics and political economics. Mark Crowder is Education Lead for the Department of Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is also a senior lecturer in Strategy and Business Psychology.

• Chapter 1. Prologue – In Search of Decent Work; Marilena Antoniadou, Mark Crowder, Fiona Christie, and Kevin AlbertsonChapter 2. What is Decent Work? A Review of the Literature; Lucy BrillChapter 3. The History and Future of Work; Kevin Albertson, Christina Purcell, and Richard WhittleChapter 4. The Development of the Decent Work Scale as a Cross-Cultural Measure of Decent Work; Vanessa Dodd and Ciaran BurkeChapter 5. Decent Work: Gender and Equal Opportunity Policies and Outcomes; Maria AllenChapter 6. The Role of International and Integrated Sustainability Frameworks in Enhancing Decent Work and Employee Value; Janet Haddock-FraserChapter 7. Entrepreneurship Skills Needs and Policies: Contribution to Decent Work; Sumona Mukhuty and Steve JohnsonChapter 8. Indecent Work? The Rise of Digital Platform Work in France and the UK; Christina Purcell and Reece GarciaChapter 9. Musicians’ Work: Creativity, Community and Insecurity; Jason Woolley and Fiona ChristieChapter 10. Structural Barriers to Achieving Decent Work in the Greek Hospitality Industry: A Critical Employment Relations Approach; Orestis PapadopoulosChapter 11. Epilogue – Preparing for the “New Normal”; Mark Crowder, Marilena Antoniadou, Kevin Albertson, and Fiona Christie