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Employment

A Key Idea for Business and Society

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvJamie Woodcock

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-05-23
Mått156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt140 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieKey Ideas in Business and Management
Antal sidor122
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032247250

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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 EmploymentThe Beginnings of WorkThe Industrial RevolutionExploitationScientific ManagementLabour Process TheoryStruggles Over Employment in BritainThe Employment Relationship TodayChapter 2: The Global Division of LabourEmployment Across the WorldImperialismReshaping Global EmploymentUnemploymentInformal WorkUnpaid LabourA Global View of EmploymentChapter 3: The Management of WorkHuman Resource ManagementRecruitment and SelectionPay and RewardsRetention, Engagement, and TurnoverEmployee VoiceManagement in PracticeChapter 4: Key Dynamics of Contemporary EmploymentState Regulation and Employment RightsThe Public Sector and the State as EmployerPost-Industrial EmploymentEmotional LabourPrecarious WorkPlatforms and the Gig EconomyTrade Union Decline and RenewalChapter 5: Researching EmploymentA Brief History of Researching EmploymentResearch Questions for Understanding EmploymentResearch EthicsCollecting DataQuantitative researchInterviewsEthnographyWhy Research on Employment MattersChapter 6: Future(s) of EmploymentThe Different Futures of Work?Academic Exercises