Work Matters

SHARON BOLTON is Professor of Organizational Analysis at Strathclyde University Business School, Glasgow, UK. MAEVE HOULIHAN lectures in Organizational Behaviour and Work at UCD Business Schools, University College Dublin, Ireland.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsNotes on the ContributorsWork, Workplaces and Workers: The Contemporary Experience; S.C.Bolton& M.HoulihanThe Sunlit Uplands Or Bleak House? Just How Good Are Today's Workplaces?; D.CoatsWorking But Poor: Experiences In The American Low-Wage Labour Market; M.Bok& L.SimmonsThe Reality of Vulnerability Among Britain's Non–Unionised Workers with Problems at Work; A.PollertWorking in the Gold Rush: Polish Migrants' Careers and the Irish Hospitality Sector; J.Wickham, E.Moriarty, A.Bobek& J.SalamonskaHousekeepers and the Siren Call of Hotel Chains; C.Guégnard& S.A.MériotBalancing Trays and Smiles: What Restaurant Servers Teach Us About Hard Work in the Service Economy; M.GattaInequality Street? Working Life ina British Chocolate Factory; B.HopkinsThe Forgotten Factories: Supermarket Suppliers and Dignity At Work In The Contemporary Economy; K.Newsome, P.Thompson& J.CommanderLife on the Supermarket Floor: Replenishment Assistants and Just–In-Time Systems; K.MulhollandJust 'Mothers Really'? Role Stretch and Low Pay Amongst Female Classroom Assistants; C.Warhurst, S.A.Hurrell, K.Gilbert, D.Nickson, J.Commander& I.CalderVocabularies Of Skill: The Case of Care and Support Workers; A.Junor, I.Hampson& K.R.OgleThe Emotional Socialisation of Junior Doctors: Accumulating an Emotional Debt; C.Boyd-QuinnWho's Driving Now? GPS and the Restructuring of Taxi Work; C.Grampp, M.Houlihan& P.McGrathCreating, Connecting and Correcting: Motivations and Meanings of Work Blogging Amongst Public Service Workers; V.Ellis& J.RichardsAuthor IndexSubject Index.