Sociology of Work
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Maintaining a Sustainable Work–Life Balance
Edited by Peter Kruyen, Stéfanie André, Beatrice Van der Heijden
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This thought-provoking book provides a detailed exploration of work–life balance, considerin...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Work Appropriation of Low-Wage Workers in the Service Sector
Antonia Kupfer
Work Appropriation of Low-Wage Workers in the Service Sector deftly explores how supermarket clerks perceive their work when faced with meagre pay and frequently precarious working conditions. Speaking substantively on current social pro...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Coworking (R)evolution
Edited by Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Gerhard Krauss
The digitalization of work processes and the generalization of IT are creating unprecedented opportunities. An increasing part of the workforce is experimenting with new forms of work, as freelancers, self-employed or highly skilled empl...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Policy in Capitalist History
Ayşe Buğra
This invigorating book approaches social policy as a response to socioeconomic tensions and conflicts brought about by capitalist development, exploring how such policy reflects and shapes the world of work and socioeconomic life. Ayşe B...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Personnel Management in Secret Service Organizations
Barbara Czarniawska, Sabina Siebert, John Mackay
While the careers of secret agents have inspired many genres of popular culture, relatively little research has been carried out until now on spying as a profession. Through the lens of personnel management, the authors offer a unique an...eBook:Find out more$28.00
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School-to-Work Transition in Comparative Perspective
Edited by Dominik Buttler, Maciej Ławrynowicz, Piotr Michoń
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Incisive and forward-thinking in its approach, this prescient book investigates the conditio...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Digital Transitions and Innovation in Construction Value Chains
Edited by Serena Rugiero, Daniele Di Nunzio
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This timely book provides an innovative study of the profound changes and latest challenges ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Field Guide to Managing Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Organisations
Edited by Subas Dhakal, Roslyn Cameron, John Burgess
Organisations across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors require active Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) policies and programs, and are increasingly subject to meeting legislative standards around the DEI principles of...eBook:Find out more$41.56
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Explaining the Gender Wage Gap
Alicja Sielska
This timely book offers an engaging contemporary analysis of research into the gender pay gap while also providing important nuanced observations. It illustrates the variant methodologies that have been employed by researchers who have a...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Organisational Continuity and Change
Edited by Tor Hernes, Miriam Feuls
Research has overlooked the need for modern organisations to enact continuity during periods of change. This Research Agenda addresses this by considering continuity and change as engaging in various forms of mutual interplay. The underl...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Youth Employment Insecurity and Pension Adequacy
Edited by Dirk Hofäcker, Kati Kuitto
This timely and perceptive book addresses the issues surrounding the adequacy of old-age income for future pensioners worldwide. It highlights how today’s young people are confronted with the simultaneous challenges of increasing employm...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Skills and Inequality
Edited by Michael Tåhlin
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Skills and inequality have long been a central theme in analyses of social structure and eco...eBook:Find out more$40.00