Sociology: Work & Labour

This book puts to the test the prominent claim that social class has declined in importance in an era of affluence, choice and the waning of tradit...

In the midst of the freezing winter of 197879, more than 2,000 strikes, infamously coined the Winter of Discontent, erupted across Britain as worke...

Much has been written about equal opportunity issues but little has been published about how organisations might provide more structure and support...

Investigates eight dimensions of competition which are active yet covert in the lives of managers. Explains in great detail the everyday experience...

How Asian Women Lead provides a vastly different picture than Western-focused leadership literature, highlighting obstacles Asian women face reachi...

Electronics is an ever-changing field with an entrepreneurial spirit and a rich history, populated by some of the world's most famous companies and...

The return of interest in socialism and the critique of capitalism make Beyond Post-Socialism a timely work. The book explores the critical-theoret...

Lessons in creative labor, solidarity, and inclusion under precarious economic conditionsAs writers, musicians, online content creators, and other ...

Contributing to feminist approaches to masculinities, this book examines men's contextual experiences of masculine identity. Drawing on new data wh...

The notion of immaterial labor is, at the beginning of the 21st century, a central issue for understanding the transformations of late capitalism. ...

When you work on the streets of Dhaka, crime is part of everyday life. Rackets are ubiquitous, political muscle widespread, and territory often fou...

This accessible edited collection provides global context for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying the sociology of work and organisati...

This accessible edited collection provides global context for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying the sociology of work and organisati...

A worker-centered, woman-centered history of China's economic transformationSocialist Chinas state forestry and timber industries employed men as s...

A worker-centered, woman-centered history of China's economic transformationSocialist Chinas state forestry and timber industries employed men as s...

Das Praxishandbuch arbeitet die Kompetenzen für zukünftiges Arbeiten im Kontext der Digitalen Transformation heraus und soll Staat, Unternehmen und...

More than 130 years after Karl Marx's death and 150 years after the publication of his opus magnum Capital: Critique of Political Economy, capitali...

Praise for Working the Phones: A sharp reminder of the difficulties faced by call-center workers. The Financial Times Jamie Woodcock shows us wha...

Farewell to Work? presents the large process of capital's productive restructuring, triggered in the 1970sa process with tendencies to both intelle...

The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators including p...

This book analyses the processes, mutations and trends currently characterising the world of work that are bound up within the deep contradictions ...

In Animals as Legal Beings, Maneesha Deckha critically examines how Canadian law and, by extension, other legal orders around the world, participat...

Turkish Guest Workers in Germany tells the post-war story of Turkish guest workers, whom West German employers recruited to fill their depleted ran...

The exploitation of Latino workers in many industries, fromagriculture and meat packing to textile manufacturing and janitorialservices, is well kn...

Since the 1960s, a major mental health crisis has emerged among Western working populations. By analysing the development of various occupational c...

Since the 1960s, a major mental health crisis has emerged among Western working populations. By analysing the development of various occupational c...

This engaging new text uses a feminist lens to crack open the often hidden worlds of gender and work, addressing enduring questions about how str...

Knowledge evolution punctuates the previous equilibrium of society and requires us to develop adaptive solutions. One new rule is that as the disco...

Knowledge evolution punctuates the previous equilibrium of society and requires us to develop adaptive solutions. One new rule is that as the disco...

The Inner World of Research is a book about the joys and miseries of life as a researcher. Dealing with essential but rarely mentioned topics in th...

Politicians, educators and business leaders often tell young people they will need to develop their creative skills to be ready for the new economy...

The Inner World of Research is a book about the joys and miseries of life as a researcher. Dealing with essential but rarely mentioned topics in th...

We live in a tumbleweed society, where job insecurity is rampant and widely seen as inevitable. Companies are transforming the way they organize wo...

Prostitution bears the unique title of being both the world's oldest profession and one of the least understood occupations. Unlike most of the cri...

The turnover of labour and its significance for workers and employers has usually been considered at the organizational level as individual exit be...