Sociology: Work & Labour

This title was first published in 2000: This work is aimed at international managers or business students who are interested in emerging markets, p...

Employment has changed dramatically in the last few decades with the onset of neoliberal globalization. This change has become the objective of inq...

During the period 2000 to 2010, tea plantations in India experienced a crisis and were at the threshold of transformation, framed by conflict and t...

This title was first published in 2001. A comparative sociological examination of artisans, exploring historical examples and theoretical reference...

There has been a growing interest among scholars in the fields of organizational behaviour and industrial psychology in what can be termed the dark...

This title was first published in 2003. The problem of illegal labour immigration is one of the most controversial and hotly debated issues to conf...

Strategic Management in Public Organizations: European Practices and Perspectives offers the first wide-ranging survey and assessment of strategic ...

Presenting a series of empirical studies by scholars working with approaches from ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, Medical and Healthcar...

This book is unique given its scholarly angle in unmasking irresponsible leadership (IL) by focusing on its meaning. For the first time the concept...

This book offers a sociological account of the process by which companies instituted and continue to institute outsourcing in their organization. D...

The working poor of the world are observed to engage in long hours in hard jobs and to work more if wages are further reduced. Mainstream economics...

Critical Management Studies (CMS) is often dated from the publication of an edited volume bearing that name (Alvesson and Willmott, 1992). In the t...

This book offers a critical analysis of consumer credit markets and the growth of outstanding debt, presenting in-depth interview material to explo...

This book aims to provide the reader with an insight into the relevance of a section of the economy, which is often referred to as the social and ...

This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into concrete, day-to-d...

While research in organisational studies has become increasingly rich and complex, organisation researchers are constantly challenged by the growin...

Numerous challenges exist in respect to integrating work and family institutions and there is remarkable cross-national variation in the ways that ...

Much scholarship of any region focuses on the perceived problems that hold back a population. Central Asia is no exception, as it is a region with ...

Organizational research methods (ORM) are making an ontological turn by studying the nature of Being, becoming, and the meaning of existence in the...

For over a century, creativity has unfolded as a valuable field of knowledge. Emerging from disciplines like psychology, management and education, ...

Sex work studies have seen an expansion in publications over the past decade, drawing together disciplines from across the social sciences, namely ...

This title was first published in 2000. Exploring issues surrounding the constitution of managerial knowledge, newer forms of organizational contro...

The unifying theme of Women and Careers is womens educational and employment success, with the objective of profiling supportive public policy in g...

Taste is a core concept for the social sciences and an orienting notion in everyday practice. It is of equal relevance to academics and laypeople a...