Economic crisis, quality of work, and social integration the European experience

The quality of working life has been central to the sociological agenda for several decades, and has also been increasingly salient as a policy issue, and for companies. This book breaks new ground in the study of the quality of work by providing a rigorous comparative assessment of the way it has b...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2014, 2014
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Summary:The quality of working life has been central to the sociological agenda for several decades, and has also been increasingly salient as a policy issue, and for companies. This book breaks new ground in the study of the quality of work by providing a rigorous comparative assessment of the way it has been affected by the economic crisis. It examines the implications of the crisis on developments in skills and training, employees' control over their jobs, and the pressure of work and job security
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9780191765209