Job Insecurity and Work Intensification (Electronic book text)


Based on findings of the recently published Joseph Rowntree Report, this book provides an up-to-the-minute review of current research on flexibility, job insecurity and work intensification. It examines the impact of these developments on individuals, their families, the workplace and the long-term health of the British economy, as well as an analysis of the impact across a wide range of OECD countries including the United States, France, Germany, Sweden and Japan. Key questions addressed include: How are jobs more insecure? Does just-in-time labour mean more flexible contracts or more flexible workers? Does job insecurity entail a 'new flexible morality'? How does workplace stress affect individual health and family relationships? Timely and thought-provoking, job Insecurity and Work Intensification is essential reading for all those involved in the fields of employment relations, HRM and the sociology of work.

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Based on findings of the recently published Joseph Rowntree Report, this book provides an up-to-the-minute review of current research on flexibility, job insecurity and work intensification. It examines the impact of these developments on individuals, their families, the workplace and the long-term health of the British economy, as well as an analysis of the impact across a wide range of OECD countries including the United States, France, Germany, Sweden and Japan. Key questions addressed include: How are jobs more insecure? Does just-in-time labour mean more flexible contracts or more flexible workers? Does job insecurity entail a 'new flexible morality'? How does workplace stress affect individual health and family relationships? Timely and thought-provoking, job Insecurity and Work Intensification is essential reading for all those involved in the fields of employment relations, HRM and the sociology of work.

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Taylor & Francis Group

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United States

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April 2001

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978-6610138470

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9786610138470

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6610138478



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