Are Bad Jobs Inevitable? Trends, Determinants and Responses to Job Quality in the Twenty-First Century
by Warhurst, Chris; Carré, Françoise; Findlay, Patricia; Tilly, ChrisFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-03-15
Publisher(s): Red Globe Pr
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Summary
Job quality matters. It contributes to economic competitiveness, social cohesion and personal well-being. Focusing on "bad jobs", this book outlines debates, developments, issues and trends in job quality whilst asking the question are bad jobs inevitable?. Bringing together an internationally renowned group of academics, the book defines and measures bad jobs; explains variation and change in job quality; and identifies workplace practices and broader non-workplace strategies for making bad jobs better. Key Benefits: - An essential collection for the study of labor and job quality - Written by leading experts - Contains cutting edge research on contemporary topics relating to work and employment Are Bad Jobs Inevitable?is an ideal companion for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students of Sociology, Labor Relations, Labor Economics, Organization Studies, HRM and Employee Relations.
Author Biography
CHRIS WARHURST is Professor of Work and Organizational Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia.
FRANCOISE J. CARRÉ is Research Director at the Center for Social Policy at the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston.
PATRICIA FINDLAY is Professor of Work and Employment Relations at the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde Business School and Director of the Scottish Center for Employment Research, University of Strathclyde, UK.
CHRIS TILLY is Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology and Director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California Los Angeles.
FRANCOISE J. CARRÉ is Research Director at the Center for Social Policy at the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston.
PATRICIA FINDLAY is Professor of Work and Employment Relations at the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde Business School and Director of the Scottish Center for Employment Research, University of Strathclyde, UK.
CHRIS TILLY is Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology and Director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California Los Angeles.
Table of Contents
"These essays on poor quality jobs are essential reading for their unique contributions to methodological issues in the study of job quality and to the study of job quality in international comparative perspective. They are noteworthy for their rich discussions of institutions and social norms in producing low-wage work, and should be required reading for anyone interested in changing the incentives that shape employers' business strategies." — Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research, USA
"If we care about the type of societies we live in, then the issue of job quality is of critical importance. This book makes an important contribution to our understanding the issue by bringing together new and high quality scholarship from around the world to help us understand how bad jobs can be made better." —Andy Charlwood, University of York, UK
"This new book cuts through the speculation and hyperbole which has characterized much of the debate over job quality and the changing nature of work, to focus in on the 'bad jobs' which are becoming increasingly important across the globe. It provides valuable new evidence on the number of bad jobs and their growth, and offers clear explanations for their increase in recent years. Most importantly, it moves the debate forward by questioning the inevitability of bad jobs and sets out strategies for making jobs better. The book makes an important contribution to current debates over job quality in sociology, HRM, economics and social policy. It is essential reading for students, academics, practitioners and policy makers with interests in job quality and the question of how to make bad jobs better." — Chris Forde, University of Leeds, UK
"If we care about the type of societies we live in, then the issue of job quality is of critical importance. This book makes an important contribution to our understanding the issue by bringing together new and high quality scholarship from around the world to help us understand how bad jobs can be made better." —Andy Charlwood, University of York, UK
"This new book cuts through the speculation and hyperbole which has characterized much of the debate over job quality and the changing nature of work, to focus in on the 'bad jobs' which are becoming increasingly important across the globe. It provides valuable new evidence on the number of bad jobs and their growth, and offers clear explanations for their increase in recent years. Most importantly, it moves the debate forward by questioning the inevitability of bad jobs and sets out strategies for making jobs better. The book makes an important contribution to current debates over job quality in sociology, HRM, economics and social policy. It is essential reading for students, academics, practitioners and policy makers with interests in job quality and the question of how to make bad jobs better." — Chris Forde, University of Leeds, UK
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