Changing work relationships in industralized economies / edited by Isik Urla Zeytinoglu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zeytinoglu, Isik U.

Series:

Advances in organization studies ; 1.

Advances in organization studies, 1566-1075 ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flextime.

Part-time employment.

Work environment.

Employees--Effect of technological innovations on.

Employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c1999.

Summary:

This book examines changing work relationships in industrialized economies within the context of economic restructuring and demographic variables. The goal of this book is to examine experiences of industrialized economies in dealing with changing work relationships and discuss policy implications of creating such work relationships. The thesis of the book is that non-standard employment forms in restructuring economies affected all workers, but particularly females and the youth. Other demographic variables of education level, race/ethnicity/immigrant status, ability, and economic class were

Contents:

Changing Work Relationships in Industrialized Economies; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction and Overview; 1. Changing Work Relationships Enacting Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Economic Class1; I. CHANGING WORK RELATIONSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA; 2. Flexible Work Arrangements An Overview of Developments in the United States; 3. Flexible Work Arrangements An Overview of Developments in Canada; 4. Part-Time Employment and the Worker; 5. Telework and Teleworkers; II. CHANGING WORK RELATIONSHIPS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

6. Changing Work Relations in the European Union7. European Employment Policies7 Potential Impact on Female Workers; 8. Regulating the Distanced Work Force Self-Employment in the United Kingdom; III. CHANGING WORK RELATIONSHIPS IN AUSTRALIA; 9. Changing Work Relationships in Australia; IV. VIEWS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS; 10. A Union Perspective on Emerging Trends in the Workplace; 11. Between Strategic Choice and Adaptation The Role of UNICE in the European Social Dialogue; 12. Atypical Forms of Work in the European Union Experiences at the Establishment Level

13. International Policymaking The ILO Standards on Changing Work RelationshipsAppendix; Biographical Sketches of the Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-17435-9

9786613174352

90-272-8344-3

OCLC:

742367073