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Employment regimes and the quality of work / edited by Duncan Gallie.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Job satisfaction--Europe.
- Job satisfaction.
- Occupational training--Europe.
- Occupational training.
- Quality of work life--Europe.
- Quality of work life.
- Skilled labor--Europe.
- Skilled labor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book makes a major new contribution to the sociology of employment by comparing the quality of working life in European societies with very different institutional systems - France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Sweden. It focuses in particular on skills and skill development, opportunities for training, the scope for initiative in work, the difficulty of combining work and family life and the security of employment. Drawing on a range of nationally representative surveys, it reveals striking differences in the quality of work in different European countries. It also provides for the f
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Production Regimes, Employment Regimes, and the Quality of Work; 2. Skills and Wages in European Labour Markets: Structure and Change; 3. Job-Related Training in Europe: Do Institutions Matter?; 4. Task Discretion and Job Quality; 5. Work and Family in Conflict? The Impact of Work Demands on Family Life; 6. Job Insecurity; 7. The Quality of Work Life in Comparative Perspective; Appendix: Data Sources; References; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T
- UV; W; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-266) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-956603-8
- 1-4356-1810-6
- 9786611150266
- 1-281-15026-6
- 0-19-155207-0
- OCLC:
- 726734952
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