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The Future of work and employment / edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Michael Barry.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial relations.
- Work--Technological innovations.
- Work.
- Employment forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2020]
- Summary:
- This book forms critical reading for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of business and human resource management, featuring insight into the latest developments in the field. Researchers, policymakers and practitioners will also benefit from its implications for policy and its blending of theory and practice.
- Contents:
- Contents: Part I: The changing context
- 1. Understanding the future of work / Adrian Wilkinson and Michael Barry
- Part II: Changing practices
- 2. Work 'or' employment in the 21st century: its impact on the employment relationship / Chris Brewster and Peter Holland
- 3. Unpaid work experience and internships: a growing and contested feature of the future of work / Paula McDonald and Deanna Grant-Smith
- 4. Diversity and inclusion in a changing world of work / Gill Kirton
- 5. Contemporary challenges in meaningful work / Catherine Bailey and Adrian Madden
- 6. Employment and work in Europe: improvement or just change? / David Foden
- Part III: The future of the future of work
- Financing the future of work: Who pays? / Jean Cushen
- 8. Future of work (fow) and gender / Sarah Kaine, Frances Flanagan and Katherine Ravenswood
- 9. Biotechnological change and its implications / David Peetz and Georgina Murray
- 10. Work and wages in the gig economy: can there be a high road? / Joshua Healy and Andreas Pekarek
- 11. The growing disruptive impact of work automation: where should future research focus? / Victor Gekara and Darryn Snell
- 12. Governing global production networks in the new economy / Huw Thomas
- 13. Navigating the future of work to build meaningful careers / Edwin Trevor-Roberts
- 14. The future of employee engagement: the challenge of separating old wine from new bottles / Bruce E. Kaufman, Michael Barry, Adrian Wilkinson and Rafael Gomez
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781786438256
- 1786438259
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