The social organization of work / the editors of Salem Press.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Editors of Salem Press, author.

Series:

Sociology Reference Guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial sociology.

Work--Social aspects.

Work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 101 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various sociological topics. In this volume, the contemporary landscape of business labor is framed by two important developments represented by the transformation of global corporate capitalism and by the economic downturn in the first decade of the twenty-first-century.

Contents:

""Sociology Reference Guide: The Social Organization of Work""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Taylorism, Fordism, & Post-Fordism""; ""Labor Theory: Division of Labor""; ""Work in the Post Industrial World""; ""The Rise of Multinational Corporations""; ""Corporate Capitalism""; ""Microfinance""; ""Corporate Social Responsibility""; ""The Organization-Worker Relationship""; ""Labor Unions""; ""Wages & Compensation""; ""Diversity in the Workplace""; ""Telecommuting""; ""Workplace Design""; ""Layoffs & Downsizing""; ""Unemployment & Underemployment""; ""Undocumented Workers""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 11, 2014).

ISBN:

9781429834629

1429834625

OCLC:

883331324