Restructuring the Employment Relationship - Couverture rigide

Gallie, Duncan; White, Michael; Cheng, Yuan; Tomlinson, Mark

 
9780198293903: Restructuring the Employment Relationship
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198293909 ISBN 13 : 9780198293903
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1998

Synopsis

This masterly new study presents the first large-scale empirical analysis of the changes in British work experiences and employment relationships between the 1980s and 1990s. Drawing on the Employment in Britain surveya national survey providing the richest source of evidence to date about individuals' experience of employmentit examines the impact of new technologies, the emergence of new management policies, the changing forms of employment contract, and the growth of job insecurity on people's experience of employment. The authors focus on the implications these developments have for the ways in which skills and work tasks have been changing, the nature of control at work, the degree of participation in decision-making, and the flexibility demanded at work. They assess whether there has been a tendency towards either a polarization or convergence of employment experiences between men and women, and between occupational classes. They offer fresh insight into how the changing quality of work in recent years has affected employee's involvement in their jobs and organizations, the stress they experience at work, and the propensity for absenteeism and staff turnover. While the study provides strong evidence of a marked trend towards upskilling, the authors take issue with the argument that a new type of employment relationship is emerging, arguing instead that the restructuring of the employment relationship has, in fact, reinforced traditional lines of division in the workforce.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This masterly new study presents the first large-scale empirical analysis of the changes in British work experiences and employment relationships between the 1980s and 1990s. Drawing on the Employment in Britain surveya national survey providing the richest source of evidence to date about individuals' experience of employmentit examines the impact of new technologies, the emergence of new management policies, the changing forms of employment contract, and the growth of job insecurity on people's experience of employment. The authors focus on the implications these developments have for the ways in which skills and work tasks have been changing, the nature of control at work, the degree of participation in decision-making, and the flexibility demanded at work. They assess whether there has been a tendency towards either a polarization or convergence of employment experiences between men and women, and between occupational classes. They offer fresh insight into how the changing quality of work in recent years has affected employee's involvement in their jobs and organizations, the stress they experience at work, and the propensity for absenteeism and staff turnover. While the study provides strong evidence of a marked trend towards upskilling, the authors take issue with the argument that a new type of employment relationship is emerging, arguing instead that the restructuring of the employment relationship has, in fact, reinforced traditional lines of division in the workforce.

Revue de presse

...a major study of UK employment relationships...an impressive analysis of what is actually happening in the workplace. - Nick Pandya. The Guardian. 25/7/1998

The co-authors produce some startling findings about UK employees. - Robert Taylor. Financial Times. 1/7/1998

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Éditeur
Clarendon Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198293909
ISBN 13 
9780198293903
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
366
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Editeur : Oxford Univ Pr, 1998
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