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Sociology, Work and Industryby Tony Watson
Routledge 1995; US$ 49.95Thoroughly revised and presented in a new and accessible format this third edition will prove an indispensable guide to a massive and complex field. more...
The New Workplaceby David Holman; Toby D. Wall; Chris W. Clegg; Paul Sparrow; Ann Howard
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 240.00"Just-in-time", "total quality management", "lean manufacturing", "call centres", "team work", "empowerment" - most people in business have heard these buzz words, often offered as a panacea to all profit ills. So why don't they always work? Can you combine them anyhow? If not, why not? The New Workplace Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the evidence available on how modern working practices and technology affect the people in organizations. Within a broad psychological framework, leading experts examine how people work, their experience of work, the impact on productivity and performance and the human resource implications. Guidance is offered on a range of different methods, tools and practices that can be used to guide the design and... more...
Sociology, Work and Industryby Tony Watson
Routledge 2003; US$ 53.95In the 4th edition of this successful and popular text Tony Watson explains how the discipline of sociology contributes to our wider understanding of the variety of work practices and institutions, which exist in modern society. more...
Ethnicity and Economyby Dr Steve Fenton; Harriet Bradley
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 140.00The nature of the connection between economic action and structure and ethnic identities receives here a long overdue and incisive re-examination. The question is addressed theoretically by revisiting the 'race and class' debate and by a wide-ranging review of the contexts in which the conjuncture of ethnicity-economy is worked out. It is also addressed empirically in a series of case studies of ethnically-defined groups and their articulation with the economy. A combination of established authors and new researchers have made an invaluable contribution to the field. more...
9 to 5by Edward Balkovich; Tora K. Bikson; Gordon Bitko
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Describes a case study of six enterprises that use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to control access in the workplace to understand their policies about personally identifiable records obtained by sensing RFID-based access cards. These policies have a number of common features, but the policies are neither documented nor shared with employees. more...
A Sociology of Work in Japanby Ross Mouer; Hirosuke Kawanishi; Yoshio Sugimoto; Harumi Befu; Roger Goodman
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 30.00A comprehensive survey of the relationship between work and society in Japan explores the context for individual choices about work. These include the structuring of labour markets, social policy and the influences of globalization. The book affords penetrating insights into Japanese society and challenges current thinking on the subject. more...
Identity in the Age of the New Economyby T.E. Jensen; A. Westenholz
Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00Identity in the Age of the New Economy is a multi-faceted view of contemporary employment and identity that questions a number of the myths related to the so-called new economy, knowledge society or network society. It argues that one of the most striking things about much contemporary theorizing on work and identity is the epochalist terms in which it is framed: changing forms of identity and subjectivity are assumed to be-consequences of a shift to an entirely new economic, social and cultural era, signalled by concepts such as postmodernity, risk society, network society or new economy. more...
The Essentials of the New Workplaceby David Holman; Toby D. Wall; Chris W. Clegg; Paul Sparrow; Ann Howard
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2005; US$ 65.00The original hardback edition of The New Workplace examined modern business terms such as total quality management, just-in-time production, e-business, lean manufacturing and teleworking. It explored what these terms really mean and what effect they have in practice - especially their impact on productivity and performance and their social and psychological consequences. This paperback is a shorter, revised version of the original book. It will focus on working practices, especially technology orientated ones, which are the most relevant and innovative for consultants. more...
Creating Sustainable Work Systemsby Peter Docherty; Jan Forslin
Routledge 2002; US$ 71.95Considers how the balance between intensive and sustainable work can be achieved by looking at existing possibilities and emerging solutions exploring some alternatives to intensive work systems. more...
Ethnomethodological Studies Of Workby Harold Garfinkel
Taylor & Francis 1986; US$ 190.00This unique collection will be essential reading for all researchers and students doing courses in ethnomethodology, organization studies and the sociology of work. more...