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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456686103321

Titolo

Changing work relationships in industralized economies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Işik Urla Zeytinoǧlu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c1999

ISBN

1-283-17435-9

9786613174352

90-272-8344-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Advances in organization studies, , 1566-1075 ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

ZeytinogluIsik U

Disciplina

331.25/72

Soggetti

Flextime

Part-time employment

Work environment

Employees - Effect of technological innovations on

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Changing Work Relationships in Industrialized Economies; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction and Overview; 1. Changing Work Relationships Enacting Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Economic Class1; I. CHANGING WORK RELATIONSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA; 2. Flexible Work Arrangements An Overview of Developments in the United States; 3. Flexible Work Arrangements An Overview of Developments in Canada; 4. Part-Time Employment and the Worker; 5. Telework and Teleworkers; II. CHANGING WORK RELATIONSHIPS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

6. Changing Work Relations in the European Union7. European Employment Policies7 Potential Impact on Female Workers; 8. Regulating the Distanced Work Force Self-Employment in the United Kingdom; III. CHANGING WORK RELATIONSHIPS IN AUSTRALIA; 9. Changing Work Relationships in Australia; IV. VIEWS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS; 10. A Union Perspective on Emerging Trends in the Workplace; 11. Between Strategic Choice and Adaptation The Role of



UNICE in the European Social Dialogue; 12. Atypical Forms of Work in the European Union Experiences at the Establishment Level

13. International Policymaking The ILO Standards on Changing Work RelationshipsAppendix; Biographical Sketches of the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines changing work relationships in industrialized economies within the context of economic restructuring and demographic variables. The goal of this book is to examine experiences of industrialized economies in dealing with changing work relationships and discuss policy implications of creating such work relationships. The thesis of the book is that non-standard employment forms in restructuring economies affected all workers, but particularly females and the youth. Other demographic variables of education level, race/ethnicity/immigrant status, ability, and economic class were