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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815958203321

Titolo

The insecure workforce / / edited by Edmund Heery and John Salmon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-85385-128-0

1-134-66335-8

1-134-66336-6

0-429-23209-8

1-280-31860-0

0-203-44648-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in employment relations

Altri autori (Persone)

HeeryEdmund

SalmonJohn <1946->

Disciplina

331.1/0941

Soggetti

Job security - Great Britain

Unemployment - Great Britain - Psychological aspects

Labor market - Great Britain

Labor unions - Great Britain

Industrial relations - Great Britain

Consumption (Economics) - Great Britain

Great Britain Economic conditions 1997-

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; The contributors; Preface; The insecurity thesis; Insecurity and the flexible workforce: measuring the ill-defined; Heaven knows I'm miserable now: job insecurity in theBritish labour market; Redundancy and the paradox of job insecurity; Employment insecurity in the public services; Gendered employment insecurity?; Management and the insecure workforce: the search for a new psychological contract; Trade unions and the insecure workforce; Job insecurity, psychological well-being and family life; Insecurity and housing consumption; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the assumption that an insecure workforce imposes costs on the wider economy and society through lower rates of skill



formation, reduced consumer confidence and family instability.