LEADER 02506nam 2200397 450 001 9910476822703321 005 20230507011043.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000566329 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000566329 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000566329 100 $a20230507d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aWorking in the Service Sector $eA Tale from Different Worlds /$fedited by Gerhard Bosch, Steffen Lehndorff 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon ; New York :$cTaylor & Francis,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 357 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in business organization and networks ;$vVolume 32 311 $a1-134-45639-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThe rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has come to fruition. In many cases, employment in the service sector now outnumbers that in manufacturing sectors, and it is accepted that in all developed countries, the service sector is the only one in which employment will grow in future. The reasons for this is the subject of much controversy and debate, the outcomes of which are not merely of academic interest but of decisive importance for economic policy and the quality of working and living conditions in future. In order to examine these various arguments, research teams from eight European countries worked together for three years on a comparative study of the evolution of service sector employment in EU member states. They also investigated working and employment conditions in five very different service industries (banking, retailing, hospitals, IT services and care of the elderly) in a number of countries, and the results of their research are presented in this informative new collection, of interest to students academics and researchers involved in all aspects of industrial economics. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in business organization and networks ;$vVolume 32. 606 $aService industries workers 615 0$aService industries workers. 676 $a331.7 702 $aBosch$b Gerhard 702 $aLehndorff$b Steffen 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476822703321 996 $aWorking in the Service Sector$91965458 997 $aUNINA