Overview

Exploring contemporary challenges and opportunities for the realisation of Decent Work, this edited collection reviews the origins of the concept and helps to demonstrate its working in practice. Using a Decent Work lens to explore the realities of eroding work conditions in typical and atypical work, the analyses presented here argue that urgent action is required to address these issues for the benefit of individual workers, and society as a whole. Prepared by researchers and collaborators associated with the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, this volume provides insights from an exceptional blend of authors presenting high-quality research from multiple disciplines including economics, labour market studies, organisation studies, sociology, psychology, career development and education. These unique and wide-ranging contributions position Decent Work as valuable to important questions about the future of work, and emerging interdisciplinary research about work. Addressing changes to today's work and employment relationships - including the roles of governments, employers, and trade unions - this volume offers suggestions for how public and private sector policy and practice can support the realisation of Decent Work, while also theorising the concept's contested nature, and exploring urgent and practical possibilities to secure fair and decent working lives for all.

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Author:   Fiona Christie (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) ,  Marilena Antoniadou (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) ,  Kevin Albertson (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) ,  Mark Crowder (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.368kg
ISBN:  

9781801175876

ISBN 10:   180117587
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   29 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Prologue – In Search of Decent Work; Marilena Antoniadou, Mark Crowder, Fiona Christie, and Kevin Albertson Chapter 2. What is Decent Work? A Review of the Literature; Lucy Brill Chapter 3. The History and Future of Work; Kevin Albertson, Christina Purcell, and Richard Whittle Chapter 4. The Development of the Decent Work Scale as a Cross-Cultural Measure of Decent Work; Vanessa Dodd and Ciaran Burke Chapter 5. Decent Work: Gender and Equal Opportunity Policies and Outcomes; Maria Allen Chapter 6. The Role of International and Integrated Sustainability Frameworks in Enhancing Decent Work and Employee Value; Janet Haddock-Fraser Chapter 7. Entrepreneurship Skills Needs and Policies: Contribution to Decent Work; Sumona Mukhuty and Steve Johnson Chapter 8. Indecent Work? The Rise of Digital Platform Work in France and the UK; Christina Purcell and Reece Garcia Chapter 9. Musicians’ Work: Creativity, Community and Insecurity; Jason Woolley and Fiona Christie Chapter 10. Structural Barriers to Achieving Decent Work in the Greek Hospitality Industry: A Critical Employment Relations Approach; Orestis Papadopoulos Chapter 11. Epilogue – Preparing for the “New Normal”; Mark Crowder, Marilena Antoniadou, Kevin Albertson, and Fiona Christie

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Fiona Christie is a Senior Research Associate at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, with research interests in career studies, higher education, employability, graduates, and young people’s working lives. Marilena Antoniadou is a Reader in Management and Work Psychology at the Department of People and Performance of Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Kevin Albertson is Professor of Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, with a background in statistics and political economics. Mark Crowder is Education Lead for the Department of Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is also a senior lecturer in Strategy and Business Psychology.

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