Sociology: work & labour books

9320 books were found.

Decent Work, Inclusion and Sustainability

Decent Work, Inclusion and Sustainability

Author: Deirdre Hughes (Warwick University, UK) ,  Maria Eduarda-Duarte (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
ISBN: 9781032662213
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This content-rich and inspirational book offers complementary theoretical and practical perspectives from detailed...  Read More >>

Exiting the Factory (Volume 2): Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector

Exiting the Factory (Volume 2): Strikes and Class Formation...

Author: Alexander Gallas (University of Kassel)
ISBN: 9781529242225
Format: Hardback
$195.00

Drawing on case studies from Germany, Britain and Spain, this book offers a novel assessment of post-industrial...  Read More >>

Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance

Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace...

Author: Karen Levy
ISBN: 9780691259123
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life. Long-haul truckers...  Read More >>

Feminism, Diversity and HRD

Feminism, Diversity and HRD

Author: Beverly Dawn Metcalfe ,  Yasmeen Makarem
ISBN: 9781138203709
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Feminism, Diversity and HRD aims to enhance critical understandings of feminism, diversity and HRD theorization...  Read More >>

What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic

What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic

Author: Claudia Strauss
ISBN: 9781501775512
Format: Paperback
$94.91

"""Drawing on the evocative stories of unemployed Americans from a wide range of occupations, from day laborers...  Read More >>

What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic

What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic

Author: Claudia Strauss
ISBN: 9781501775505
Format: Hardback
$330.00

"""Drawing on the evocative stories of unemployed Americans from a wide range of occupations, from day laborers...  Read More >>

Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework: Laugh To Get Through It or Cry Forever

Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework: Laugh To...

Author: Lisa N. Landram, Bridgewater College ,  Christian A. Vaccaro
ISBN: 9781666904369
Format: Hardback
$172.00

This book explores how gallows humor is used among child welfare caseworkers and what the use of humor, and gallows...  Read More >>

We Have Received A Complain (US Edition): The Fraught World of Workplace Justice

We Have Received A Complain (US Edition): The Fraught...

Author: Matt Malone, S.J.
ISBN: 9781990823626
Format: Paperback
$32.99

We used to go to court to enforce our rights. Now we do it at the office. Workplace investigations are everywhere....  Read More >>

Holistic Flexibility for Systems Thinking and Practice

Holistic Flexibility for Systems Thinking and Practice...

Author: Rajneesh Chowdhury (University of Hull, UK.)
ISBN: 9781032483009
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book explores how the conceptual lens of Holistic Flexibility presents new advancements in systems thinking...  Read More >>

Disruptive Digitalisation and Platforms: Risks and Opportunities of the Great Transformation of Politics, Socio-economic Models, Work, and Education

Disruptive Digitalisation and Platforms: Risks and Opportunities...

Author: Mathias Béjean ,  Julienne Brabet
ISBN: 9781032594804
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book provides an overview of the opportunities and risks of digitalisation, and the platforms that embody it...  Read More >>

International Business and Culture: Challenges in Cross-Cultural Marketing and Management

International Business and Culture: Challenges in Cross-Cultural...

Author: Małgorzata Bartosik-Purgat (Dept. of Intnl Management, Poznań Univ. of Economics & Business, Poland) ,  Monika Guzek
ISBN: 9781032633893
Format: Hardback
$273.00

International Business and Culture: Challenges in Cross-Cultural Marketing and Management explores the intricate...  Read More >>

The Precariat in Western China: Poverty, Risks, and Influences

The Precariat in Western China: Poverty, Risks, and...

Author: Xueyang Ma
ISBN: 9781032748450
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book provides a comprehensive picture for understanding the experiences and dynamics of precarious workers’...  Read More >>

Closing the Iron Cage: The Scientific Management of Work & Leisure

Closing the Iron Cage: The Scientific Management of...

Author: Andrew E
ISBN: 9781551641294
Format: Hardback
$129.33

A thought-provoking analysis of how the principles of scientific management in the work place have been applied...  Read More >>

Scrutinising Polarisation: Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market

Scrutinising Polarisation: Patterns and Consequences...

Author: Tomas Berglund (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) ,  Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781032536347
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Through a series of empirical studies, this book scrutinizes polarization in Sweden, identifying patterns and variations...  Read More >>

Economy, Society and Politics: Socio-economic and Political Education in Schools and Universities

Economy, Society and Politics: Socio-economic and Political...

Author: Christian Fridrich ,  Udo Hagedorn
ISBN: 9783658425241
Format: Paperback
$181.10

The interconnections of economy, society and politics so obviously determine socio-economic and political structures...  Read More >>

Künstliche Intelligenz, Mensch und Gesellschaft: Soziale Dynamiken und gesellschaftliche Folgen einer technologischen Innovation

Künstliche Intelligenz, Mensch und Gesellschaft: Soziale...

Author: Michael Heinlein ,  Norbert Huchler
ISBN: 9783658435202
Format: Paperback
$171.57

Offen bleibt jedoch nach wie vor die Frage, welche tiefgreifenden und teilweise latenten Folgen für den Menschen...  Read More >>

Love in the Time of Self-Publishing: How Romance Writers Changed the Rules of Writing and Success

Love in the Time of Self-Publishing: How Romance Writers...

Author: Christine M. Larson
ISBN: 9780691217406
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Lessons in creative labor, solidarity, and inclusion under precarious economic conditions As writers, musicians,...  Read More >>

The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World

The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected...

Author: Allison J. Pugh
ISBN: 9780691240817
Format: Hardback
$54.99

A timely and urgent argument for preserving the work that connects us in the age of automation. With the rapid...  Read More >>

The Economics of Inequality

The Economics of Inequality

Author: Robert S. Rycroft (University of Mary Washington, USA)
ISBN: 9781032372099
Format: Paperback
$124.00

With an emphasis on data, theory and policy, the third edition of this introductory-level text book tackles each...  Read More >>

Supporting Family Caregivers in STEMM: A Call to Action

Supporting Family Caregivers in STEMM: A Call to Action...

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ,  Policy and Global Affairs
ISBN: 9780309713580
Format: Paperback
$63.36

Family caregiving is not simply an outside obligation that has no bearing on the workings of academic science, technology,...  Read More >>

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