The Realities of Work
eBook - PDF

The Realities of Work

Experiencing Work and Employment in Contemporary Society

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Realities of Work

Experiencing Work and Employment in Contemporary Society

About this book

The new edition of this successful textbook adopts a unique approach, providing a critical examination of work from the employee's perspective. The book explores the effects of being managed and how employees themselves interact with and respond to the strategies, tactics, decisions and actions of managers. Packed full of features such as key concepts, real world examples and exercises, the book introduces students to multi-disciplinary material from across the social sciences and encourages them to think more deeply about the variety of issues involved. Written by a team of respected experts on the subject, the text's concise and engaging style will appeal to students at all levels and help them to develop a critical perspective on the subject. The Realities of Work is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of management, HRM, organization studies, employment studies and work sociology. New to this Edition:
- Thoroughly updated to reflect broad social and economic changes
- Explores recent research findings that focus on how work issues and demands affect employees
- Completely rewritten to improve accessibility
- Fully revised case studies and exercises
- Comprehensively updated to cover research since the last edition over 100 new sources cited
- Extensively revised to make it even more accessible for contemporary readers

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Yes, you can access The Realities of Work by Mike Noon,Kevin Morrell in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Human Resource Management. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780230213043
eBook ISBN
9781137296429

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Titlepage
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of fi gures
  8. List of tables
  9. Preface
  10. 1 Exploring the realities of work
  11. 2 The changing context of work
  12. 3 The meaning of work
  13. 4 Time and work
  14. 5 Work skills
  15. 6 Work routines
  16. 7 Emotion work
  17. 8 Knowledge and work
  18. 9 Survival strategies at work
  19. 10 Unfair discrimination at work
  20. 11 Representation at work
  21. 12 Hidden work
  22. 13 Work and life
  23. Conclusion
  24. Bibliography
  25. Author Index
  26. Subject Index