
- 422 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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The Realities and Futures of Work
About this book
What do we know about the current realities of work and its likely futures? What choices must we make and how will they affect those futures? Many books about the future of work start by talking about the latest technology, and focus on how technology is going to change the way we work. And there is no doubt that technology wi
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Table of contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- List of tables
- 1. The big trends, the big choices
- 2. Globalisation, financialisation and power
- 3. Visions of the future
- 4. Digitalisation and the jobs of the future
- 5. Management, culture and control
- 6. Flexibility, the ‘gig economy’ and the employment relationship
- 7. Worker voice and collectivism
- 8. Women and segmentation
- 9. Sustainability, ethics and work
- 10. Regulation and the futures of work
- 11. In conclusion—on realities and futures outside the workplace
- Bibliography