Decent work : opportunities and challenges /

Addressing changes to today's work and employment relationships, this volume offers suggestions for how public and private sector policy and practice can support the realisation of Decent Work, while exploring urgent and practical possibilities to secure fair and decent working lives for all.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Christie, Fiona (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2021.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Work.
Labor market.
Job security.
Organizational sociology.
Employment (Economic theory)
Work
Employment
Travail.
Marché du travail.
Sécurité d'emploi.
Sociologie des organisations.
Emploi.
labor.
employing.
Organizational theory & behaviour.
Business & Economics > Labor > General.
Job security
Labor market
Organizational sociology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Decent Work
  • Decent Work: Opportunities and Challenges
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • About the Contributors
  • List of Contributors
  • Part 1 Setting the Scene: Decent Work
  • 1. Prologue
  • In Search of Decent Work
  • Abstract
  • An Introduction to Decent Work
  • Centre for Decent Work and Productivity
  • Book Structure
  • Part 1
  • Setting the Scene: Decent Work
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: What Is Decent Work? A Review of the Literature
  • Chapter 3: The History and Future of Work
  • Chapter 4: The Development of the Decent Work Scale as a Cross-cultural Measure of Decent Work
  • Part 2
  • Organizational and Policy Drivers: Opportunities for Decent Work
  • Chapter 5: Decent Work: Gender and Equal Opportunity Policies and Outcomes
  • Chapter 6: The Role of International and Integrated Sustainability Frameworks in Enhancing Decent Work and Employee Value
  • Chapter 7: Entrepreneurship Skills Needs and Policies: Contribution to Decent Work
  • Part 3
  • Atypical Jobs: A Challenge to Decent Work
  • Chapter 8: Indecent Work? The Rise of Digital Platform Work in France and the United Kingdom
  • Chapter 9: Musicians' Work: Creativity, Community and Insecurity
  • Chapter 10: Structural Barriers to Achieving Decent Work in the Greek Hospitality Industry: A Critical Employment Relations ...
  • Chapter 11: Conclusion
  • References
  • 2. What Is Decent Work? A Review of the Literature
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Historical Origins
  • The Context of the ILO's Decent Work Agenda
  • And Early Challenges
  • Implementing Decent Work
  • Academic Responses to the Concept of Decent Work
  • Methodological Critique
  • Psychological Perspectives
  • Decent Work versus 'Good Work' or Job Quality
  • Decent Work within Global Value Chains
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3. The History and Future of Work
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • The Origins and Evolution of Work from the Stone Age to the Industrial Revolution
  • From Dark Satanic Mills to the Gilded Age
  • The Modern World 1918-1979
  • The Rerun of History
  • The Future of Work
  • Conclusions
  • Note
  • References
  • 4. The Development of the Decent Work Scale as a Cross-cultural Measure of Decent Work
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • A Psychological Perspective on Decent Work
  • The Decent Work Scale
  • Challenges of the Decent Work Scale
  • Access to Healthcare Subscale
  • Cross-cultural Articulations of Decent Work
  • Further Developments of the Decent Work Scale
  • Limitations and Conclusions
  • References
  • Part 2 Organizational and Policy Drivers: Opportunities for Decent Work
  • 5. Decent Work: Gender and Equal Opportunity Policies and Outcomes
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Purpose, Aims and Intention of the Chapter
  • Review of Theories
  • Why Gender Inequality Exists
  • Human Capital Theory

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