Demanding work : the paradox of job quality in the affluent economy /

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In the last quarter century a vast number of jobs have been created in the affluent economies of the industrialised world. Economist Francis Green highlights contrasting trends, using quantitative indicators drawn from a series of social surveys and from administrative data.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Green, Francis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Quality of work life.
Job satisfaction.
Work > Social aspects.
Job Satisfaction
Qualité de la vie au travail.
Satisfaction au travail.
Travail > Aspect social.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Job satisfaction
Quality of work life
Work > Social aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Assessing job quality in the affluent economy
  • The quality of work life in the "knowledge economy"
  • Late twentieth-century trends in work effort
  • Accounting for work intensification
  • Workers' discretion
  • The wages of nations
  • Workers' risk
  • Workers' well-being
  • Summary and implications for policy on the quality of work life.

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