Job Insecurity and Work Intensification

by Brendan Burchell (Editor), David Ladipo (Editor), Frank Wilkinson (Editor)

Overview

Based on findings of the recently published Joseph Rowntree Report, this book provides an up-to-the-minute review of current research on flexibility, job insecurity and work intensification. It examines the impact of these developments on individuals, their families, the workplace and the long-term health of the British economy, as well as an analysis of the impact across a wide range of OECD countries including the United States, France, Germany, Sweden and Japan. Key questions addressed include:

* How are jobs more insecure?
* Does just-in-time labour mean more flexible contracts or more flexible workers?
* Does job insecurity entail a 'new flexible morality'?
* How does workplace stress affect individual health and family relationships?

Timely and thought-provoking, it is essential reading for all those involved in the fields of employment relations, HRM and the sociology of work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415236539
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/27/2001
Series:	Routledge Studies in Employment Relations
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Brendan Burchell, David Ladipo, Frank Wilkinson

Table of Contents

List of illustrations, List of contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 More pressure, less protection, 2 Flexibility and the reorganisation of work, 3 The prevalence and redistribution of job insecurity and work intensification, 4 Disappearing pathways and the struggle for a fair day’s pay, 5 Job insecurity and work intensification: the effects on health and well-being, 6 The intensification of everyday life, 7 The organisational costs of job insecurity and work intensification, 8 Stress intervention: what can managers do?, 9 What can governments do?, Appendices, Notes, References, Index