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The Changing Shape of Work

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Richard K. Brown

    1. University of Durham, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Work and Employment in the 1990s

    • Richard K. Brown
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Changing Practices of Work

    • Richard K. Brown
    Pages 20-53

  4. What is Work for? The Right to Work and the Right to be Idle

    • Richard K. Brown
    Pages 54-68

  5. Flexibility and Security: Contradictions in the Contemporary Labour Market

    • Richard K. Brown
    Pages 69-86

  6. Gender and Change in Employment: Feminization and Its Effects

    • Richard K. Brown
    Pages 87-102

  7. Informal Working, Survival Strategies and the Idea of an ‘Underclass’

    • Richard K. Brown
    Pages 103-124

  8. Economic Change and Domestic Life

    • Richard K. Brown
    Pages 125-149

  9. The Culture of Ownership and the Ownership of Culture

    • Richard K. Brown
    Pages 150-170

  10. ‘Empowerment’ or ‘Degradation’? Total Quality Management and the Service Sector

    • Richard K. Brown
    Pages 171-202

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 203-226
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About this book

The contributors provide critical accounts of the transformation of work and employment during the final quarter of the twentieth century. They draw on their own and others' current research to identify the origins and consequences of these developments and illustrate their impact on society, organizations, individuals and communities. Wide-ranging reviews of changes in labour markets and employment practices provide the context for detailed studies, including the 'feminization' of work, informal working, responses to unemployment, organizational culture, and Total Quality Management.

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  • University of Durham, UK

    Richard K. Brown

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