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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Book Title: The Changing Shape of Work
Editors: Richard K. Brown
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25651-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-67814-5Published: 30 May 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-67815-2Published: 30 May 1997
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-25651-8Published: 27 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 226
Topics: Sociology of Work, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology

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