Flexibility, Mobility and the Labour Market: 6 (Routledge Library Editions: Labour Economics) - Tapa dura

Callaghan, George S.

 
9780367075484: Flexibility, Mobility and the Labour Market: 6 (Routledge Library Editions: Labour Economics)
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ISBN 10: 0367075482 ISBN 13: 9780367075484
Editorial: Routledge, 2018

Sinopsis

First published in 1997. Politicians of all shades argue that the labour market should be more flexible and workers more mobile. But what does this mean in reality? How flexible and mobile are workers likely to be? Is there an ideological base to the language of flexibility? These are some of the issues covered in this book. Data from a large factory and office is used to argue that the macro labour market consists of non-competitive work groups where strongly held views and values represent a substantial barrier to simplistic definitions of flexibility and mobility. The analysis takes place in three chapters, dealing with recruitment for work, skills used in work and perceptions of different types of work and workers. The findings suggest that non-economic forces (such as institutional, social, historical and political phenomena) strongly influence the creation of separate work cultures. Furthermore, it is argued that the reason for differences between work groups being articulated in a defensive fashion reflects the climate of fear in the labour market, where flexibility is associated with a loss of the (often limited) power, control and influence workers have over their position in the labour market.

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George S. Callaghan

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0367075482
ISBN 13 
9780367075484
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
250
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