The Changing Shape of Work [Paperback]

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.List of Tables - Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Work and Employment in the 1990s; R.Brown - The Changing Practices of Work; H.Beynon - What is Work for? The Right to Work and the Right to be Idle; S.Allen - Flexibility and Security: Contradictions in the Contemporary Labour Market; R.Brown - Gender and Change in Employment: Feminization and Its Effects; H.Bradley - Informal Working, Survival Strategies and the Idea of an 'Underclass'; R.MacDonald - Economic Change and Domestic Life; L.Morris - The Culture of Ownership and the Ownership of Culture; I.Roberts - 'Empowerment' or 'Degradation'? Total Quality Management and the Service Sector; S.Taylor - Bibliography - Index