Job quality in an era of flexibility experiences in a European context

This is the era of flexibility. Under constant pressure to be adaptable, organizations increasingly adopt employment practices such as zero-hours contracts, the casualization of the workforce and the use of temporary and agency labour. These flexible practices are central to debates about the changi...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Isidorsson, Tommy (-), Kubisa, Julia, 1979-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge 2019.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Routledge studies in employment relations.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009631242206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Job quality in an era of flexibility: introduction / Julia Kubisa and Pedro Mendonca
  • 2. Job quality in Europe / Stephen Bouquin
  • 3. Deregulation, job security, and employability during the great recession : a multilevel analysis / Dragos Adascalitei and Federico Vegetti
  • 4. Quality of working time in the police : the experience of shift extensification for officers and staff / Dora Scholarios, Hannah Hesselgreaves and Raymond Pratt
  • 5. "Supply chain capitalism" : exploring job quality for delivery workers in the UK / Kirsty Newsome, Sian Moore and Cilla Ross
  • 6. For the sake of quality of care : nurses' struggles for job quality in the context of flexibility arrangements : the case of Poland / Julia Kubisa
  • 7. Job quality dynamics at the call centre : workers' strategies in Poland / Justyna Zielinska
  • 8. Voice and employment quality for temporary agency workers in Sweden and Belgium / Kristina Håkansson, Valeria Pulignano, Tommy Isidorsson and Nadja Doerflinger
  • 9. Job quality, flexibility, and obstacles to collective agency / Pedro Mendonca
  • 10. Job quality for temporary agency workers and client organization employees at a Swedish manufacturing plant / Kristina Håkansson and Tommy Isidorsson
  • 11. The social dimension of job quality : perceived social support in contrasting regulatory contexts for temporary agency work / Pille Strauss-Raats
  • 12. Job quality in an era of flexibility : conclusions and new emerging issues on job quality for research and policy makers / Tommy Isidorsson and Julia Kubisa
  • Index.