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Labour economics
Hardback. Contains twelve papers contributing fresh research to important issues concerning worker welfare. This title offers answers to a number of policy related questions such as: Why are jobs designed the way they are? Does seniority-based pay provide a sufficient motivation for workers? What policies are effective in combating discrimination? Editor(s): Polachek, Solomon W.; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos. Series Editor(s): Polachek, Solomon W.; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos. Series: Research in Labor Economics. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCD; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849507660
- ISBN
- 9781849507660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.70
€ 143.70
Hardback. No question is more pertinent to worker welfare than explaining changes in overall income inequality. The papers presented in this volume explore this important issue and evaluate government programmes and their impact upon welfare. Editor(s): Polachek, S.W. Series: Research in Labor Economics. Num Pages: 524 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310265
- ISBN
- 9780762310265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.28
€ 175.28
paperback. This edition of "Industrial relations in South Africa" includes new sections on termination transfers, affirmative action, conflict handling, and joint problem solving. Num Pages: 872 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JMJ; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Juta Academic South Africa
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 872
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780702152795
- ISBN
- 9780702152795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.90
€ 34.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. This collection examines the problems faced by refugees and recent migrants in accessing employment as well as the policy frameworks that address the labour market rights of refugees and economic migrants. Editor(s): McKay, Sonia. Num Pages: 278 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 30 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KCF; KCL; RG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415807869
- ISBN
- 9780415807869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.46€ 50.45
€ 54.46
€ 50.45
Paperback. Looking at the state of the American economy, this book finds that economic growth has become "delinked" from job creation, and that unemployment and underemployment are a permanent condition of the economy. It traces the historical roots of this state of affairs, and sees a continuum of econcomic austerity that creates a boom for the rich. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JPA; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592131389
- ISBN
- 9781592131389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Hardback. This volume deals with the general issues of the causes and consequences of the rise of so-called free labor from slavery and serfdom in Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean over the past four to five centuries, and points to the many complications and paradoxical aspects of this change. Editor(s): Engerman, Stanley L. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 1KJ; JHBL; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735216
- ISBN
- 9780804735216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06
€ 92.06
Paperback. Fewer than 12 percent of U.S. workers belong to unions, and union membership rates are falling in much of the world. Series: Social Movements. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: JHB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670607
- ISBN
- 9780745670607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Paperback. Series: ILR Press Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JPQB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489471
- ISBN
- 9780801489471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; KCF; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478970
- ISBN
- 9780801478970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.28
€ 38.99
€ 35.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253205360
- ISBN
- 9780253205360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.65
€ 18.99
€ 18.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Barley, Stephen R.; Orr, Julian E. Series: Collection on Technology and Work. Num Pages: 280 pages, 21. BIC Classification: KCF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- ILR Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483660
- ISBN
- 9780801483660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. This workbook presents strategies based on real situations and includes example exercises throughout. It is based on the principle of developing a client-centred approach to job development and emphasizes the central importance of self-determination - ensuring that the individual makes their own choices to determine their future career. Num Pages: 224 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBL; JKS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100522
- ISBN
- 9781843100522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Paperback. Why do truckers accept these conditions and pay? Why can't they achieve what workers did in the past through collective action and union organization? This book looks at what has happened to blue-collar jobs since the trucking industry was deregulated. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278127
- ISBN
- 9780520278127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, this book explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278110
- ISBN
- 9780520278110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 72.45
€ 94.73
€ 72.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCR; HBTK; JFSG; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474019
- ISBN
- 9780801474019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.99
€ 24.99
€ 22.99
Hardcover. Explores women's employment at the start of the 21st century, identifying aspects of women's labour market situation which are poorly understood and challenging much 'received wisdom' about women and work. Editor(s): Yeandle, Sue. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 172 x 246 x 18. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420541
- ISBN
- 9781847420541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.19
€ 105.19
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583670583
- ISBN
- 9781583670583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.53
€ 19.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Helps readers to master complex organisational skills, deal with a large workload and cope with the demands of deadlines. This book explains what dyslexic and dyspraxic difficulties are; describes how they affect workplace efficiency; and, offers strategies to manage dyslexic difficulties and reduce their adverse effect on work efficiency. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; MMZL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vermilion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091907082
- ISBN
- 9780091907082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Series: Cornerstone Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853458463
- ISBN
- 9780853458463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
hardcover. This text provides an analysis of rural employment dynamics in European Union member states and is the result of the RUREMPLO (Agriculture and employment in the rural regions of the EU") project, supported by an EU research programme. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSF; JHBL; KCF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851994994
- ISBN
- 9780851994994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.79
€ 117.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Thomason, Terry; Burton, John F., Jr.; Hyatt, Douglas. Series: LERA Research Volumes. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KNH0004146
- ISBN
- 9780913447741
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847427250
- ISBN
- 9781847427250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.27
€ 105.27
Paperback. There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and though corporate profits have picked up after the Great Recession of 2008, jobs have not. It is possible that jobless recoveries could become a permanent feature of Western economies. Series: Work & Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670287
- ISBN
- 9780745670287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.41
€ 23.41
Hardcover. There is a specter haunting advanced industrial countries: structural unemployment. Recent years have seen growing concern over declining jobs, and though corporate profits have picked up after the Great Recession of 2008, jobs have not. It is possible that jobless recoveries could become a permanent feature of Western economies. Series: Work & Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670270
- ISBN
- 9780745670270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66