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Work in Transition shows how migrants develop their cultural capital in order to enter the workforce, as well as how failure to leverage that capital can lead to permanent exclusion from professional positions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647602
- ISBN
- 9781442647602
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Hardcover. This book contributes to our understanding of the transformation of work in the information economy, through a detailed examination of labour markets in Silicon Valley. It provides an original and insightful analysis of flexible labour. Series: Information Age Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JHBL; KCF; KNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232490
- ISBN
- 9780631232490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.47
€ 132.47
Paperback. This book provides a lively and accessible introduction to key new areas in the contemporary study of work. While traditional accounts of work have tended to focus upon male manual workers in factories, recent developments have shifted the notions of what counts as work, what work is, and where it takes place. Num Pages: 368 pages, 46. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622231
- ISBN
- 9780745622231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Hardback. This book provides a lively and accessible introduction to key new areas in the contemporary study of work. While traditional accounts of work have tended to focus upon male manual workers in factories, recent developments have shifted the notions of what counts as work, what work is, and where it takes place. Num Pages: 368 pages, 46. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622224
- ISBN
- 9780745622224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.69
€ 78.69
Hardback. Balancing the requirements of our working and home lives is an increasingly complex task. This volume assesses a range of existing quality-of-life programs implemented by employers that recognize the conflicts between our professional and family commitments. Editor(s): Reilly, Nora P.; Sirgy, Joseph; Gorman, C. Allen. Series: International Handbooks of Quality-of Life. Num Pages: 515 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400740587
- ISBN
- 9789400740587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 358.89
€ 358.89
Hardback. Thirty years of economic change have fundamentally altered the nature of organizations and work in China. This volume brings together the research by many of the top scholars studying these issues and provides a glimpse into the state of thinking on organizations and work at the start of the fourth decade of transition. Editor(s): Keister, Lisa. Series: Research in the Sociology of Work. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848557307
- ISBN
- 9781848557307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.20
€ 131.20
Paperback. Globalization, economic development and changes in social environments have put the relationships between work, leisure, social structure and quality of life under the spotlight. This book brings together chapters from international experts in a range of disciplines concerned with work, leisure and well-being to discuss key, topical issues. Editor(s): Haworth, John T.; Veal, Anthony J. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHBL; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415250580
- ISBN
- 9780415250580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFF; JHB; JHBL; KJWB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368716
- ISBN
- 9781349368716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Hardback. Editor(s): Makela, Liisa; Suutari, Vesa. Num Pages: 223 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMJ; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319176468
- ISBN
- 9783319176468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784416300
- ISBN
- 9781784416300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.55
€ 156.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. . Clean copy in dust wrapper. DW showing some light shelf wear. Previous owner's name to ffep. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0010685
- ISBN
- 9781853961069
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Randow, Lauren S. Num Pages: 118 pages, tables, charts, illus. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611224634
- ISBN
- 9781611224634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.73€ 94.49
€ 136.73
€ 94.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138194083
- ISBN
- 9781138194083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.45
€ 41.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBF; DSC; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136104
- ISBN
- 9780874136104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.40
€ 124.40
Hardback. A recent study of corporate managers found that one out of five projects fail primarily because of ineffective transnational communication, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars. This book examines how communications between transnational partners routinely break down, even when all parties are fluent English speakers. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: GTC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291379
- ISBN
- 9780520291379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. This innovative book focuses on the contested origins of ethnographic film from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, vividly depicting the dynamic visual culture of the period as it collided with the emerging discipline of anthropology and the new technology of motion pictures. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 528 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: APFA; HBG; HBLW3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116961
- ISBN
- 9780231116961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.88€ 89.47
€ 117.88
€ 89.47
Hardback. Editor(s): Lacey, Anita. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; KCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349951819
- ISBN
- 9781349951819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.72
€ 143.72
Hardback. Here, the author examines the impact of colonialism and the cash economy on the Nandi, a semi-pastoral and patrilineal people of western Kenya, emphasizing changes in women's and men's economic roles and their respective relations to property and to each other. Num Pages: 364 pages, 21 half-tones 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 593.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804712248
- ISBN
- 9780804712248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.62
€ 102.62
Paperback. "Women who kill rupture the assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. It discusses a wide range of cases in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived"-- Series: Cultural Criminology. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308385
- ISBN
- 9781349308385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Paperback. aeo An exciting and challenging examination of how womena s minds are defined and treated by the medical establishment. aeo Whereas other books examine the history of mental illness in women, this book looks at the contemporary approaches of modern psychiatry. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0010239
- ISBN
- 9780745612614
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95