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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

€ 134.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJU; THRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349520190
ISBN
9781349520190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.65

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

€ 28.63

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

€ 79.61

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

€ 375.85

Paperback. This book is one of the most successful examples in the Africanist literature of placing structures in time. It presents a detailed description of the politics of production in Maale during 1975 against a completed past of Imperial Ethiopian history and an uncertain future of revolutionary socialism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JHBL; JHM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231100472
ISBN
9780231100472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.68

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

€ 133.10

Hardback. Job stress is epidemic in the workplace, with staggering worldwide economic and health costs. This timely and comprehensive volume draws on insight and research from diverse sociological and economic theories to examine what is stressful about work, and why. Series: Social Disparities in Health and Health Care. Num Pages: 190 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JMJ; KJWX; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 473.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461406242
ISBN
9781461406242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.05

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

€ 28.71

Paperback. Series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; KCP; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489935229
ISBN
9781489935229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

Hardcover. A fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. Historical and Cultural Contexts. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. 264 pages, 11 figures, 6 black & white tables, 10 charts. A fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBL. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230580824
ISBN
9780230580824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.48

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

€ 66.95

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

€ 67.19

hardcover. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 215 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JHBL; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137554642
ISBN
9781137554642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.31

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784416300
ISBN
9781784416300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.83

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

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

€ 137.66
€ 95.53

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

€ 43.29

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

€ 131.86

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
€ 25.06

Paperback. Banta draws upon essays in Vanity Fair by noted journalists, literary figures, and cultural critics in order to examine the manner by which major cultural and historical events in the Untied States and Britain led to the invention of previously non-existent words to express the rampant changes within society. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349297740
ISBN
9781349297740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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

€ 118.68
€ 90.75

Paperback. This text looks at what constitutes "progress" in gender relations. Focusing on the UK and France. It contradicts the idea that encouraging women's increased insertion into employment is the best strategy for achieving progress in gender relations, with a new focus on changing men's work patterns. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 487.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333683071
ISBN
9780333683071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. An examination of the impact of the industrial society on women and their expectations, values, personalities and achievements in the labour force. It explores the changes that have occurred in Western industrial societies and attempts to explain their reasons and effects on women and society. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333488690
ISBN
9780333488690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.63

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