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Demanding Work: The Paradox of Job Quality in the Affluent Economy
Francis Green
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Description for Demanding Work: The Paradox of Job Quality in the Affluent Economy
Paperback. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this work shows how aspects of job quality are related, and how changes in the quality of work life stem from technological change and transformations in the politico-economic environment. This book concludes by discussing what individuals, firms, unions, and governments can do to counter declining job quality. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 line illus. 36 tables. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
Since the early 1980s, a vast number of jobs have been created in the affluent economies of the industrialized world. Many workers are doing more skilled and fulfilling jobs, and getting paid more for their trouble. Yet it is often alleged that the quality of work life has deteriorated, with a substantial and rising proportion of jobs providing low wages and little security, or requiring unusually hard and stressful effort. In this unique and authoritative formal account of changing job quality, economist Francis Green highlights contrasting trends, using quantitative indicators drawn from public opinion surveys and administrative data. In most ... Read more
Since the early 1980s, a vast number of jobs have been created in the affluent economies of the industrialized world. Many workers are doing more skilled and fulfilling jobs, and getting paid more for their trouble. Yet it is often alleged that the quality of work life has deteriorated, with a substantial and rising proportion of jobs providing low wages and little security, or requiring unusually hard and stressful effort. In this unique and authoritative formal account of changing job quality, economist Francis Green highlights contrasting trends, using quantitative indicators drawn from public opinion surveys and administrative data. In most ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691134413
SKU
V9780691134413
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Ref
99-1
About Francis Green
Francis Green, Professor of Economics at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, is the coauthor of "Education for Training and Development in East Asia" and "Education, Training, and the Global Economy", and the coauthor or editor of nine other books. He is an editor of the "British Journal of Industrial Relations", and he provides periodic expert advice to the ... Read more
Reviews for Demanding Work: The Paradox of Job Quality in the Affluent Economy
"A reliable account of the extent to which different key facets of work life are changing."
Journal of Economic Literature "[A]rguably the best overall account available anywhere of the circumstances of jobs and workers across the developed world... It is an important read for anyone concerned about the state of working people around the world as well as the future of ... Read more
Journal of Economic Literature "[A]rguably the best overall account available anywhere of the circumstances of jobs and workers across the developed world... It is an important read for anyone concerned about the state of working people around the world as well as the future of ... Read more