Work Matters Critical Reflections on Contemporary Work

by Bolton, Sharon C.; Houlihan, Maeve

• ISBN13: 9780230576391
• ISBN10: 0230576397
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-15
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

Work Matters brings together a strong collection of narratives from the ethnographic field to discover the reality of pressure and change in the modern workplace.

Author Biography

SHARON BOLTON is Professor of Organizational Analysis at Strathclyde University Business School, Glasgow, UK. MAEVE HOULIHAN lectures in Organizational Behaviour and Work at UCD Business Schools, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Notes on the Contributors	p. xiii
Work, Workplaces and Workers: The Contemporary Experience	p. 1
The Sunlit Uplands or Bleak House? Just How Good are Today's Workplaces?	p. 21
Working But Poor: Experiences in the U.S. Low-Wage Labour Market	p. 38
The Reality of Vulnerability Among Britain's Non-Unionised Workers with Problems at Work	p. 60
Working in the Gold Rush: Polish Migrants' Careers and the Irish Hospitality Sector	p. 81
Housekeepers and the Siren Call of Hotel Chains	p. 97
Balancing Trays and Smiles: What Restaurant Servers Teach Us About Hard Work in the Service Economy	p. 114
Inequality Street? Working Life in a British Chocolate Factory	p. 129
The Forgotten Factories: Supermarket Suppliers and Dignity at Work in the Contemporary Economy	p. 145
Life on the Supermarket Floor: Replenishment Assistants and Just-in-Time Systems	p. 162
Just 'Mothers Really'? Role Stretch and Low Pay Amongst Female Classroom Assistants	p. 180
Vocabularies of Skill: The Case of Care and Support Workers	p. 197
The Emotional Socialisation of Junior Doctors: Accumulating an Emotional Debt	p. 216
Who's Driving Now? GPS and the Restructuring of Taxi Work	p. 232
Creating, Connecting and Correcting: Motivations and Meanings of Work-Blogging Amongst Public Service Workers?	p. 250
Author Index	p. 269
Subject Index	p. 273
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