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1 online resource (251 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Labour Economics Ser. ; v. 6 |
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Routledge Library Editions: Labour Economics Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction: Flexibility in labour markets; Chapter 2 The nature of labour markets; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Free market approach to labour markets; 2.3 Segmented labour market theory; 2.4 Conclusion; Chapter 3 Studying labour markets and labour forces; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Changes in employment; 3.3 Occupational and industrial mobility; 3.4 Bristol's economy; 3.5 Qualitative methodology -- micro social studies |
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3.6 The research settings -- Bristol Insurance and Bristol Laminated3.7 The interviews; 3.8 Data analysis; 3.9 Conclusion; Chapter 4 Recruitment of labour; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Recruitment methods; 4.3 The recruitment process; 4.4 The rationale behind using networks; 4.5 Advantages of networks; 4.6 Formal vs informal: a contrasting rationale; 4.7 Conclusion; Chapter 5 Labour and skill; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The conceptualisation of skill; 5.3 Construction of a skilled job; 5.4 Perceptions of skills; 5.5 The acquisition of skills; 5.6 Conclusion; Chapter 6 Work and workers; 6.1 Introduction |
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6.2 Perceptions of work and workers6.3 Occupational hierarchy and ambition; 6.4 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Conclusions: Prospects for the future; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Analytical material; 7.3 Theoretical reflections; 7.4 Labour market policy; Appendices; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
First published in 1997. Politicians of all shades argue that the labour market should be more flexible and workers more mobile. But what does this mean in reality? How flexible and mobile are workers likely to be? Is there an ideological base to the language of flexibility? These are some of the issues covered in this book. Data from a large factory and office is used to argue that the macro labour market consists of non-competitive work groups where strongly held views and values represent a substantial barrier to simplistic definitions of flexibility and mobility. The analysis takes place in three chapters, dealing with recruitment for work, skills used in work and perceptions of different types of work and workers. The findings suggest that non-economic forces (such as institutional, social, historical and political phenomena) strongly influence the creation of separate work cultures. Furthermore, it is argued that the reason for differences between work groups being articulated in a defensive fashion reflects the climate of fear in the labour market, where flexibility is associated with a loss of the (often limited) power, control and influence workers have over their position in the labour market |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Labor mobility -- England -- Bristol
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Labor market -- England -- Bristol
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Industrial Economics.
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Labor Economics.
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Labor Policy.
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Labour Markets.
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Labour Mobility.
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Labor market
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Labor mobility
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England -- Bristol
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429667404 |
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042966740X |
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