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Mike Noon is Professor of Human Resource Management at the Leicester Business School, DeMontfort University. Paul Blyton is Professor of Industrial Relations and Industrial Sociology, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University.
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Our purpose in writing this book is to convey an impression of work from the perspective of the employee and to examine this through the use of theory and research evidence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
upskilling thesis, formal work sector, performing emotional labour, technical effectivity, concealed sector, union membership patterns, categorisation framework, unrecognised work, encultured knowledge, central life activity, deskilling thesis, disciplined compliance, privatisation activity, generalised work, skilled status, conscientious endeavour, deviant work, concealed work, time utilisation, alienating tendencies, generalist work, hidden work, work centrality, voluntary absence, social closure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, The Guardian, North America, Labour Market Trends, New Earnings Survey, South Wales, Workplace Employee Relations Survey, British Rail, Meaning of Working, British Government, Davis Smith, Department of Health, Labour Force Survey, Martinez Lucio, New Zealand, North East of England, Social Charter New!
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Our purpose in writing this book is to convey an impression of work from the perspective of the employee and to examine this through the use of theory and research evidence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
upskilling thesis, formal work sector, performing emotional labour, technical effectivity, concealed sector, union membership patterns, categorisation framework, unrecognised work, encultured knowledge, central life activity, deskilling thesis, disciplined compliance, privatisation activity, generalised work, skilled status, conscientious endeavour, deviant work, concealed work, time utilisation, alienating tendencies, generalist work, hidden work, work centrality, voluntary absence, social closure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, The Guardian, North America, Labour Market Trends, New Earnings Survey, South Wales, Workplace Employee Relations Survey, British Rail, Meaning of Working, British Government, Davis Smith, Department of Health, Labour Force Survey, Martinez Lucio, New Zealand, North East of England, Social Charter New!
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- Skill and Occupational Change (Social Change and Economic Life Initiative) by Roger Penn on 5 pages
- New Perspectives on Human Resource Management by John Storey in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Historical Meanings of Work by Patrick Joyce in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Farewell to Flexibility? (Warwick Studies in Industrial Relations) by Anna Pollert in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Meaning of Working (Organizational and Occupational Psychology) by Meaning of Working International Research Team on page 55, page 61, and Back Matter
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- The Employment Relationship: A Psychological Perspective by Peter Herriot on 6 pages
- The Employment Relationship: A Psychological Perspective by Peter Herriot on 4 pages
- Myths at Work by Harriet Bradley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- In Work, At Home: Towards an Understanding of Homeworking by Alan Felstead in Back Matter
- Work, Change and Workers by Stephen Billett in Back Matter
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