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Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization aims to bring together, present, and discuss what is currently known about work and organizations and their connection to broader economic change in Europe and America. Issues of conceptualization are not neglected but, in contrast to other comparable volumes, the emphasis is firmly on what is known what and has been observed by researchers. The volume contains a range of theoretically informed essays, written by leading authorities in their respective fields, giving comprehensive coverage of changes in work, occupations, and organizations. It constitutes an invaluable overview of the accumulated understanding of research into work, occupations and organizations in recent decades. It shows that in almost every aspect of economic institutions, change has been considerable.
About the Series
Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management bring together the world's leading scholars on the subject to discuss current research and the latest thinking in a range of interrelated topics including Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public Management, International Business, and many others. Containing completely new essays with extensive referencing to further reading and key ideas, the volumes, in hardback or paperback, serve as both a thorough introduction to a topic and a useful desk reference for scholars and advanced students alike.
Review
"This handbook sets out to present a comprehensive map of the interactions among social systems, work, and employing organizations...Altogether, the book is a rigorous treatment of contemporary economic organizations in a global perspective, and it makes a valuable contribution to the state of scholarship in the field."--Choice
Synopsis
Aims to bring together, present, and discuss what is known about work and organizations and their connection to broader economic change in Europe and America. This volume contains a range of theoretically informed essays, which give comprehensive coverage of changes in work, occupations, and organizations.
Synopsis
The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization aims to bring together, present, and discuss what is currently known about work and organizations and their connection to broader economic change in Europe and America. Issues of conceptualization are not neglected but, in contrast to other comparable volumes, the emphasis is firmly on what is known what and has been observed by researchers. The volume contains a range of theoretically informed essays, written by leading authorities in their respective fields, giving comprehensive coverage of changes in work, occupations, and organizations. It constitutes an invaluable overview of the accumulated understanding of research into work, occupations and organizations in recent decades. It shows that in almost every aspect of economic institutions, change has been considerable.
About the Series
Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management bring together the world's leading scholars on the subject to discuss current research and the latest thinking in a range of interrelated topics including Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public Management, International Business, and many others. Containing completely new essays with extensive referencing to further reading and key ideas, the volumes, in hardback or paperback, serve as both a thorough introduction to a topic and a useful desk reference for scholars and advanced students alike.
Table of Contents
Introduction,
Stephen Ackroyd, Rose Batt, Paul Thompson, and Pamela S. TolbertSection I: Work, Technology, and the Division of Labor
1. Labor Markets and Flexibility, Jill Rubery
2. Organizations and the Intersection of Work and Family: A Comparative Perspective, Eileen Appelbaum, Tom Bailey, Peter Berg, and Arne Kalleberg
3. Gender, Race, and the Restructuring of Work: Organizational and Institutional Perspectives, Leslie
McCall
4. Skill Formation Systems, Colin Crouch
5. Technology and the Transformation of Work, Richard Badham
6. Groups at Work, Rose Batt
Section II: Managerial Regimes and Employee Actions
7. The Diffusion and Domestication of Managerial
Innovations: The Spread of Scientific Management, Quality Circles, and TQM between the US and Japan David Strang and Young-Mi Kim
8. New Designs: Design and Devotion Revisited, Gideon Kunda and Galit Ailon-Souday
9. Human Resource Management, Karen Legge
10. Knowledge Management, Alan McKinlay
11. Industrial Relations and Work, Harry Katz
12. Labor Movements and Mobilization, John Kelly
13. Informal Resistance, David Collinson and Stephen Ackroyd
Section III: Occupations and Organizations
14. Manual Workers: Conflict and Control, Laurie Graham
15. Service Workers in Search of Decent Work, Steve Frenkel
16. Craft and Technology, Steve Barley
17. Professions, Bob Hinnings
18. Ports and Ladders: The Nature and Relevance of Internal Labor Markets in a Changing World, Paul Osterman and Diane Burton
Section IV: Organizing and Organizations
19. Organizations and Organized Systems: From Direct Control to Flexibility, Stephen Procter
20. Post-bureaucracy?, Mats Alvesson and Paul Thompson
21. Inter-firm Relations As Networks, Grahame Thompson
22. Changes in the Organization of Public Services and Their Effects on Employment Relations, Bob Hebdon and Ian Kirkpatrick
23. Understanding Multinational Corporations, Glenn Morgan
24. Corporate Restructuring, Bill Lazonick