Sociology of Work & Industry

Informal work – family care, voluntary work, and undeclared or unregulated work – is a critical form of labor in today’s economy, yet it remains underanalyzed and examined. This volume develops a comprehensive conceptual framework of informal work and analyses systematically the relationship of form..

Informal work – family care, voluntary work, and undeclared or unregulated work – is a critical form of labor in today’s economy, yet it remains underanalyzed and examined. This volume develops a comprehensive conceptual framework of informal work and analyses systematically the relationship of form..

A pioneer in the fields of organizational theory and behaviour Mary Parker Follett authored a number of books and numerous essays, articles and speeches on human relations, political philosophy, psychology and management. The first woman invited to address the London School of Economics, this book i..

ntil this study was published in 1976, barely any evidence existed against which to assess the claim that gambling has become a major social problem. With the internet making it easier than ever before top place bets, this title is especially relevant, and provides a systematic basis for an explanat..

ntil this study was published in 1976, barely any evidence existed against which to assess the claim that gambling has become a major social problem. With the internet making it easier than ever before top place bets, this title is especially relevant, and provides a systematic basis for an explanat..

This book originates from a research project involving extensive collection and analysis of primary and secondary materials (scholarly literature, statistical data, and interviews with key actors) on global management and local resistances in all major world regions during the last years. It seeks t..

Examining how youths in fourteen industrialized societies make the transition to adulthood in an era of globalization and uncertainty, this book features an array of international contributions, and includes case studies and original empirical data...

This book, first published in 1989, addresses an issue that stood at the centre of sociological concern – the changing character of industrial societies. Through the analysis of this trend in the West, in Eastern Europe and in China the authors clarify central issues for the student of sociology...

This book, first published in 1977 and based on a selection of eleven papers given at a conference of the British Sociological Association, focuses upon aspects of continuity and change in modern society, comparing and contrasting dimensions of class, cleavage and control in capitalist and socialist..

The book uses data from a range of European countries as well as comparisons with Asia and the USA in examining the ‘consequences’, or more accurately the inter-relationships between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and society at the microsocial (individual, household) level...

The book uses data from a range of European countries as well as comparisons with Asia and the USA in examining the ‘consequences’, or more accurately the inter-relationships between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and society at the microsocial (individual, household) level...

This book represents a selected collection of the writings, from 1950 to 1960, of members of the Human Relations Research Group (HRRG), from UCLA. The writings are followed by independent comments and appraisal from different viewpoints, prepared by distinguished experts in management theory, group ..