The Structuring Of Labour Markets

Author : Howard F. Gospel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521415279

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Markets, Firms and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain by Howard F. Gospel Pdf

Originally published in 1992, this book examines the development of employers' human resource management and industrial relations policies in Britain. It adopts a broad historical perspective, beginning with the inheritance from the nineteenth century and ending with an analysis of human resource management policies. It focuses on how managers organise the employment relationship, how they control work relations, and how they deal with trade unions and industrial relations. The author examines these in the context of the market within which the firm operates, and the strategy, structure and hierarchy of industrial enterprise. The book shows that historically British employers tended to adopt market-based strategies rather than internal ones.

Author : Peter B. Doeringer,Michael J. Piore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000161274

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Internal Labor Markets and Manpower Analysis by Peter B. Doeringer,Michael J. Piore Pdf

This book provides a description of a number of institutional features of the U.S. labor market and prompts an analytical debate about the origins of the institutions it describes and their significance for the operation of the U.S. economic system.

Author : Damian Grimshaw,Colette Fagan,Gail Hebson,Isabel Tavora
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781526117076

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Making work more equal by Damian Grimshaw,Colette Fagan,Gail Hebson,Isabel Tavora Pdf

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book presents new theories and international empirical evidence on the state of work and employment around the world. Changes in production systems, economic conditions and regulatory conditions are posing new questions about the growing use by employers of precarious forms of work, the contradictory approaches of governments towards employment and social policy, and the ability of trade unions to improve the distribution of decent employment conditions. The book proposes a ‘new labour market segmentation approach’ for the investigation of issues of job quality, employment inequalities, and precarious work. This approach is distinctive in seeking to place the changing international patterns and experiences of labour market inequalities in the wider context of shifting gender relations, regulatory regimes and production structures.

Author : Frank Wilkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Labor market
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008845757

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The Structuring of Economic and Social Deprivation and the Working of the Labour Markets in Industrial Countries by Frank Wilkinson Pdf

Author : Stefan Zagelmeyer
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : CORNELL:31924092436025

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Governance Structures and the Employment Relationship by Stefan Zagelmeyer Pdf

Governance structures are the institutional elements of labour markets. They provide the rules for the employment relationship. In principle, this relationship may be governed by individual regulation, by collective bargaining, or by legal regulation. Despite the importance of governance structures, we still have only a rudimentary understanding of the way in which they emerge and evolve. This book analyses the determinants of governance structures for the employment relationship in Britain. It begins with an evolutionary framework for the analysis of governance structures, based on decisions taken about governance structure constitution by the parties to industrial relations. In the long run, these structures need to survive institutional competition. A comprehensive discussion of the potential determinants of governance structures is followed by an empirical analysis, drawing on historical accounts, case-study evidence, and the quantitative data provided by the Workplace Industrial/Employee Relations Survey series. The individual employer's role and perspective provide the main focus of the book. This study provides a comprehensive micro-foundation for the analysis of governance structures. In addition, it throws light on the discussion of optimal governance structures for the employment relationship and the labour market."

Author : R. Bean
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429664694

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International Labour Statistics by R. Bean Pdf

First published in 1989. The oil crises of the 1970s and increasing international competitive pressures had profoundly changed the structure and performance of labour. Analysis of labour markets, and especially international comparisons, can be difficult, given the differences between definitions, scope, coverage of data, methods, presentation, and economic and social influence in different regions. This book is an invaluable guide for users of international labour statistics. It centralizes and co-ordinates, from a range of sources, basic statistical information regarding the labour force for a large number of countries. Individual chapters, by specialists in the particular subject areas, deal with eight key aspects relating to the labour markets of major, developed capitalist countries (OECD countries); working population, unemployment, wages, consumer prices, labour costs, hours of work, trade union membership, and industrial disputes. The book discusses the nature of the data sources and statistical compilations, highlights cross-national trends over the past fifteen years, outlines the inherent difficulties of making such cross-country comparisons, and points out the potential pitfalls of interpretation of which users are often insufficiently aware. The book includes a summary of key labour market data, on an individual country basis, for twenty-four OECD countries and twenty other countries.

Author : D Sapsford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135045593

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Labour Market Economics (Routledge Revivals) by D Sapsford Pdf

First published in 1981, Labour Market Economics develops the basic economic theory of introductory courses within the context of labour market analysis and applies it both to particular features and special problems of the subject. The author begins by outlining the nature of the area and the structure of the UK labour market at the time, and proceeds to explain and elaborate the tools of theoretical analysis. These are then applied in subsequent chapters to a variety of issues, including the economic analysis of trade unions, collective bargaining and the effects of unions, unemployment, wage inflation and the inequality of pay. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on the economic theory of the labour market and the role of empirical work in testing its predictions, and wherever available, evidence from studies of the UK labour markets is cited.

Author : Lloyd George Reynolds
Publisher : Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015013164267

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The Structure of Labor Markets by Lloyd George Reynolds Pdf

Author : Ivar Berg,Arne L. Kalleberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461512257

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Sourcebook of Labor Markets by Ivar Berg,Arne L. Kalleberg Pdf

A distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the field at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future. Following what the editors describe as an `evolutionist' approach to the study of labor markets, the chapters address issues of continuity and discontinuity in a wide range of topics including: markets and institutional structures; employment relations and work structures; patterns of stratification in the United States; and public policies, opportunity structures, and economic outcomes.

Author : Paola Villa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Construction industry
ISBN : 0198285523

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The Structuring of Labour Markets by Paola Villa Pdf

With a wealth of empirical evidence, this study proposes that the social interaction of employers, workers, and unions are important factors in the structure of Italian labor markets. Incorporating research on job structure, employment conditions, recruitment methods, training programs, and workforce mobility, Dr. Villa offers a comprehensive, comparative study of the Italian steel and construction industries while shedding new light on the labor market field.

Author : Arne L. Kalleberg,Ivar Berg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781489935205

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Work and Industry by Arne L. Kalleberg,Ivar Berg Pdf

Work occupies a pivotal role in the daily activities and over the course of a lifetime of members of modern societies. In anticipation, work influ ences education and training; it has much to do with shaping current earned income and status in the community; and in retrospect, it influ ences retirement income and activities. It is a powerful force affecting personal associations. In our society work is deeply encased in moral and religious values: As Poor Richard says, A Life of Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two Things. Do you imagine that Sloth will afford you more Comfort than Labour? No, for as Poor Richard says: ... Industry gives Comfort, and Plenty and Respect. Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. But few words have as many different meanings and nuances as "work": to forge or to shape, to stir or to knead, to solve, to exploit, to practice trickery for some end, to excite or to provoke, to persuade or to influence, to toil, and the like. A need for precision in meaning is requisite with respect to work, not only in common discourse, but, even more so, in scholarly communication.

Author : Frank Wilkinson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780323155892

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The Dynamics of Labour Market Segmentation by Frank Wilkinson Pdf

The Dynamics of Labour Market Segmentation is a collection of different papers about the importance of differentiation between groups of workers and the development of employer strategies for controlling the labor process in the market. The book is divided into five parts. Part I discusses the nature of segmentation, duality, the internal labor market, internationalization, and discrimination. Part II tackles the industrial transformation and the evolution of dual labor markets and the paternalism and labor market segmentation theory, and Part III deals with topics such as entrepreneurial strategies of adjustment and internal labor markets; artisan production and economic growth; and outwork and segmented labor markets. Part IV covers the construction of women as second-class workers and the social reproduction and the basic structure of the labor market; Part V explores the labor market segmentation and the business cycle and the relationship between employment and output. The text is recommended for entrepreneurs who wish to understand the labor market as well as social scientists who would like to know the implications of the labor market segmentation not only for the marketplace but also for society as a whole.

Author : David Marsden
Publisher : Brighton, Sussex : Wheatsheaf Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040406345

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The End of Economic Man? by David Marsden Pdf

Author : Jamie Peck
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1572300442

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Work-place by Jamie Peck Pdf

Challenging the prevailing idea that labor markets are governed by universal economic processes, this significant work argues instead that labor markets develop in tandem with social and political institutions, and thus function in locally specific ways. Focusing on the complex social processes that lie at the heart of the labor market, the author offers a provocative new perspective and proposes new ways of conducting research in the area.

Author : John S. Heywood,James H. Peoples
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0791466248

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Product Market Structure and Labor Market Discrimination by John S. Heywood,James H. Peoples Pdf

Measures the relationship between market competition and the treatment of women, minorities, and the disabled in the workplace.