Sociology, Work, and Organisations (eBook, ePUB)

A Global Context
Redaktion: McDonough, Brian; Parry, Jane

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This accessible collection provides global context for students studying the sociology of work and organisations. Composed of short, example-led chapters, this book covers a wide range of contemporary topics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the digitalisation of work, the gig economy, and the roles of women and other marginalised groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040028742
• Artikelnr.: 72284658

Autorenporträt

Brian McDonough is Course Leader of Sociology at Solent University, UK. His research specialises in work and the body, human expertise, and the use of information and communication technologies in the workplace. He is author of Flying Aeroplanes and Other Sociological Tales: An Introduction to Sociology and Research Methods (Routledge, 2021), co-author of Universal Basic Income (Routledge, 2020), and co-author of Social Problems in the UK (Routledge, 2015). He has also published on commercial pilot expertise in journals such as Qualitative Research, using Heideggarian and Merleau-Pontian philosophy to understand the role of the working body, and how AI and other technologies impact workers in aviation settings. Jane Parry is an Associate Professor of Work and Employment at the University of Southampton, UK. Her research looks at changes in employment, working practices, and disadvantage in labour markets. She is co-editor of A New Sociology of Work (2005) and has published in journals such as Work, Employment and Society, Gender, Work and Organization, and New Technology, Work and Employment. A former parliamentary academic fellow, she led the ESRC-funded Work After Lockdown project on organisational learning around pandemic-driven working from home, and has contributed to Radio 4's Today programme, various BBC programmes, and written for The Guardian on debates on the future of work.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Reimagining Work and Organisation Post-Pandemic 2. Chapter
Introductions and How to Use This Book Part 2: Inequalities,
Intersectionality, and Discrimination at Work 3. The Gender Pay Gap 4.
Racial Discrimination at Work 5. Precarious and Gig-Work in the Global
Economy 6. Age Discrimination in the Workplace 7. Migrant Sex Work and
Survival Sex Part 3: Organising People and Well-Being at Work 8. Managing
People and Democratisation of Organisations 9. Women Leaders in
Male-Dominated Industries 10. Work-Life Balance 11. Well-being and Mental
Health at Work Part 4: Digitalised Work 12. Digitised Work 13. Sex Work in
the Digital Age 14. Blogging and Online Work 15. Unpaid Work Part 5:
Workforce Marginalisation 16. Xenophobia and the Migrant Labour Force 17.
Inequalities of a Global Workforce: The Shipping Industry 18. Global
Relations and Workers at the Border Part 6: The Future of Work 19. Climate
Change and Work 20. Changing Work and Universal Basic Income 21. Changing
Places of Work 22. Conclusion: New Ways of Working