Job Insecurity and Work Intensification

By David Lapido

Based on findings of the recently published Joseph Rowntree Report, this book provides an up-to-the-minute review of current research on flexibility, job insecurity and work intensification. It examines the impact of these developments on individuals, their families, the workplace and the long-term health of the British economy, as well as an analysis of the impact across a wide range of OECD countries including the United States, France, Germany, Sweden and Japan. Key questions addressed include:

* How are jobs more insecure?
* Does just-in-time labour mean more flexible contracts or more flexible workers?
* Does job insecurity entail a 'new flexible morality'?
* How does workplace stress affect individual health and family relationships?

Timely and thought-provoking, it is essential reading for all those involved in the fields of employment relations, HRM and the sociology of work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415236533
• ISBN13: 9780415236539
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"