The Insecure Workforce.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge Studies in Employment Relations SerPublisher: London : Routledge, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (251 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203446485Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1997- | Industrial relations -- Great Britain | Job security -- Great Britain | Labor market -- Great Britain | Labor unions -- Great Britain | Unemployment -- Great Britain -- Psychological aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Insecure WorkforceDDC classification: 331.11 LOC classification: HD5708.45.G7 -- I57 2000ebOnline resources: Click to ViewBook Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents.
For the past two decades employment in Britain has been marked by a search for greater flexibility in the availability and use of labour. In recent years, however, there has been mounting concern at the costs of this trend and an appreciation that the consequence of a flexible labour market may be an insecure workforce, vulnerable to exploitation. It is also widely claimed that rising worker insecurity imposes costs on the wider economy and society through lower rates of skill formation, reduced consumer confidence and family instability. This collection of essays uniquely brings together writers from the fields of human resource management, industrial relations, social policy, sociology, economics and politics to explore the validity of these claims. Specific issues considered in the book include: * labour markets and the growth of insecure work * trade unions and the representation of insecure workers * job insecurity and personal well-being * insecurity and political behaviour. This original analysis through the outstanding essays, leads to the book's key message: that re-building security at work should be a major concern of policy makers.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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