In the New Market Economies of Central Eastern Europe
An exploration of the key issues of post-communist transformation in Eastern Europe. Anna Pollert discusses important aspects of the nature of change and continuity, including: historical, socio-economic and political effects; how workers and their organizations respond to change from command to capitalist economies; and how managers, workers and ......
The `juggling act' of work and family has become a significant focus of those interested in the social condition. This book looks at the varied ways time influences work and family processes and considers the social policy implications that inhere.
The `juggling act' of work and family has become a significant focus of those interested in the social condition. This book looks at the varied ways time influences work and family processes and considers the social policy implications that inhere.
An examination of culture in organizations, its influence on individuals, and its use as a management tool. Martin Parker discusses the deficiencies of the earlier literature of culture in organizations and presents organizational cultures as "fragmented unities" in which members identify themselves as collective at some times and divided at ......
International Perspectives on Fathers and Mothers at the Workplace
Organizational Change and Gender Equity examines how organizations are changing to help individuals combine work and family roles to the benefit of organizations, employees and employees'' families.'
International Perspectives on Fathers and Mothers at the Workplace
Organizational Change and Gender Equity examines how organizations are changing to help individuals combine work and family roles to the benefit of organizations, employees and employees'' families.'
`To career used to mean to swerve wildly or to go swiftly. In this beautifully argued, richly documented, original, liberating work, Arthur, Inksen, and Pringle demonstrate that the new careers once more are about swift swerves, unexpected agency, and enacted opportunities and constraints. Readers will think about the future in ways they never ......
This text is a comprehensive synthesis of current literature and knowledge regarding gender in organisations. Contributers examine the influence of gender on the conduct of work and the roles and experience of people in the workplace.'
The McDonaldization thesis argued that contemporary life is succumbing to the standardisation, flexibility and predictability of fast-food service. Restisting McDonaldization engages in a critical appraisal of this thesis. Among the topics discusses are: the rationalization of modern life - the effects of increasing cultural commodification - the ......
