Longitudinal Assessment of Individual, Social, and Cultural Influences
Despite concentrated research and important legislative milestones on gender equality over the years, gender-related disparities in science, technology, and math careers persist into the 21st century. This volume compiles a source of longitudinal analysis that places the problem in context.
Aims to systematize the job development process by sharing replicable processes for transition-aged youth and adults with significant support needs and illustrating several urban and rural approaches to creative employment that blend funding streams, utilize SSA Work Incentives, and capitalize on the hidden jobs in small neighborhood companies.
Up-beat, pragmatic, and chock full of advice, What Works for Women at Work is an indispensable guide for working women. An essential resource for any working woman, What Works for Women at Work is a comprehensive and insightful guide for mastering office politics as a woman. Authored by Joan C. Williams, one of the nation's most-cited experts ......
NGOs, Trade Unions and the Indonesian Labour Movement
After decades of repression, Indonesia's independent labour movement re-emerged in the 1990s, led by the NGO activists and students who organised industrial workers and spoke on their behalf. Worker-led trade unions returned to centre stage in 1998 when Suharto's authoritarian regime crumbled, and labour NGO activists and their organisations ......
The Story of Human Labor from Prehistory to the Modern Day
A sweeping history of the full range of human labor Few authors are able to write cogently in both the scientific and the economic spheres. Even fewer possess the intellectual scope needed to address science and economics at a macro as well as a micro level. But Paul Cockshott, using the dual lenses of Marxist economics and technological ......
Prahus, Timber and Illegality on the Margins of the Indonesian State
The Madurese are one of the great maritime and trading peoples of the Indonesian Archipelago. This remarkable study takes readers into the coastal villages of Madura, where the distinctive traditional vessels were powered by sail until the late twentieth century. It examines informal-sector economic niches, notably the cattle, salt and timber ......
Creating Career Opportunities for Job Seekers with Disabilities through Employer Partnerships
This work covers securing satisfying jobs for people with disabilities by fostering partnerships between employment specialists and businesses. It helps readers to understand the theoretical framework for improving career development practices through relationship building.
Harry Braverman's years as an industrial worker gave him insight into the labour process and the conviction to reject the reigning wisdoms of academic sociology. Here, he analyzes the division of labour between the design and execution of industrial production.
