Sociology: work & labour books

9263 books were found.

Men at Work

Men at Work

Author: C.R. Bell
ISBN: 9781032587189
Format: Hardback
$179.00

Men at Work (1974) examines the effects of various environmental factors on the efficiency and well-being of men...  Read More >>

Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology: Women Doing IT for Themselves

Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology:...

Author: Hilde G. Corneliussen
ISBN: 9789819951864
Format: Hardback
$64.66

Using the example of Norway to illuminate this challenge in Western countries, the book includes a discussion of...  Read More >>

Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography

Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century...

Author: David Vincent
ISBN: 9781032592428
Format: Hardback
$194.00

First published in 1981, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom is a study of 142 working class autobiographies all of which...  Read More >>

The Political Ecology of Informal Waste Recyclers in India: Circular Economy, Green Jobs, and Poverty

The Political Ecology of Informal Waste Recyclers in...

Author: Federico Demaria (Associate Professor of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology, Assistant Professor of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology, University of Barcelona) ,  Joan Martinez-Alier
ISBN: 9780192869050
Format: Hardback
$164.95

The questions related to waste management are not merely technical; what, how, where, and by whom becomes intrinsically...  Read More >>

Student Sex Work: International Perspectives and Implications for Policy and Practice

Student Sex Work: International Perspectives and Implications...

Author: Debbie Jones ,  Teela Sanders
ISBN: 9783031077791
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This book provides a contemporary collection of key works that chart new and ongoing terrain on student sex work....  Read More >>

Sustainable Agriculture Policies for Human Well-Being: Integrated Efficiency Approach

Sustainable Agriculture Policies for Human Well-Being:...

Author: Bazyli Czyżewski ,  Łukasz Kryszak
ISBN: 9783031097980
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book deals with the important topic of policies for sustainable agriculture, since food insecurity is a growing...  Read More >>

Wives and Widows at Work: Women's Labour in Agrarian Bengal, Then and Now

Wives and Widows at Work: Women's Labour in Agrarian...

Author: Deepita Chakravarty ,  Ishita Chakravarty
ISBN: 9789354424458
Format: Paperback
$117.73

Both historical and contemporary developments in the related issues of women’s work, marriage and widowhood are...  Read More >>

Gender and Welfare Service Work in Biocapitalism: Lean in Action

Gender and Welfare Service Work in Biocapitalism: Lean...

Author: Eeva Jokinen (University of Eastern Finland, Finland) ,  Helena Hirvonen (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
ISBN: 9781032314358
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explores how Lean – a global management doctrine – operates and is adopted in real, corporeal, collective...  Read More >>

Toxic at Work: Surviving your psychopathic workmates, from the dominant bullies to the charming manipulators

Toxic at Work: Surviving your psychopathic workmates,...

Author: David Gillespie
ISBN: 9781761262272
Format: Paperback
$36.99

Most bullies are psychopaths, but not all psychopaths look like bullies. Many blind us with their charm and dazzle...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Anthropology and Business

The Routledge Companion to Anthropology and Business...

Author: Raza Mir ,  Anne-Laure Fayard (Polytechnic Institute of New York University, USA)
ISBN: 9780367511388
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Interest in anthropology and ethnography has been an on-going feature of organizational research and pedagogy, this...  Read More >>

Invisible Labour: Support Service Workers in India’s Information Technology Industry

Invisible Labour: Support Service Workers in India’s...

Author: Indranil Chakraborty (Lawrence Kinlin School Of Business, Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, Canada)
ISBN: 9780367551384
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book investigates the life, working conditions, and urban experiences of support-service workers, such as janitors,...  Read More >>

Non-Visitor Research: Audience Development for Arts Organisations

Non-Visitor Research: Audience Development for Arts...

Author: Martin Tröndle
ISBN: 9783658351830
Format: Paperback
$232.85

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Action Learning for Social Action: Taking Part in Social Change

Action Learning for Social Action: Taking Part in Social...

Author: Mike Pedler
ISBN: 9780367500535
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book is about action learning in the service of social action and social change. The contributors are all engaged...  Read More >>

Privacy: Algorithms and Society

Privacy: Algorithms and Society

Author: Michael Filimowicz (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781032002545
Format: Paperback
$41.99

Privacy: Algorithms and Society focuses on encryption technologies and privacy debates in journalistic crypto-cultures,...  Read More >>

Imbalance: Germany’s Political Economy after the Social Democratic Century

Imbalance: Germany’s Political Economy after the Social...

Author: Tobias Schulze-Cleven ,  Sidney A. Rothstein
ISBN: 9780367683566
Format: Paperback
$81.99

"This book assesses Germany’s political economy after the end of the ""social democratic"" 20th century to rethink...  Read More >>

Doing Business in Emerging Markets: Progress and Promises

Doing Business in Emerging Markets: Progress and Promises...

Author: Sudhir Rana (Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE) ,  Avinash K. Shrivastava (International Management Institute, Kolkata, India)
ISBN: 9781032057927
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the business, financial and economic aspects of emerging markets,...  Read More >>

Universities and the Labour Market: Graduate Transitions from Education to Employment

Universities and the Labour Market: Graduate Transitions...

Author: Magdalena Jelonek
ISBN: 9780367742287
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Debate surrounding the employability of graduates has been around for many decades. Tackling this relevant area...  Read More >>

The Research Impact Agenda: Navigating the Impact of Impact

The Research Impact Agenda: Navigating the Impact of...

Author: Martyna Śliwa ,  Neil Kellard (University of Essex, UK)
ISBN: 9780367547516
Format: Paperback
$50.99

This book contributes to the growing body of work addressing the processes and consequences of national governments’...  Read More >>

Foundations of Coopetition Strategy: A Framework for Competition and Cooperation

Foundations of Coopetition Strategy: A Framework for...

Author: Anna Minà ,  Giovanni Battista Dagnino
ISBN: 9781032181288
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book disentangles the foundations of coopetition (i.e., concurrent competition and cooperation) by exploring...  Read More >>

The Diffusion and Social Implications of MOOCs: A Comparative Study of the USA and Europe

The Diffusion and Social Implications of MOOCs: A Comparative...

Author: Valentina Goglio (University of Turin, Italy)
ISBN: 9781032185538
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Based on new empirical research, including qualitative interviews as well as quantitative data from learners across...  Read More >>

The Body of Knowledge: Fieldwork and Conceptualization in Social Inquiry

The Body of Knowledge: Fieldwork and Conceptualization...

Author: Kornelia Engert (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany)
ISBN: 9781032214269
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Adopting an approach based on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, this book presents a close-up view of...  Read More >>

Alternative Theories of the Firm

Alternative Theories of the Firm

Author: Michael Pirson ,  David M. Wasieleski
ISBN: 9781032077888
Format: Paperback
$105.00

The Theory of the Firm is commonly viewed as axiomatic by business school academicians. Considerations spanning...  Read More >>

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