ISBN:
9781787144590
,
9781787149342
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (243 Seiten)
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
Research in the Sociology of Work volume 30
Series Statement:
Research in the sociology of work
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Emerging conceptions of work, management and the labor market
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Sammelwerk
;
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Economic institutions are undergoing radical transformations, and with these has come a reconfiguration of labor market institutions, managerial conceptions of work, and the nature of authority and control over employees as well. This volume addresses a wide array of questions to better understand these dramatic changes
Abstract:
Front Cover -- Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editorial Advisory Board -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market -- References -- Linkedin or LinkedOut? How Social Networking Sites Are Reshaping the Labor Market -- Job Search and Digital Intermediaries -- Data and Methodology -- The Lure and Benefits of Social Networking Technologies -- Double-Edged Exposure -- Exposure of One's Image -- Exposure and the One-Profile Dilemma -- Exposure of the Social-Political Self -- Implications and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Dealing with Downsizing: New Organizational Careers in Financial Services after the Great Recession -- Introduction -- Precarious Work and Insecurity -- Boundaryless and Traditional/New Organizational Careers -- Careers in Financial Services -- Data and Methods -- Large Financial Firms Become Precarious -- New Organizational Careers in Financial Services -- Internal Movement as Evidence for the New Organizational Career -- Loyalty as Evidence for the New Organizational Career -- The Co-Management of Career Paths -- Variation in New Organizational Careers -- The Serial Monogamy Model of New Organizational Careers -- The Spiral Staircase Model of New Organizational Careers -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Neo-Normative Control and Value Discretion in Interactive Service Work: A Case Study -- Introduction -- Control and Discretion at Work -- Case Study and Methods -- Neo-Normative Control -- Recruitment and Selection -- Management Approach -- Discretion at Voicetel -- Value Discretion -- Task Discretion -- Range and Degree of Service Offered -- Range and Degree of Performance Offered -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Funding -- Acknowledgements -- References
Abstract:
Engineering Medicine: The Deployment of Lean Production in Healthcare -- Introduction -- Lean Medicine -- Models of Management and Divergent Change -- Cases and Methods -- Riverside Hospital -- Organizing Lean's Deployment -- Frame Alignment -- Implementation -- Lakeview Associates -- Organizing Lean's Deployment -- Frame Alignment -- Implementation -- Conclusion -- References -- Doing More with Less: Intensive Care and the Logic of Flexible Teamwork -- Introduction -- Medical Authority and the Rise of Teamwork -- The Meaning(s) of Teamwork -- Setting and Methods -- Observations -- Interviews -- Analytic Process -- Doing Teamwork in the ICU -- Teamwork as a Culture -- Hospital Restructuring -- Service Lines -- Rationalizing Labor -- Expanding the ICU -- Discussion -- References -- Race, Recession, and Social Closure in the Low-Wage Labor Market: Experimental and Observational Evidence -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Racial Discrimination and Sources of Employment Disadvantage -- The Varying Effect of the Great Recession on Individuals -- Disproportionate Disadvantage: Labor Queues and Social Closure -- Proportionate Disadvantage: Durability of Inequality -- Methods -- Field Experiment -- Sampling and Experimental Procedures -- Variables: Dependent (Callback), Experimental (Race), and Blocking Effects (Recession) -- Survey Data: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) -- Variables and Statistical Analyses -- Field Experiment Results -- Main Effects and Difference-in-Difference -- Between-Group Differences -- NLSY97 Survey Results -- Main Effects and Difference-in Difference -- Between-Group Differences -- Limitations and Strengths -- Discussion: Race and Recession -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- Workforce Downsizing and Shareholder Value Orientation among executive managers at Large U.S. Firms
Abstract:
Shareholder Value Orientation among U.S. Corporations -- Shareholder Value and Workforce Downsizing -- Data and Methods -- Results -- Discussions and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix Examples of References to Shareholder Value -- About the Editor -- Index
DOI:
10.1108/S0277-2833201730
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