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31. Economy, Work, and Education

    Critical Connections

    By Catherine Casey

    Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

    Economy, Work and Education: Critical Connections addresses effects of neoliberal capitalism in particular regard to work and education. The book elaborates key aspects and problems of generalized policy models of knowledge-based economies and learning societies in contexts of liberalized firm...

    Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
32. Individuals, Groups, and Business Ethics

    By Chris Provis

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Ethics

    Corporate social responsibility has become a heavily discussed topic in business ethics. Identifying some generally accepted moral principles as a basis for discussion, Individuals, Groups, and Business Ethics examines ethical dimensions of our relationships with families, friends and workmates,...

    Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
33. Why Organizational Change Fails

    Robustness, Tenacity, and Change in Organizations

    By Leike van Oss, Jaap van 't Hek

    Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

    Change in organizations can arise spontaneously, or it can begin in response to a planned process of change. Even planned change is not as predictable as one might like it to be; it is often partial or incomplete, or the results of change may not be what one hoped. The aspects of an organization...

    Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge
34. Creative Labour

    Media Work in Three Cultural Industries

    By David Hesmondhalgh, Sarah Baker

    Series: CRESC

    What is it like to work in the media? Are media jobs more ‘creative’ than those in other sectors? To answer these questions, this book explores the creative industries, using a combination of original research and a synthesis of existing studies. Through its close analysis of key issues - such as...

    Published April 19th 2011 by Routledge
35. Voluntary Organizations and Public Service Delivery

    Edited by Ian Cunningham, Philip James

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations

    Voluntary Organizations and Public Sector Delivery examines how aspects of voluntary sector employment are affected by its engagement with the growing trend to the market-based outsourcing in the delivery of public services within industrialized countries. The volume draws together a team of...

    Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge
36. Trade Unions in China

    The Challenge of Labour Unrest

    By Tim Pringle

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    The transition from a command economy to a capitalist market economy has entirely altered the industrial landscape in which Chinese trade unions have to operate. This book focuses on how the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is reforming under current conditions and demonstrates that...

    Published March 8th 2011 by Routledge
37. The Dynamics of Asian Labour Markets

    Balancing Control and Flexibility

    Edited by John Benson, Ying Zhu

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Asia has undergone rapid economic transformation over the past two decades. Despite its constant economic growth, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and the resulting surge in unemployment highlighted the vulnerability of national systems that base development solely on economic growth. This book...

    Published February 24th 2011 by Routledge
38. Social Regionalism in the Global Economy

    Edited by Adelle Blackett, Christian Lévesque

    Series: Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context

    Regional trade agreements have expanded exponentially over the past decade, and have become a significant, if controversial, factor in the expanse of economic globalization. Social Regionalism in the Global Economy attempts to take a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to addressing labour...

    Published December 13th 2010 by Routledge
39. Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World

    British Trade Unions under New Labour

    Edited by Gary Daniels, John McIlroy

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World is the first book to provide readers with an authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the impact of New Labour governments on employment relations and trade unions. This innovative text locates changes in industrial politics since the 1990s in the...

    Published October 21st 2010 by Routledge
40. Retirement Security in the Great Recession

    Edited by Christian Weller

    Few events have posed as many challenges for retirement and retirement policy as the crisis of the late 2000s. At the end of the last decade, the United States experienced the Great Recession—a combination of unprecedented wealth losses and historically high unemployment increases that marked the...

    Published September 27th 2010 by Routledge