A robust trade in human lives thrived throughout North China during the late Qing and Republican periods. Whether to acquire servants, slaves, concubines, or children--or dispose of unwanted household members--families at all levels of society addressed various domestic needs by…
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Nous vivons au sein d'un leurre magistral, d'un monde disparu que des politiques artificielles prétendent perpétuer. Nos concepts du travail et par là du chômage, autour desquels la politique se joue n'ont plus de substance : des millions de vies sont ravagées, des destins sont …
Why do some individuals and teams succeed more quickly than others and sustain that success over the long term? Of those who pull it off, why are some miserable and others consistently happy on their journey? What motivates people to reach for higher levels of success in the fir…
Over the last two decades, a number of factors have converged to produce a major rethink about the field of Industrial Relations. Globalization, the decline of trade unions, the spread of high performance work systems and the emergence of a more feminized, flexible work-force ha…
This text has been prompted by the impact of technology, but it's not about microchips, databases and algorithms. It's about humans. Particularly, humans' response to how AI is transforming our world. The author offers a development path through this emerging landscape. In a wor…
Part of the Oxford Library of Psychology, the Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work examines what positive psychology offers to our understanding of key issues in working life today. Drawing on the disparate literatures from positive psychology, management, I/O psychol…
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 ke…
For many years, there has been quite a bit of talk about employee engagement as a means to lift corporate profits and reduce absenteeism and turnover. However, evidence shows that incivility and instances of employee abuse are getting worse. Additionally, with profit as the prim…
I køkkenet på et forfaldent, tidligere eksklusivt hotel kæmper chefkokken en ulige kamp for at klare de urealistiske krav fra hotelledelsen. Vanvittige arbejdsvilkår, et personale af vidt forskellige nationaliteter og et kompliceret privatliv bringer ham til randen af et sammenb…
Hvordan man ved at vælge fra, maksimere, fokusere, globalisere og systematisere sit arbejdsliv, kan opnå den personlige og økonomiske frihed, man drømmer om
Der Karrierecoach Martin Wehrle liefert einen schonungslosen Bericht aus dem Katastrophengebiet Bèuro. Anhand eines Tests kann der Leser herausfinden, wie sehr der Wahnsinn in seiner Firma das Zepter schwingt. Wehrle gibt zudem anschauliche Tipps, wie Sie den Bèurowahnsinn èuber…
Clare Holdsworth develops an account of everyday busyness by identifying busyness with a relational interpretation of time. She analyses a variety of secondary data sources - one-day diaries, self-help books on busyness and time management, accounts of a writing day and intervie…
In this volume, the author examines how work has become unstable in the modern world and presents a new vision for the future. He begins by describing how the traditional work society, with its life-long job paths, is giving way to a much less stable world in which skills can be…
Given the transformations taking place in many parts of Southeast Asia, the question of labour remains as pertinent today as it ever has been. Labour issues are central to the social tensions marking the transformations taking place in both rural and urban areas, and underscore …