This series will trace at the example of work the historical connections between regions and critically engage with the idea of the North Atlantic World as normal and the rest as exceptional. The aim is to publish studies that change focus back and forth from the intimacy and co…
Corona and work around the globe
by Ann, Waltner, On, Barak, Alina-Sandra, Cucu, Andreas, Eckert, Babacar, Fall, Bahru, Zewde, Bridget, Kenny, Chitra, Joshi, Cristiana, Schettini, Daniel, Eisenberg, Ellen, Rothenberg, Felicitas Hentschke, JAMES WILLIAMS, Jürgen Kocka, Larissa Rosa, Corrêa, Leon Fink, Mahua, Sarkar, Marcel van der, Linden, Mary Jo Maynes, Maurice, Weiss, Nicole, Mayer-Ahuja, Paulo, Fontes, Preben, Kaarsholm, Sandrine, Kott, Supurna, Banerjee, Yoko, Tanaka
fromWork in global and historical perspective
This book provides a global perspective on the transformations in the world of work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection of essays will break down the general statistics and trends into glimpses of concrete experiences of workers during pandemic, of workplaces transfo…
"Leading Remotely features practical examples and insights from leaders across the globe, and draws upon over 15 years of empirical research to provide essential advice on how to successfully lead remote teams. This is a ground-breaking guide on how to overcome the unique obstac…
Beginning in the late Middle Ages, and accelerating in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, there developed in many rural regions of Europe a domestic industry, mass-producing craft goods for distant markets. This book presents an analysis of this 'industrialization before i…
"This book draws on surveys carried out in five Asian countries - two low-income (India and Pakistan) and three middle-income (Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines) - where subcontracted production, usually by women and children working out of home, is now widespread. Home-ba…