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International Perspectives on Temporary Agency Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 218

International Perspectives on Temporary Agency Work

The number of workers employed on a temporary basis has grown hugely over the past few decades. This new book provides the first serious analysis of temporary work and its effect on the economy as well as its ramifications for workers. Both editors from University of Newcastle, NSW.

Trade Union Revitalisation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 588

Trade Union Revitalisation

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Peter Lang

A comprehensive introduction to the state of trade unionism in the world today. Leading labour scholars discuss the health of the trade union movement, the present political and economic climate for trade union advancement, the dominant revitalisation strategies, and future prospects for each nation.

Tourism Employment in Nordic Countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 467

Tourism Employment in Nordic Countries

Viewed through a politico-economic lens, Nordic countries share what is often referred to as the ‘Nordic model’, characterised by a comprehensive welfare state; higher spending on childcare; more equitable income distribution; and lifelong-learning policies. This edited collection considers these contexts to explore the complex nature of tourism employment, thereby providing insights into the dynamic nature, characteristics, and meaning of work in tourism. Contributors combine explorations of the impact of policy on tourism employment with a more traditional human resources management approach focusing on employment issues from an organizational perspective, such as job satisfaction, training, and retention. The text points to opportunities as well as challenges relating to issues such as the notion of ‘decent work’, the role and contribution of migrant workers, and more broadly, the varying policy objectives embedded within the Nordic welfare model. Offering a detailed, multi-faceted analysis of tourism employment, this book is a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners interested in tourism employment in the region.

Poverty and the Third Way
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 283

Poverty and the Third Way

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003-08-29
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  • Publisher: Routledge

What is poverty and how can it be tackled? Taking the Third Way out of its narrow party political context, this book argues that it is necessary to harness work beyond employment in order to pave a Third Way beyond capitalism and socialism. The outcome is a thought-provoking new approach towards combating poverty. Poverty and the Third Way uncovers how New Labour's employment-focussed approach causes, rather than resolves, poverty. Searching for another approach, the authors find the seeds of an alternative 'Third Way' in radical European social democratic and ecological thought which seeks to transcend capitalism and socialism by developing work beyond employment. Exploring the reasons why such an approach is needed and how it can be implemented, the authors transcend the 'there is no alternative' to capitalism school of thought dominant in many advanced economies by providing a clearly marked route map of the way towards a post-capitalist economy.

Ibss: Economics: 2001
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 708

Ibss: Economics: 2001

IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.

Changing Liaisons
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

Changing Liaisons

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Peter Lang

Furthering our understanding of concrete and topical developments in the growth of social partnership economies, this text discusses the impact of potential triggers, such as wars and economic crises, on the development of consultative arrangements.

Transnational, European, and National Labour Relations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 331

Transnational, European, and National Labour Relations

  • Categories: Law
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-06-22
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book employs an innovative approach to explore the topic of flexicurity and related changes in the working world, the importance of which for the overall economic and social development is gradually being recognised. It focuses on the changing nature of work and its impact on EU law and national labour and social security laws. Though the transformation of regulatory and institutional frameworks of labour relations follows different patterns in different EU Member States, it is nevertheless a common phenomenon that offers an excellent opportunity for mutual learning experiences and comparing notes on best practices. Taking these ideas as a starting point, the book presents a collection ...

Which Factors Determine the Success or Failure of Startup Companies? A Startup Ecosystem Analysis of Hungary, Germany and the US
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 200

Which Factors Determine the Success or Failure of Startup Companies? A Startup Ecosystem Analysis of Hungary, Germany and the US

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-07-25
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  • Publisher: diplom.de

As more and more startup companies are founded every year worldwide, building up one’s own business does not get easier. Since 9 out of 10 startups fail, future entrepreneurs are well advised to take a look at potential reasons for failure and success. Learning from others’ mistakes and studying success stories can improve their own performance and help to avoid critical errors. The academic paper at hand will provide valuable insights for entrepreneurs. It not only states the most important terms concerning startups but also lists the most important factors for a startup company’s success, according to literature review. Delineating both internal and external factors, this thesis not only delivers a synoptic view of potential challenges inside a startup as well as in its ecosystem, but also juxtaposes these influences in opposition. The second part of this paper analyzes a series of interviews with twelve startup founders from three different regions (the province of North-Rhine Westphalia in Germany, Budapest in Hungary and the state of California in the US). Their views and experiences will be summarized and put into the context of their respective startup ecosystem.

Work and Social Inequalities in Health in Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 548

Work and Social Inequalities in Health in Europe

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Peter Lang

Explores correlations between different socioeconomic groups and workers' professional and health status, and to what extent social class differences in health can be explained by working conditions. Presents trends in seven European countries and Massachusetts, USA, covering the period 1980-2001. Appends the questions posed to the authors for the conclusions of their country papers.

Towards a European Labour Identity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 283

Towards a European Labour Identity

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007-05-07
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Since 1996 a growing number of European employees have access to a European works council (EWC), a transnational employee body designed to complement national forms of labour representation . This volume brings together a hep hive of contributors who present valuable new insights into how employee representatives from different European countries perform their jobs as members of European Works Councils in an attempt to develop some sense of a common European labour identity The transnational character of the EWC makes it an ideal microscopic structure through which the wider discourse surrounding identity – especially when associated with globalization, Europeanization, and mobility – can occur. ‘Towards a European Labour Identity’ examines not only the workings of the EWCs, utilising individual case studies, but also analyses and asses the link with the broader discussions on European identity as well as European trade union co-ordination and solidarity.