scholarly journals Introduction to the special issue: The enactment of neoliberalism in the workplace: The degradation of the employment relationship

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-113
Author(s):  
Pete Thomas ◽  
Louise McArdle ◽  
Richard Saundry
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
Work And Employment

This article introduces readers to the special issue on 'the enactment of neoliberalism in the workplace'. We argue that contemporary developments such as zero-hours contracts, casualization and platform work are part of a neoliberal regime of deregulation and flexibilization that renders employment precarious and work degraded. Thus, the degradation of work that Braverman wrote of should be extended to include aspects of the employment relationship, acknowledging the crucial relationship between the mode of employment and the experience of work. In short, we assert that the quality of work is intimately connected to the quality of employment. The neoliberal agenda is played out in and around organizations through management decisions on employment and work, which, in turn, have significant and complex connections to a range of wider social, economic and political issues, such as poverty and welfare systems. The articles in our special issue explore and analyse several dimensions of the changes taking place and whilst presenting a rather gloomy view of contemporary work and employment they do demonstrate continued scope for resistance.

scholarly journals Introduction to the special issue: multiple jobholding in Europe

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-147
Author(s):  
Wieteke Conen ◽  
Karin Schulze Buschoff
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Labour Market Flexibility ◽  
Employment Situation ◽  
Over Time

In a number of European countries there is a clear trend towards increased multiple jobholding. As things stand, however, little is known about the structure and the potential consequences of this increase, notably in terms of quality of work and social protection. This special issue focuses on contemporary forms of multiple jobholding in Europe. Have the structure, nature and dynamics of multiple jobholding changed over time? What are the roles of labour market flexibility, technological change and work fragmentation in the development of multiple jobholding? And do multiple jobholders benefit from similar and adequate employment terms, conditions and protections compared with single jobholders, or are they worse off as a consequence of their (fragmented) employment situation? What implications do these findings have for unions, policy-makers and the regulation of work? The collection of articles in this special issue adds to the literature on emerging forms of employment in the digital age and challenges for social protection, also in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This introduction initiates a discussion of central debates on multiple jobholding and presents a synopsis of the articles in this issue.

Special Issue on Trends in Inequality: Social, Economic and Political

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-4
Author(s):  
Pier Giorgo Ardeni
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Selection Of

In this issue of the Journal of Income Distribution, a very specific selection of those papers is presented. The papers are a significant sample of the contributions presented at the conference held on November 2-4, 2017  in Bologna, Italy, organized by the Cattaneo Institute Research Foundation, entitled Trends in inequality: social, economic and political issues.

scholarly journals Dynamics of oncological morbidity of the population of the Krasnodar Territory

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 630-634
Author(s):  
Roman Murashko ◽  
Anastasia Shmatkova
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Its Analysis

Cancer incidence is one of the most important components of a comprehensive assessment of public health, and its analysis is necessary for management decisions at all levels of the organization of the health system. In this regard, the indicators of cancer incidence are one of the criteria for the quality of work of cancer organizations.

The resurgence of gig work: Historical and theoretical perspectives

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Stanford
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Work Organisation ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Standard Employment Relationship

Digital platform businesses primarily utilise on-call contingent workers, using their own tools and equipment, to perform the productive work associated with the supplied service. The expansion of this business model has led some to proclaim that traditional ‘jobs’ will come to an end. Some welcome this development, others fear its consequences for the stability and quality of work – but most see it as driven primarily by technology, and therefore largely ‘inevitable’. This article provides historical and theoretical perspective on the expansion of digitally mediated work, to better understand the range of forces (technological, economic and socio-political) at work. It shows that the major features of platform work were all visible in earlier periods of capitalism, but they became less prominent with the rise of the ‘standard employment relationship’ in the 20th century. The rise and fall of the standard employment relationship is described with reference to the changing context for the labour extraction effort of private employers. A better understanding of the complete range of forces driving changes in work organisation, and a rejection of the assumption that they are technologically determined and hence inevitable, can inform regulatory and political responses to the rise of platform work.

scholarly journals Quality of Work and Quality of Life of Service Sector Workers

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Präg ◽  
Maria das Dores Guerreiro ◽  
Jouko Nätti ◽  
Michael Brookes ◽  
Laura den Dulk
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Stages Of Economic Development ◽  
Work And Life

How do European service sector workers evaluate their quality of work and life nowadays? Europeanization and globalization are bringing about major shifts in the economy, but we know little about how this is affecting the well-being of Europe’s citizens. This chapter presents a range of subjective indicators for the quality of work and life as reported by service sector employees in eight European countries. In addition, it provides background information on the organizational context. The countries involved are at different stages of economic development and have differing welfare systems. Four organizations were surveyed in each country: one bank or insurance company, one public hospital, one retail organization and one IT or telecom company.

scholarly journals China and the Internationalisation of the Sociology of Contemporary Work and Employment

2021 ◽  
pp. 095001702110594
Author(s):  
Eleonore Kofman ◽  
Maggy Lee ◽  
Tommy Tse
Keyword(s):  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Past ◽  
Labour Process ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
Rural To Urban Migration ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Work And Employment

The China e-Special Issue brings together 11 articles on the sociology of contemporary work and employment in China which have been published in WES in the past two decades, highlighting the increasing frequency of submissions, and also reflecting the diversity, complexity and plurality of work and employment in the region. The foci of debates include the changing fault lines of work and employment; the changing relationships between state, employers and workers; the impact of rural to urban migration and urbanisation on the labour process and employment configurations; the interrelations between production and social reproduction and its gendered dimensions; and the need to develop established methodologies further given the changing nature of the research subject.

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