| Description |
xiv, 239 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Reclaiming the concept of flexibility / Bengt Furaker, Kristina Hakansson and Jan Ch. Karlsson -- 2. For whom is flexibility good and bad : an overview / Jan Ch. Karlsson -- 3. Flexibility, stability and related concepts / Dan Jonsson -- 4. Britain's flexible labour force : new barriers to individual employment rights / Anna Pollert -- 5. Flexibility's new clothes : a historical perspective on the public discussion in Sweden / Asa-Karin Engstrand -- 6. Large corporations and the emergence of a flexible economic system : some recent developments in the UK / Stephen Ackroyd -- 7. Temporary agency work in the European Union - economic rationale and equal treatment / Donald Storrie -- 8. Flexibility, stability and agency work : a comparison of the use of agency work in Sweden and the UK / Kristina Hakansson and Tommy Isidorsson -- 9. Flexible work situations and employees' thoughts of leaving the organization / Tomas Berglund -- 10. Types of employment contract and attitudes to flexibility : an analysis of data from three Swedish surveys / Bengt Furaker -- 11. Time-related flexibility and stability for employees / Dan Jonsson |
| Analysis |
Labour market |
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Working life |
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Labour market |
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Working life |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Flexible work arrangements.
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Flextime.
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Industrial relations -- Great Britain -- Congresses.
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Industrial relations -- Sweden -- Congresses.
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Job security.
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Labor market -- Great Britain -- Congresses.
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Labor market -- Sweden -- Congresses.
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Labor policy.
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Quality of work life.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Furåker, Bengt, 1943-
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Håkansson, Kristina, 1959-
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Karlsson, Jan, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2006046894 |
| ISBN |
0230013643 (hbk.) |
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9780230013643 (hbk.) |
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