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1 online resource (387 pages) |
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<P>Introduction. <EM>Helge Hvid and Eivind Falkum; </EM><STRONG>Part I</STRONG>. An overview: Introduction. <I>Helge Hvid and Eivind Falkum; </I>Chapter 1. Nordic working life, shaped through conflicts and compromises. <I>Helge Hvid, Eivind Falkum, and Arild Henrik Steen; </I>Chapter 2. The peculiar history of Nordic working life. <EM>Eivind Falkum, Helge Hvid, and Per Bonde Hansen; </EM><STRONG>Part</STRONG><STRONG> II</STRONG>. Organization and management in a working life perspective: Introduction. <I>Helge Hvid and Eivind Falkum; </I>Chapter 3. Democracy at work. <EM>Heidi Enehaug, </EM> <I>Eivind Falkum and Helge Hvid; </I>Chapter 4. Workplace democracy under pressure. <I>Eivind Falkum, Ida Drange, Heidi Enehaug and Bitten Nordrik; </I>Chapter 5. International management concepts meeting Nordic working life. <I>Peter Hagedorn-Rasmussen and Pål Klethagen; </I>Chapter 6. Working environment regulation in Norway and Denmark. <I>Jan Erik Karlsen, Klaus T. Nielsen and Robert H. Salomon; </I>Chapter 7. New working time and new temporalities -- The Erosion of influence and rhythms in work. <EM>Henrik Lambrecht Lund; </EM><STRONG>Part </STRONG><STRONG>III.</STRONG> Learning, inclusion and equality: Introduction. <I>Helge Hvid and Eivind Falkum; </I>Chapter 8. Young people's access to working life in three Nordic countries -- what is the role of vocational education and training<I>Christian Helms Jørgensen; </I>Chapter 9. A new bargaining agenda for continuing education: A Norwegian case of 'lifelong learning unionism'. <I>Anders Underthun and Ida Drange; </I>Chapter 10. Tackling increasing marginalization: Can support-side approaches contribute to work inclusion<EM>Kjetil Frøyland, Angelika Schafft and Øystein Spjelkavik; </EM><STRONG>Part</STRONG><STRONG> IV</STRONG>. Nordic approaches to New Public Management: professions in transition -- Introduction. <I>Annette Kamp, Agnete Meldgaard Hansen and Christin Thea Watne; </I>Chapter 11. Nordic New Public Management -- the case of Denmark. A<I>nnette Kamp and Agnete Meldgaard Hansen; </I>Chapter 12. Welfare professionals in transformation -- the case of elderly care. <I>Agnete Meldgaard Hansen and Annette Kamp; </I>Chapter 13. Welfare professionals in transformation -- the case of police officers in Norway. <EM>Christin Thea Wathne; </EM><STRONG>Part</STRONG><STRONG> V</STRONG>. Terms of employment: Precarious work in a Nordic setting -- Introduction. <I>Helge Hvid and Eivind Falkum; </I>Chapter 14. Precarity in Nordic working life<I>Mari Holm Ingelsrud, Niels Warring, Janne Gleerup, Per Bonde Hansen, Anders Jakobsen, Anders Underthun and Søren Salling Weber; </I>Chapter 15. Experiences of precarious work among graduates in the Danish labour market. <I>Janne Gleerup, Anders Jakobsen and Niels Warring; </I>Chapter 16. The formation and destabilization of the standard employment relationship in Norway: The contested politics and regulation of temporary work agencies. <I>Per Bonde Hansen and Anders Underthun; </I>Chapter 17. Working life on nordic labour platforms. <I>Søren Salling Weber; </I><B>Closure</B>: The end of the story<I>Helge Hvid and Eivind Falkum; </I>Index</P> |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; The Nordic approach; Why Norway and Denmark?; Critique as fuel for the Nordic approach; Content of the book; Notes; References; PART I: An overview: introduction; Chapter 1: Nordic working life, shaped through conflicts and compromises; The core of the Nordic model; Organization of the labour market; The quality of daily work; Wages and employment; The welfare state and the labour market parties; Culture as an explanation; The economy: a prerequisite for or a consequence of the labour market? |
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The Nordic region: part of the global communityNotes; References; Chapter 2: The peculiar history of Nordic working life; Introduction; From the streets to the negotiation table; Institutionalization of class conflicts in Denmark; Institutionalizing class conflicts in Norway; The social-democratic era; The neo-liberal era; Summary of the historical background to the Danish and Norwegian varieties of the Nordic model; References; PART II: Organization and management in a working life perspective: introduction; Chapter 3: Democracy at work |
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Democratic work organization to balance differences of interestsThree levels of democracy at work; Scientific approaches to democracy at work; The diffusion of workplace democracy; The practice of institutional democratic arrangements; Current challenges for workplace democracy; References; Chapter 4: Workplace democracy under pressure; Introduction; Four concepts of governance at workplaces; Measuring the four models; Comparing autonomy at work in 2009 and today; Formal democratic structures and managerial models in use; Sectors, industries and ownership |
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Workplace differences by ownership (foreign or domestic)Privatization of state enterprises; Consensus or co-optation: pressures on the Nordic workplace models; Changing the understandings of realities and the game of democracy at work; Note; References; Chapter 5: International management concepts meeting Nordic working life; Introduction; The NWM and work environment; Transforming by transferring: management concepts that travel across contexts; Critical perspectives on management concepts; Contexts and concepts: a translational perspective |
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Transfer or translation by means of management conceptsLean meeting the NWM; Translating: the strategy of enacting work environment and NWM; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Working environment regulation in Norway and Denmark; The initial development of labour law legislation; The labour protection laws until the 1970s; Occupational health and safety back on the agenda in the 1970s; Present working environment in Norway and Denmark versus the EU; Psychosocial working environment: different routes for Norway and Denmark?; Concurrent working environment regulation models |
| Summary |
The Nordic countries have the world's best working life. Unlike in many other countries, global competition has not created inequality, uncertainty, long working hours, standardization and restrictive managerial control. The main reason for this lies in the way interests are expressed and conflicts are resolved. Both employees and employers are well organized and both recognize the interests of the other. Working life develops in a constant interaction between conflict and compromise. This book examines working conditions in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. It explores how these good working conditions are created and maintained. The chapters explain: How work organization is formed How education, training and work place learning give access to the labour market How work is managed in the public sector How precarious work unfolds in the Nordic countries. Work and Wellbeing in the Nordic Countries is addressed to all those who have interest in the quality of working life. It will be of particular use to all students, academics and policy makers working in the fields of social policy, wellbeing, management studies, employment relations, work sociology and work psychology |
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Some concluding remarks |
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Quality of work life -- Scandinavia
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Industrial relations -- Scandinavia
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Labor policy -- Scandinavia
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Well-being -- Scandinavia
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Industrial relations
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Labor policy
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Quality of work life
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Well-being
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Scandinavia
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Falkum, Eivind
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| ISBN |
9781351169950 |
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1351169955 |
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9781351169943 |
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1351169947 |
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9781351169936 |
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1351169939 |
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9781351169967 |
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1351169963 |
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