Tommy Isidorsson & Julia Kubisa (eds.): Job Quality in an Era of Flexibility. Experiences in a European Context, Routledge, 2019

Autor: Jan Ch Karlsson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2245-0157
DOI: 10.18291/njwls.v9i3.116058
Popis: The idea behind this book is thrilling: If we presuppose that we since a couple of decades live in an era of flexibility in working life – in which way has the quality of jobs been changed? Now, since a long time, we know that the concept of ‘flexibility’ is of various meanings and often deceptive (Furåker et al. 2007; Skorstad & Ramsdal 2016). It is strongly value laden in that everything that is flexible stands out as something good and every word combined with flexibility becomes a good word – wage flexibility, organizational flexibility, time flexibility, flexible labor market, flexible working life. Who can be against flexibility? Who can call for three cheers for rigidity? (...)
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