1st Edition
Work Orientations Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings
Chapter 1
Introduction
Bengt Furåker and Kristina Håkansson
Chapter 2
Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations on Work Orientations
Bengt Furåker
Chapter 3
Declining Work Centrality among Millennials – Myth or Reality?
Tómas Bjarnason and Kristina Håkansson
Chapter 4
Work as a calling: Existential Dimensions of Individuals’ Work Orientations
Mattias Bengtsson and Marita Flisbäck
Chapter 5
Work Attitudes, Employment and Work Mobilization: A Comparison of Anglo-Saxon and Nordic Countries, 2005 and 2015
Bengt Furåker
Chapter 6
Organizational Commitment: Cross-national Differences and Work-related Factors
Bengt Furåker and Kristina Håkansson
Chapter 7
Commitment in Organisations Using Temporary Agency Workers
Kristina Håkansson and Tommy Isidorsson
Chapter 8
‘There is No Future for Us Soldiers’: Sensing Dignity and Alienation in the Cabin
Ann Bergman and Jan Ch. Karlsson
Chapter 9
Young Workers’ Job Satisfaction in Europe
Belgin Okay-Somerville, Dora Scholarios and Edward Sosu
Chapter 10
Matching Work Values with Job Qualities for Job Satisfaction: A Comparison of 24 OECD Countries in 2015
Tomas Berglund and Ingrid Esser
List of Contributors
Index
Biography
Bengt Furåker is Professor at the Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg.
Kristina Håkansson is Professor at the Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg.
