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Work, Working and Work Relationships in a Changing World book cover

1st Edition

Work, Working and Work Relationships in a Changing World

Edited By Clare Kelliher, Julia Richardson Copyright 2019
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge
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This book is concerned with the rapid and varied changes in the nature of work and work relationships which have taken place in recent years. While technological innovation has been a key contributor to the nature and pace of change, other social and market trends have also played a part such as increasing workforce diversity, enhanced competition and greater global integration. Responding to... Read more

Contents





List of Figures and Tables



Preface





Introduction



Chapter 1: Work, working and work relationships in a changing world.



Clare Kelliher and Julia Richardson

　

Part 1: Career opportunities and experiences in the contemporary and future labour market: a double-edged sword?



　

Chapter 2: "The fur-lined rut": Telework and career ambition



T. Alexandra Beauregard, Esther Canonico, Kelly A. Basile

　

Chapter 3: Performing the ‘ideal professional’: Insights from worker’s accounts of emotional labor in contemporary workplaces





Carol Linehan, Elaine O’Brien

　

Chapter 4: Working as an independent professional: Career choice or the only option?





Tui McKeown

　

Part II: Making the most of flexible work practices: the need for spatial job crafting and boundary management

　



Chapter 5: Reflecting on and proactively making use of flexible working practices makes all the difference: The role of spatial job crafting





Christina Wessels, Michaéla Schippers

　



Chapter 6: "Bounded Flexibility": The influence of time-spatial flexibility and boundary-management strategies on women’s work-home interference





Pascale Peters, Beatrice Van der Heijden

　

Part III: Professionalisation in the Service Industry: Cicerones and Baristas



　

Chapter 7: Craft beer, Cicerones and changing identities in beer serving



Daniel Clarke, David Weir, Holly Patrick

　

Chapter 8: Wake up and smell the coffee: Job quality in Australia’s café industry





Angela Knox

　

Part IV: Harnessing technological and digital information: the need for workforce agility



　

Chapter 9: Digital workplace design: Transforming for high performance



Nick van der Meulen, Kristine Dery, Ina M. Sebastian

　

Chapter 10: Agile working: the case of TechSci, a global technology company





Deirdre Anderson, Clare Kelliher

　

Conclusion

　

Chapter 11: Observations and conclusions on work, working and work relationships in a changing world





Clare Kelliher and Julia Richardson



Contributor Biographies



Index

Biography

Clare Kelliher is Professor of Work and Organisation at Cranfield School of Management, UK.





Julia Richardson is Professor of Human Resource Management at Curtin Business School, Curtin University, Australia.

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