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The rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a
century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has
come to fruition. In many cases, employment in the service sector
now outnumbers that in manufacturing sectors, and it is accepted
that in all developed countries, the service sector is the only one
in which employment will grow in future. The reasons for this is
the subject of much controversy and debate, the outcomes of which
are not merely of academic interest but of decisive importance for
economic policy and the quality of working and living conditions in
future. In order to examine these various arguments, research teams
from eight European countries worked together for three years on a
comparative study of the evolution of service sector employment in
EU member states. They also investigated working and employment
conditions in five very different service industries (banking,
retailing, hospitals, IT services and care of the elderly) in a
number of countries, and the results of their research are
presented in this informative new collection, of interest to
students academics and researchers involved in all aspects of
industrial economics.
Series Information: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks
In developed countries, the food superstore or hypermarket has
become the dominant mode of food distribution; and their success
has transformed the retail sector. But each new store has changed
the employment regime of the stores they replace. For retailers,
labour is a major cost; with opening hours being extended, and
consumer demand patterns changing, one solution has been the use of
part-time labour. Extensive use of such labour characterises
British food retailing for example whereas it is less common in
France. This book examines the reasons for such differences, and
the potential which management and employees have within the
operation to manage working time to their benefit. This book makes
use of a four country research programme, covering France, Germany,
Great Britain and Japan. Investigations and interviews at store,
company and individual level, paint a picture of working time in
the sector and in each of the countries. The volume provides some
explanations for national differences as well as the similarities;
supply and demand issues, as well as societal and social
backgrounds. Large format food retailing is a major force in each
country, employing millions in many di
Der Band bilanziert in 30 Beitragen das wissenschaftliche Werk des
geschaftsfuhrenden Direktors des Instituts Arbeit und
Qualifikation, Gerhard Bosch. Autorinnen und Autoren aus
politischer Praxis und Wissenschaft kommen gleichberechtigt zu
Wort. Das Buch ist in die Kapitel "Zukunft der Arbeit",
"Arbeitszeit", "Arbeitsbeziehungen", "Arbeitsmarktordnung" und
"Arbeitsmarktpolitik" gegliedert und schliesst mit einer UEbersicht
uber die zentralen Publikationen von Gerhard Bosch ab.
Der Begriff des Finanzmarktkapitalismus wird in der deutschen
Soziologie vielfach als neue Interpretationsfolie der aktuellen
Entwicklungstendenzen des Kapitalismus genutzt. Die Akzentuierung
der analytischen Inhalte, die mit dem Begriff jeweils verbunden
werden, ist dabei breit gefachert. Im vorliegenden Band werden
Brucken geschlagen zwischen der sich darum entwickelnden
theoretischen Diskussion und einer anwendungsorientierten
Arbeitsforschung. Daraus ergeben sich auch neue Anregungen fur die
soziologische Debatte uber den Finanzmarktkapitalismus. Das Buch
versammelt Arbeiten aus verschiedenen Forschungsvorhaben der
Abteilung Arbeitszeit und Arbeitsorganisation am Institut Arbeit
und Qualifikation (IAQ) der Universitat Duisburg-Essen.
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