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Work Orientations

Author : Bengt Furåker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135112112X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Work Orientations written by Bengt Furåker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work orientations and work attitudes have to do with the productive capacities in society. Insofar as individuals are positively oriented towards contributing their labour, we can expect a great amount of work to be done and to be carried out efficiently, carefully and responsibly. These subjective factors are thus very vital in modern working life. Work Orientations: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings offers up-to-date research on people’s commitment to work and employment and job satisfaction in economically advanced countries. It will also analyse changes that have taken place in these respects over the last decades. Among the key issues in Work Orientations are questions about whether patterns of work centrality and employment commitment tend to remain stable or have changed across time in various countries. Moreover, we assume that the circumstances under which people participate in the social division of labour colour their subjective relationships to their jobs and to employment in general. A major aim of the book is to explore the impact of factors such as occupation, education, age and gender on work orientations and work attitudes. Work Orientations will be invaluable for researchers and scholars in the fields or organizational studies, the sociology of work, employee engagement and related disciplines.

Work Orientation and Job Performance

Author : Douglas E. Mitchell
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887065675
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book Work Orientation and Job Performance written by Douglas E. Mitchell and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With critical attention focused on education, and the teaching profession itself under close scrutiny by federal, state, and local officials and governing boards, a heightened sense of the need to attract and retain good teachers has surfaced as a national priority. Based on data collected on elementary school teachers, principals, and central office administrators in a large unified school district, the authors draw upon cultural rather than economic or psychological concepts to reveal and explain how educators become oriented to their work responsibilities. The book presents a comprehensive description of the rewards and incentives provided for teachers. It also describes the roles of principals and links the principal's work to classroom performance and teaching effectiveness. Throughout this fascinating account the authors describe and reflect upon the ways in which teaching is controlled by a system of beliefs and meanings that specify the overall purposes of schooling and establish norms for social relationships with students and colleagues.

Jobs, Careers, and Callings

Author : Amy Elizabeth Wrzesniewski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Jobs, Careers, and Callings written by Amy Elizabeth Wrzesniewski and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Overeducation and Work Orientations

Author : Chaimun Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Overeducation and Work Orientations written by Chaimun Lee and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Creativity at Work

Author : Roni Reiter-Palmon
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030613119
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Creativity at Work written by Roni Reiter-Palmon and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together leading scholars in the field of creativity to provide an overview and examination of the work of Teresa Amabile, a pioneer of research on organizational creativity. The authors explore Dr. Amabile’s contributions to the modern study of creativity in organizations and her influence on current research. Further, they also reflect on how her work might be used to advance future research, particularly in the areas of componential theory and its extension as well as the consensual assessment technique. The contributors include both eminent and emerging scholars and their diverse backgrounds can be seen to reflect the breadth of the impact of Teresa Amabile’s work across the areas of the social psychology of creativity, creativity measurement, and application of this knowledge to understanding creativity and innovation in the workplace. This book will provide an invaluable resource to students and scholars of social psychology, creativity studies, industrial and organizational psychology, business and management.

Children and Work

Author : Bernard Goldstein
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000675041
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Children and Work written by Bernard Goldstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do children know about work, careers, and related topics? What is the pattern of growth in values, attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge? Using quantitative and anecdotal evidence gathered from interviewing over 900 grade-school students in five New Jersey communities, the authors analyze childhood socialization to the concept of work. Existing literature on this topic focuses on the critical years of oc-cupational choice. But Goldstein and Oldham strongly suggest that much of the child's work-related development has already occurred prior to entry into secondary school, and that "career education" must receive increased emphasis during the elementary years. Their evidence corroborates the pattern of rapid progress toward childhood awareness of important social phenomena such as war, politics, race, gender roles, and economics. By the seventh grade, children have an awareness in these areas that approximates that of adults. Traditional stereo-types concerning appropriate work roles for women continue to exist at the elementary school level. This work is a comprehensive, empirical treatment of childhood socialization to work, fitting neatly into the growing body of litera-ture on the socialization of the child into various political, economic, and social roles. Children and Work is in the sociological tradition, but the findings are presented in the context of a growing body of social science research on early socialization.

The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work

Author : Ruth Yeoman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191092371
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work written by Ruth Yeoman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work examines the concept, practices and effects of meaningful work in organizations and beyond. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume reflects diverse scholarly contributions to understanding meaningful work from philosophy, political theory, psychology, sociology, organizational studies, and economics. In philosophy and political theory, treatments of meaningful work have been influenced by debates concerning the tensions between work as unavoidable and necessary, and work as a source of self-realization and human flourishing. This tension has come into renewed focus as work is reshaped by technology, globalization, and new forms of organization. In management studies, much empirical work has focused on meaningful work from the perspective of positive psychology, but more recent research has considered meaningful work as a complex phenomenon, socially constructed from interactive processes between individuals, and between individuals, organizations, and society. This Handbook examines meaningful work in the context of moral and pragmatic concerns such as human flourishing, dignity, alienation, freedom, and organizational ethics. The collection illuminates the relationship of meaningful work to organizational constructs of identity, belonging, callings, self-transcendence, culture, and occupations. Representing some of the most up to date academic research, the editors aim to inspire and equip researchers by identifying new directions and methods with which to deepen scholarly inquiry into a topic of growing importance.

Encyclopedia of Career Development

Author : Jeffrey H. Greenhaus
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452265577
Total Pages : 1097 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Career Development written by Jeffrey H. Greenhaus and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2006-05-09 with total page 1097 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 400 articles, the Encyclopedia of Career Development is the premier reference tool for research on career-related topics. Covering a broad range of themes, the contributions represent original material written by internationally-renowned scholars that view career development from a number of different dimensions. This multidisciplinary resource examines career-related issues from psychological, sociological, educational, counseling, organizational behavior, and human resource management perspectives. Key Features Offers introductory materials prepared by the editors and supplementary appendices on select topics Incorporates global, cultural, and international dimensions of careers and examines the social context of careers such as the contemporary work environment, emerging values in society, gender and ethnicity, social class, and work-family interface Explores the evolution of careers, including career stages, patterns, and transitions, as well as variations in the meaning of career success Discusses career decision-making strategies, and looks at legislative, regulatory, and labor relations decrees that influence career development and decision making Analyzes initiatives used by employers, counselors, and society to promote the effective development of careers The Encyclopedia of Career Development is a leading edge reference tool that is recognized as a "must have" for libraries in the United States and around the world. In addition, corporations and career centers will also want to add this valuable set to their collections.

Adolescent Experiences and Adult Work Outcomes

Author : Henrich R. Greve
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783505710
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Adolescent Experiences and Adult Work Outcomes written by Henrich R. Greve and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains pioneering work on the relation between adolescent experiences and adult work outcomes. It assembles evidence of the effects of adolescent work experiences on adult work experiences in a single volume highlighting the demand for research on this important topic.

Tourism Employment

Author : Michael Riley
Publisher : Channel View Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781873150306
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Tourism Employment written by Michael Riley and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to understand tourism employment in a holistic way. Using ideas from labour economics, work psychology and industrial sociology the authors look at tourism employment in both its workplace context and its wider economic and social environment and attempt to tell a coherent story. Both behavioural and economic perspectives are used to address questions that are salient to manpower planning, education planning and tourism management. By examining the diversity and commonality within occupations against the background of a dynamic labour market the text develops themes that contribute to our understanding of the behaviour of workers and managers in the industry.

Changing Educational Contexts, Issues and Identities

Author : Michael Crossley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134124643
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Changing Educational Contexts, Issues and Identities written by Michael Crossley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documenting major intellectual and paradigmatic changes in the field of comparative education in the light of the history and development of the journal Comparative Education, this book compiles a selection of articles from forty years of the journal’s distinguished history. It illustrates how changing times have been reflected in the nature and quality of published comparative research. Contributors explore the impact of key issues such as marketisation, accountability and globalisation upon policy and practice world-wide. They explore how new challenges faced by the social sciences have seen shifts in the contexts, issues and priorities attended to by comparatives and how different approaches to comparative education have influenced the intellectual and professional identities and positioning of those involved. Bridging theoretically oriented scholarship with empirically grounded research relating to issues of policy and practice and with chapters addressing questions of relevance throughout the world, this book is an invaluable resource of ideas and stimuli for further thinking and research.

Values and Development in Southern Africa

Author : Hans-Peter Müller
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 2869785542
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Values and Development in Southern Africa written by Hans-Peter Müller and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development has been on Africa's agenda for a long time but progress has been both varied and limited, partly due to the diverse levels of the discussions on the challenges and the interventions for tackling them. Africa's greatest challenge is the uneven development within and between its countries, and the pressing issues of extreme poverty in southern Africa, and the continent as a whole. Poverty causes its victims to suffer social exclusion and political repression. In addition, societies that experience poverty are also mostly under continuous threat of ecological disasters and diseases. This book focuses on the social and cultural dimensions of development dynamics and, in particular, the role of values in shaping development. Values are at the core of the hopes and aspirations of individuals, communities, and societies. The book therefore explains the values that motivate and inform African communities and societies, with a view to facilitating a dialogue about sustainable development in Africa among academics, intellectuals, policy and decisionmakers, and the communities themselves.

The Politics of Working Life and Meaningful Waged Work

Author : Knut Laaser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009115715
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Working Life and Meaningful Waged Work written by Knut Laaser and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can waged work under capitalism be meaningful? How does this meaningfulness express itself in the politics of working life? More fundamentally, how should work be socially and economically valued, rewarded, organised and regulated to become more meaningful? Knut Laaser and Jan Ch. Karlsson address these questions and provide a novel theory of meaningful work that is deeply ingrained in Critical Social Science approaches. The authors conceptualise meaningful work as a continuum between meaningful–meaningless work that rests on objective and subjective dimensions of autonomy, dignity and recognition, all pushed and pulled by the multi-layered control and power dynamics of waged work. They challenge the tendency to promote unpolitical concepts in the scholarship of meaningful work. The explanatory power of the meaningful work framework is illustrated by the analysis of empirical case studies on Norwegian industry operators, British bank employees, Indian security guards, German university academics and Swedish cabin crew members.

Adapting to Russia's New Labour Market

Author : Sarah Ashwin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134271999
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Adapting to Russia's New Labour Market written by Sarah Ashwin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the new labour market in Russia, looking especially at how changes in the market are affecting men and women differently, and how 'coping strategies' are being developed by both men and women.

Key Issues in Women's Work

Author : Catherine Hakim
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135310882
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Key Issues in Women's Work written by Catherine Hakim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and often-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to work to gain equality with men, or do they already do more than their share of domestic work, caring work and voluntary work as well as work in the informal economy? Do women seek careers on the same terms as men, or are they content to be dependent wives or secondary earners taking jobs on a short-term basis? How important is job segregation in explaining the 20% pay gap between men and women? Have equal opportunities laws had any real impact? Are women in Europe lagging behind, or are they at the forefront of developments in modern societies? This new updated edition of Catherine Hakim's classic text addresses all the key issues currently debated in relation to women's work - in the domestic sphere, as well as paid employment. Dr Hakim tests the power of patriarchy theory and preference theory against economic theories. Sex discrimination, work-life balance, part-time work, flexible hours, homeworking, career patterns across the life cycle, labour mobility, labour turnover, the returns to education, occupational segregation, the pay gap, the glass ceiling, and the impact of European Union policies are all considered. Analysis of historical developments over the twentieth century, based on censuses, is complemented by case studies of people working in occupations undergoing dramatic change. Throughout the book, comparisons are drawn between the USA, Britain, other European countries, Canada, Australia, and also China, Japan and other Far Eastern societies. The analysis draws on sociology, economics, psychology, labour law, history and social anthropology to conclude that the diversity of women's life goals and lifestyle preferences is increasing. This explains the growing polarisation of women's employment and many contradictory recent research results.

Rural Youth at the Crossroads

Author : Kai. A Schafft
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000289575
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Rural Youth at the Crossroads written by Kai. A Schafft and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring chapters by an international group of scholars and academics, Rural Youth at the Crossroads discusses the challenges and contexts facing youth from rural communities in countries with legacies of socialism undergoing social, political, and economic transition. The chapters employ a variety of sources and approaches to examine rural youth outcomes, and the well-being and sustainability of rural areas. The book focuses particularly on career and educational goals, the often contradictory relations between rural schools and communities, majority-minoritized group relations, community engagement, and political attitudes. Individual chapters examine these questions and dynamics within Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Serbia, and Vietnam. In total the volume represents a unique and timely comparative discussion of the relationship between youth and rural development within transitional societies, and the challenges and opportunities for enhancing the well-being and sustainability of rural communities. Aimed at informing strategies to revitalize rural social space, this book is targeted towards social scientists with interest in sociology and rural sociology, demography, education, youth development, community/regional development, rurality, public policy, and identity formation in transitional contexts. As such, this book will have international appeal to researchers, educators, and policymakers in transitional countries, and to those interested in these topics, regions, and communities.

A Dictionary of Sociology

Author : John Scott
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199533008
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Sociology written by John Scott and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over 2,500 alphabetically arranged entries providing definitions of terms and ideas related to sociology, along with cross-references, and biographical sketches of key individuals in the field.