Books: labour economics

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• New forms and meanings of work in an increasingly globalized world - Buy now
  10 June 2004 - Comprises four lectures which explore reasons for the increase in work intensity during the 20th century and forms of job satisfaction, the meanings of labour market flexibility, the direction of social change and global markets and national employment systems.

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• The future of work and quality in the information society: The media, culture, graphical sector. Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on the future of work and quality in the information society. Report TMMCGS/2004. - Buy now
  14 September 2004 - Explores the potential impact of the information society and information technology in the media, culture and graphical sector. Focuses on the effects on employment, the quality of work and quality of the product, working conditions, gender equity and labour-management relations.
• The future of work, employment and social protection. The dynamics of change and the protection of workers - Buy now
  16 December 2002 - Comprises conference papers organized around three themes: transitions on the labour market and the prevention of exclusion; a life cycle approach to balancing family and working life; and changing employment relations and the need for new social regulations for life long security.
• The future of work, employment and social protection. The search for new securities in a world of growing uncertainties - Buy now
  27 August 2002 - Considers the economic, social and technological changes taking place in industrialized economies and analyzes the impact of these changes on the world of work.

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• Work in the world. A teachers’ guide to work issues. 2nd edition - Buy now
  21 January 2003 - This guide is aimed at teachers of students aged 14 plus. It is made up of text, activities, glossary boxes, case studies and a list of resources and addresses of useful organizations.