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Unions, learning, migrant workers and union revitalization in Britain
This article focuses on strategies adopted by British trade unions to promote education to their members and their ... Show more
Date: 2012
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Industry; Migration; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more
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Making the connections: bringing skill formation into global value chain analysis
The concept of global value chains (GVCs) has been developed to explore the changing nature of the insertion of eco ... Show more
Date: 2010
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Innovation; Teaching and learning; Globalisation ... [+] Show more
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The weakest link?: product market strategies, skill and pay in the hotel industry
There is a widely held assumption that product market strategies, skill and pay are linked. Supportive evidence is ... Show more
Date: 2013
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Industry; Skills and knowledge; Income ... [+] Show more
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The growing educational divide in mothers' employment: an investigation based on the German micro-censuses 1976-2004
This article investigates whether the increase in the labour force participation of mothers in western Germany has ... Show more
Date: 2010
Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Employment; Equity; Participation ... [+] Show more
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Britain's older employees in decline, 1990-2006: a panel analysis of pay
Older employees' wages and earnings declined over the period 1991-2006, when compared with younger employees. The o ... Show more
Date: 2018
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Employment; Demographics; Gender ... [+] Show more
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Does gender trump money? Housework hours of husbands and wives in Britain
This article uses data from various waves of the British Household Panel Survey (1993-2003) to examine the associat ... Show more
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Gender; Income; Research ... [+] Show more
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Out of the shadows: a classification of economies by the size and character of their informal sector
Given that 60 per cent of the global workforce is in the informal sector, this article develops a typology that cla ... Show more
Date: 2014
Geographic subjects: Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Labour market; Economics; Employment
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Explaining career motivation among female doctors in the Netherlands: the effects of children, views on motherhood and work-home cultures
The gender imbalance in senior medical positions is often attributed to an alleged lack of motivation on the part o ... Show more
Date: 2011
Geographic subjects: Netherlands; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Gender; Employment; Career development ... [+] Show more
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Labour market structures and women's employment levels
With the rise in women's part-time work in many Western industrialised countries, a better understanding of women's ... Show more
Date: 2010
Geographic subjects: Europe; Switzerland
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Employment; Participation; Gender
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Employer disability practice in Britain: assessing the impact of the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ symbol
This article assesses the extent to which employers displaying the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ symbo ... Show more
Date: 2014
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Work, employment and society
Subjects: Disability; Employment; Governance ... [+] Show more