Commitment to Work and Job Satisfaction: Studies of Work Orientations

ISBN-13: 9781138203198 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 242 str.

Bengt Furaker; Kristina Hakansson; Professor Jan Ch Karlsson

Opis

This book provides a deeper understanding of job satisfaction and the circumstances under which people participate in various activities, coloring their subjective relationships to them. It also explores the effects of labor market changes and working conditions on work orientations and work attitudes. The analyses in each of the chapters make use of survey data from different countries, an approach which allows international comparisons, providing information from Europe, North America, and beyond.

Recenzje

‘This book provides a fresh approach and interesting insights on a topic of crucial importance: the continued centrality of work in our lives.’ – Harriet Bradley, Bristol University, UK

Spis treści

1. The Relevance of Studying Work Orientations. Bengt Furåker, Kristina Håkansson and Jan Ch. Karlsson  2. Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations on Work Orientations. Bengt Furåker  3. Declining Work Centrality in Western Europe – Myth or Reality? Frans Hikspoors, Tómas Bjarnason and Kristina Håkansson  4. Work Orientations in Western Europe and the United States. Tomas Berglund  5. Work Attitudes, Employment and Work Mobilization: A Comparison between Anglo-Saxon and Nordic Countries. Bengt Furåker  6. Work Attitudes in Low-Status Occupations: More than Instrumentalism. Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson  7. Administrative Service Work, Occupational Identity and Work Orientations: Much-discussed Problems and Underrated Strengths. Anette Karlsson  8. The Development of Attitudes to Work in Sweden. Birgitta Eriksson, Jan Ch Karlsson, Tuula Bergqvist  9. Employee Satisfaction, Exchange Paradigms and Community versus Autonomy in Employment Relations. Dan Jonsson  10. Work Attitudes in a Crisis. Tómas Bjarnason  11. Agency Workers and Organizational Commitment. Kristina Håkansson and Tommy Isidorsson  12. Work Travel: Stimulating or Stressful? Bengt Furåker  List of Contributors  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Bengt Furåker is Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research is mainly focused on labour market and working life issues and the relationship between the labour market and the welfare state. In 2007-2010 Furåker was editor of Acta Sociologica, the journal of the Nordic Sociological Association.

Kristina Håkansson is associate professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Gothenburg. Her main research interest is oriented towards work organization and strategies for flexibility. In particular, she focuses on examining the consequences of flexibility for individuals, work organizations and the labour market.

Jan Ch. Karlsson is professor of sociology at the Department of Working Life Science, Karlstad University. His publications are concerned with the concept of work, modern work organization, class and gender in everyday life, and critical realism and methodology in the social sciences.