Excess Baggage Leveling the Load and Changing the Workplace

Summary

By peeling away the veneer of glamour associated with airport check-in work, this book reveals how changes in work organization in this sector have de-skilled, disempowered, and ultimately demoralized workers.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Elling Rosskam, Ellen Rosskam, Ray Elling
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 14.08.2018
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology
• EAN: 9780415783774
• ISBN: 978-0-415-78377-4
• Pages: 288
• Series: Critical Approaches in the Health Social Sciences Series
• Subjects: PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Musculoskeletal Disorders, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, Transport industries, Workplace Violence, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Personnel & human resources management, Personnel and human resources management, Aerospace & Air Transport Industries, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace, Cabin Crew, caw, authoritarian management, air rage, occupational burnout, workplace violence prevention, White Blood Cells, Act Iii, Labor process theory, Job Functions, psychological harassment, work organization research, psychosocial risks in service work, job strain, Ceo’s Salary, Airport Baggage Handlers, Work Station Design, Destructive Managers, Aggressive Passengers, Canadian Labour Congress, Collective Bargaining Agents, International Transport Workers, Recurrent Low Back Pain, Lost Work Time, Entire Work Shift, Job Satisfaction Dimensions