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Informationen zum Autor Alan Felstead is Research Professor at Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University in the UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at the ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES), Institute of Education, University of London. He has published numerous books and articles on skills, training and employment. Recent books include Improving Working as Learning (Routledge, 2009) and Changing Places of Work (Palgrave, 2005).Duncan Gallie is Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. His research has examined the changing nature of job quality both in Britain and Europe, the social consequences of unemployment and attitudes to inequality. His most recent book is Economic Crisis, Quality of Work and Social Integration (Oxford University Press, 2013). He has been Vice-President and Foreign Secretary of the British Academy.Francis Green is Professor of Work and Education Economics at the ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES), Institute of Education, UCL. His research focuses on skills, training, work quality and industrial relations issues. His most recent book is Skills and Skilled Work: An Economic and Social Analysis (Oxford University Press, 2013). He is a regular consultant on skills and job quality issues with national governments and international organisations such as the OECD, ILO and the European Commission. Klappentext This book provides the first systematic assessment of trends in inequality in job quality in Britain in recent decades. It assesses the pattern of change drawing on the nationally representative Skills and Employment Surveys (SES) carried out at regular intervals from 1986 to 2012. Zusammenfassung This book provides the first systematic assessment of trends in inequality in job quality in Britain in recent decades. It assesses the pattern of change drawing on the nationally representative Skills and Employment Surveys (SES) carried out at regular intervals from 1986 to 2012. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Francis Green, Alan Felstead and Duncan Gallie: The Inequality of Job Quality 2: Duncan Gallie: Class Inequality in Job Quality: Trends Towards Polarization? 3: Joanne Lindley: Gender Differences in Job Quality 4: Tracey Warren and Clare Lyonette: The Quality of Part-time Work 5: Hande Inanc: Temporary Work and Job Quality 6: Ben Baumberg and Nigel Meager: Job Quality and the Self-employed: Is It Still Better to Work for Yourself? 7: Alex Bryson and Francis Green: Unions and Job Quality 8: David Blackaby, Alan Felstead, Melanie Jones, Gerry Makepeace, Phil Murphy and Victoria Wass: Is the Public Sector Pay Advantage Explained by Differences in Work Quality? 9: Andy Charlwood: The Employee Experience of High Involvement Management in Britain 10: Alan Felstead, Duncan Gallie and Francis Green: Policies for Intrinsic Job Quality ...
