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Titre : | Work, employment and society, vol. 35, n° 2. - April 2021 |
Type de document : | Bulletin |
Paru le : | 01/04/2021 |
Dépouillements
![Sticks and Stones: The Naming of Global Talent](https://pmb.cereq.fr/img_cache/pmb5-cereq_record_75891.webp)
Article : document électronique
In the workplace, demand for globally mobile workers continues to grow. This article examines the consequences for the individual of being named as global talent. Findings from a qualitative study within a large, multinational organisation, reve[...]
![‘Working to Live, Not Living to Work’: Low-Paid Multiple Employment and Work–Life Articulation](https://pmb.cereq.fr/img_cache/pmb5-cereq_record_75893.webp)
Article : document électronique
‘Working to Live, Not Living to Work’: Low-Paid Multiple Employment and Work–Life Articulation
This article critically examines how low-paid workers, who need to work in more than one legitimate job to make ends meet, attempt to reconcile work and life. The concept of work–life articulation is utilised to investigate the experiences, stra[...]
![Configurations of Boundary Management Practices among Knowledge Workers](https://pmb.cereq.fr/img_cache/pmb5-cereq_record_76044.webp)
Article : document électronique
While the literature in relation to managing the work-nonwork boundary retains a strong focus on the consistent use of segmenting or integrating boundary management practices, recent studies indicate that individuals’ behaviours are often incons[...]
![‘My Life Is More Valuable Than This’: Understanding Risk among On-Demand Food Couriers in Edinburgh](https://pmb.cereq.fr/img_cache/pmb5-cereq_record_76048.webp)
Article : document multimédia
Drawing from the social study of the gig economy and platform labour and from the sociology of risk, this article explores how on-demand food couriers in Edinburgh, Scotland, construct and represent work-related risks. By taking the gig economy’[...]
![‘It’s Like a War Zone’: Jay’s Liminal Experience of Normal and Extreme Work in a UK Supermarket during the COVID-19 Pandemic](https://pmb.cereq.fr/img_cache/pmb5-cereq_record_76050.webp)
Article : document électronique
This article presents a UK supermarket worker’s experiences of work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Writing during a period of uncertainty, Jay’s narrative reveals how the sudden and constant transitions between mundanity and extremity on the shop[...]
![Profit over People? Evaluating Morality on the Front Line during the COVID-19 Crisis: A Front-Line Service Manager’s Confession and Regrets](https://pmb.cereq.fr/img_cache/pmb5-cereq_record_76052.webp)
Article : document électronique
This article gives voice to a front-line manager in food retailing, discussing her experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak which, overnight, became an ‘essential service’, leaving employees exposed to the virus. The article utilizes the ‘moral [...]
![Precarity as a Biographical Problem? Young Workers Living with Precarity in Germany and Poland](https://pmb.cereq.fr/img_cache/pmb5-cereq_record_76397.webp)
Article : document électronique
In the context of debates on the meanings of precarious employment, this article explores the varied ways young workers in Poland and Germany are managing precarity. Biographical narrative interviews with 123 young people revealed four different[...]
![Masters of None? How Cultural Workers Use Reframing to Achieve Legitimacy in Portfolio Careers](https://pmb.cereq.fr/img_cache/pmb5-cereq_record_76399.webp)
Article : document électronique
This article examines how cultural workers interpret and respond to reputational challenges they encounter when leading portfolio careers. Specifically, the portfolio career model involves the cultivation and signalling of adaptability through b[...]
![Resisting Patriarchal Cultures: The Case of Female Spanish Home-Based Teleworkers](https://pmb.cereq.fr/img_cache/pmb5-cereq_record_76400.webp)
Article : document électronique
This article explores the role of resistance as a micro-political practice carried out by female Spanish teleworkers. Drawing on a qualitative study focused on female workers in different cities in Spain, we conceive telework as a labour logic i[...]