Essentiality of Work

Markus Helfen (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1836081499 / ISBN 13: 9781836081494

Published by Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024

Essentiality of Work | Markus Helfen (u. a.) | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2024 | Emerald Publishing Limited | EAN 9781836081494 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Seller Inventory # 129233979

Synopsis:

The Covid-19 pandemic both popularized and politicized the designation of essential work. Interrogating the dialectics of essential work, this volume of Research in the Sociology of Work presents original research that explores the essentiality of work and highlights the experiences of essential workers during the pandemic, drawing on empirical studies in Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Demonstrating an enduring struggle for recognition and dignity, as well as for revaluing and materially rewarding essential work, contributors examine the emotional labour involved in gendered care work, the impact of COVID-19 on residential care work, the politics of essentiality and the diversity and intersectional inequality of essential workforces. The final chapters are the first of a new recurring section spotlighting ethnography by presenting both new empirical research and in-depth reviews of extant contributions. Raising pressing questions about the essence of work and its place in contemporary society, Essentiality of Work inspires new debates about the centrality of the work experience and how labour is understood in modern life both for those undertaking work as well as those who benefit.

About the Author:

Markus Helfen is Senior Research Fellow in the Hertie School as well as a Private Lecturer at Freie Universität, Germany.

Rick Delbridge is Professor of Organizational Analysis at Cardiff Business School and Co-Convenor of the Centre for Innovation Policy Research, Cardiff University, UK.

Andreas (Andi) Pekarek is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and Marketing at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Gretchen Purser is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, USA.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Essentiality of Work
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: Buch
Condition: Neu