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879845
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Green, Francis
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| Title & Author
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Demanding work : : the paradox of job quality in the affluent economy /\ Francis Green.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton :: Princeton University Press,, [2006]
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, ©2006
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1 online resource (252 pages) :: illustrations
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1400849438
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: 9781400849437
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0691117128
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0691134413
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9780691117126
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9780691134413
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-218) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Assessing job quality in the affluent economy -- The quality of work life in the "knowledge economy" -- Late twentieth-century trends in work effort -- Accounting for work intensification -- Workers' discretion -- The wages of nations -- Workers' risk -- Workers' well-being -- Summary and implications for policy on the quality of work life.
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| Abstract
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In the last quarter century a vast number of jobs have been created in the affluent economies of the industrialised world. Economist Francis Green highlights contrasting trends, using quantitative indicators drawn from a series of social surveys and from administrative data.
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Job satisfaction.
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Quality of work life.
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Work-- Social aspects.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Labor.
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Job satisfaction.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Labor Industrial Relations.
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Quality of work life.
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Work-- Social aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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331.25/6
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| LC Classification
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HD6955
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HD6955.G717 2006eb
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| NLM classification
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CW 2000rvk
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CW 2000.rvk
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QV 597rvk
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QV 597.rvk
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