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Working for a Future Equity and Access in Work-Based Learning for Young People
This book builds on the success of “Working to Learn" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) by focusing on the future of work and how young people, especially...
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Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology Women Doing IT for Themselves
This open access book explores what makes women decide to pursue a career in male-dominated fields such as information technology (IT). It reveals...
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Soziale Netzwerkbeziehungen in Coworking Spaces Eine Untersuchung zur organisationalen Einbettung von Freelancer*innen
Die Studie von Michael Knapp befasst sich mit den sozialen Netzwerkbeziehungen von Freelancer*innen im Kontext von Coworking Spaces als flexibel...
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Enhancing the Role of Deaf Faculty Members in Higher Education An International Comparison
This book is based on an international, mixed methods research project that conducted interviews with 25 deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) faculty...
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Becoming A Young Farmer Young People’s Pathways Into Farming: Canada, China, India and Indonesia
This open access book is based on a multi-country collaborative research project focussing on Canada, China, India, and Indonesia.
It responds...
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Legalising Prostitution in Thailand A Policy-Oriented Examination of the (De-)Construction of Commercial Sex
This book problematises the socioeconomic and institutional construction of prostitution in Thai contexts, identifying the root causes that propel...
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Organizational Strategies for Work-Life Balance For Whom, Why, and Under What Conditions
This book provides a systematic review of the research literature related to the effectiveness of organizational policies and programs on work-life...
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Work Beyond the Pandemic Towards a Human-Centred Recovery
This book addresses the impact of Covid-19 on employment relations and provides a reconstruction and a critical assessment of the measures enacted...
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Entrepreneurial Motivations Strategies, Opportunities and Decisions
Entrepreneurship depends on the decisions that people make about how to undertake that process; however, in recent years, entrepreneurship research...
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Mehr als nur ein Zeitvertreib Arbeitsorientierungen und Erwerbsprojekte von Plattformarbeitenden
Plattformarbeit wird nicht zuletzt aufgrund der oft prekären Erwerbsbedingungen nur der Stellenwert eines (zeitweisen) Nebenerwerbs oder eines...
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Künstliche Intelligenz, Mensch und Gesellschaft Soziale Dynamiken und gesellschaftliche Folgen einer technologischen Innovation
Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) stellt eine Schlüsseltechnologie des gesellschaftlichen Wandels im 21. Jahrhundert dar. Mittlerweile werden zahlreiche...
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The Rise of the Information Technology Society in India Capitalism and the Construction of a Vulnerable Workforce
This book is a study of workers in India’s Informational Technology sector, and focuses on how the past three decades of neoliberal economic reforms...
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Work Identity A Neurophilosophical Perspective
At present, 80% of the employees are no longer engaged in their work and capable of performing, while 44% are experiencing work related stress and...
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Invisible Migrant Nightworkers in 24/7 London
This book captures the hidden labour of migrant nightworkers in 24/7 London. It argues that late capitalism normalises nightwork, yet refuses to...
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Platformization and Informality Pathways of Change, Alteration, and Transformation
In this edited volume, scholars from Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jakarta, Cape Town, Sao Paulo and other cities of the global South explore the complex...
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The Rural-Migration Nexus Global Problems, Rural Issues
This edited collection aims to examine the global-rural relationship of migration that shapes rural places. It does this by acknowledging that to...
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Der Lernunternehmer Entstehung eines neuen Typus von Arbeitskraft in der digitalen Transformation
Die digitale Transformation beschreibt den derzeitigen gesellschaftlichen Veränderungsprozess, der maßgeblich durch die Weiterentwicklung von...
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Perception of Family and Work in Low-Fertility East Asia
This book is the first of its kind to incorporate subjective well-being (SWB) data to comprehensively explore perceptional factors that relate to...
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Selbstverwirklichung als pädagogische Aufgabe Untersuchung zu einem impliziten Konzept der Pädagogik zwischen Individualisierung und Gemeinsinn
Wir leben in einer Gesellschaft von Selbstverwirklichungssubjekten. Dem spätmodernen Individuum wird Selbstbestimmung versprochen, während es zur...
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Emotionale Mitgliedschaft – Studien zum Verhältnis von Organisation, Emotion und Individuum
Das Buchvorhaben bringt zwei Themen zusammen, die unterschiedlich lange Traditionen innerhalb der Soziologie besitzen, aber beide von ungebrochener...