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Women's Employment in Europe: Trends and Prospects
- J. Rubery, Mark A. Smith, C. Fagan
- Economics, Sociology
- 5 August 1999
Based on extensive original research, this volume examines contemporary patterns of womens employment in Europe in the context of the profound economic, social and cultural changes that have taken…
Challenges and Contradictions in the ‘Normalising’ of Precarious Work
- J. Rubery, D. Grimshaw, A. Keizer, Mathew Johnson
- SociologyWork, Employment and Society
- 1 June 2018
Precarious work is increasingly considered the new ‘norm’ to which employment and social protection systems must adjust. This article explores the contradictions and tensions that arise from…
Women and recession revisited
- J. Rubery, A. Rafferty
- Economics, Sociology
- 1 June 2013
In earlier work (Rubery, 1988), the extent to which women might act as a flexible reserve over the business cycle was argued to depend on three main factors: the pattern of gender segregation and its…
Fragmenting work: blurring organizational boundaries and disordering hierarchies
- M. Marchington, D. Grimshaw, J. Rubery, H. Willmott
- Business
- 2004
This major new book examines the way in which employment is managed across organizational boundaries. It analyses how public-private partnerships, franchises, agencies, and other forms of inter-firm…
From 'women and recession' to 'women and austerity': a framework for analysis
- J. Rubery
- Sociology
- 12 August 2013
How to Close the Gender Pay Gap in Europe: Towards the Gender Mainstreaming of Pay Policy
- J. Rubery, D. Grimshaw, Hugo Figueiredo
- Economics
- 1 May 2005
The European Employment Strategy includes a new commitment to a substantial reduction in the gender pay gap in European Union (EU) member states, but progress requires a radical shift away from the…
The Organisation of Employment: An International Perspective
- J. Rubery, D. Grimshaw
- Economics, Business
- 11 December 2002
Diversity in the Organisation of Employment: An Introduction to the Subject Making Sense of International Differences: Some Methodological Approaches The Development of Employment and Production…
Women and Recession
- J. Rubery
- Economics
- 1 July 1989
The contributors to this book investigate what impact the recent recession has had on women's employment focusing on the changing patterns of women's employment in relation to changes in industrial…
The end of the UK’s liberal collectivist social model? The implications of the coalition government’s policy during the austerity crisis
- D. Grimshaw, J. Rubery
- Political Science, Economics
- 2012
This paper reviews change and continuity in social policy up to summer 2011, contrasting the liberal collectivist approach of New Labour with the reinforced neoliberalism of the coalition government.…
Dilemmas in the management of temporary work agency staff
- K. Ward, D. Grimshaw, J. Rubery, H. Beynon
- Business
- 1 November 2001
Temporary jobs account for an increasing proportion of new engagements in the UK labour market, with temporary work agencies or 'labour market intermediaries' occupying a central role in the…
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