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How workers learn how to do their jobs is central to an understanding of the changing nature of work in post-industrial society The roles of job or worker training has, however, been underdeveloped in sociological theories of work and the labor…

Analysts are generally agreed: dramatic changes are unfolding in the character of work, managerial authority, and the employment relationship. However, there is little agreement as to precisely how such changes are reshaping people's working lives,…

Cole saw the trade unions as being critical to progress, but to realise their role they needed to change, and the issue of trade union structure therefore became fundamental. He considered that the trade union structure was a central problem of the…

Describes and analyzes the results of a study of the American labor movement comparing the working class to the black minority. Begins with the history of slavery and explores its long-term effects of work in mines, steel, stockyards, railroads, and…

Labour, life and poverty by F. Zweig ; with a preface by Lord Beveridge ; foreword by B. Seebohm Rowntree.

This is an annual research series devoted to the examination of occupational stress, health and well-being, with particular emphasis on the multi-disciplinary nature of occupational stress. The intent is to pull together the various streams of…