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A written reference guide which provides general academic support for students of the National College of Ireland.

A learning support manual in year 2010-2011. Compiled by the National College of Ireland, the manual aims at facilitating students on self-reflection and increase academic success.

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,…

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…

Exploration in the roots of labour struggles and industrial evolution. The text includes key discussions as the role of women in industry, legal interventions in labour conditions, and the progressiveness of employment equality.

This timely book takes as its starting point 11 monographs from trade union confederations in eight countries (Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States), as well as other sources. From a…

A video submitted by NCI's Library Academic Support Centre for consideration for the 2023 NCI Presidents Award.

Part of a series which publishes theoretical, review and empirically based papers on group phenomena. Contributors to the series include not only sociologists but also scholars from other disciplines, such as psychology and organizational behaviour.…

Working for justice, which includes eleven case studies of recent low wage worker organizing campaigns in Los Angeles, makes the case for a distinctive ‘L.A. Model’ of union and worker centre organising. The organised labour movement in Los…

In recent decades there has been a considerable relative decline in the numbers of manual workers in production industries who have in the past formed the backbone of trade union organisation. In most western countries, ‘white-collar’ employees…

This volume is about deviance in the workplace. It defines deviance as departures from laws or organizational rules by workers, managers, or an organization as an entity. It brings together contributions by scholars in the sociology of work and of…