Work time : conflict, control and change /
Negrey, Cynthia, 1953- ,
Work time : conflict, control and change / Cynthia L. Negrey. - x, 235 páginas : ilustraciones ; 22 cm. - Work & society series . - Work & society series (Polity Press) .
Incluye bibliografía (p. [201]-228).
1. From field to factory and beyond : -- Original affluence? -- Medieval Church time, modern clock time -- Commodified time -- Industrial time-discipline -- Time-work discipline in the twenty-first century -- Gendered time -- 2. Work-time reduction in the US : -- Citizenship, leisure, education, and health -- From haymarket to Henry Ford -- Work sharing and fair labor -- Two 30-hour experiments -- Conclusion -- 3. Current trends : -- Annual hours -- Weekly hours -- Overtime -- Non-standard work -- Non-standard schedules -- Hours mismatches -- 4. Work-family, work-life : -- From family-based to family consumer economy -- Women´s labor-force participation -- Family structure and employment hours -- Housework, child care, and free time -- Work-family -- Private adaptations -- Workplace and public policy initiatives -- Work-life -- 5. Work time outside the US : -- Work hours in industrialized nations -- Work hours regulations in Europe -- Women´s part-time employment in Europe -- Family policies -- European couple´s work-hour strategies -- Work hours in transition and developing countries -- Work hours preferences -- Conclusion -- 6. A new political economy of work time : -- The electronic cottage -- Customized time: two forms -- Recommendations for change -- Work time and environmental sustainability -- Conclusion.
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Jornada de trabajo.
Jornada de trabajo.--Historia.
306.3 / N385w 2012
Work time : conflict, control and change / Cynthia L. Negrey. - x, 235 páginas : ilustraciones ; 22 cm. - Work & society series . - Work & society series (Polity Press) .
Incluye bibliografía (p. [201]-228).
1. From field to factory and beyond : -- Original affluence? -- Medieval Church time, modern clock time -- Commodified time -- Industrial time-discipline -- Time-work discipline in the twenty-first century -- Gendered time -- 2. Work-time reduction in the US : -- Citizenship, leisure, education, and health -- From haymarket to Henry Ford -- Work sharing and fair labor -- Two 30-hour experiments -- Conclusion -- 3. Current trends : -- Annual hours -- Weekly hours -- Overtime -- Non-standard work -- Non-standard schedules -- Hours mismatches -- 4. Work-family, work-life : -- From family-based to family consumer economy -- Women´s labor-force participation -- Family structure and employment hours -- Housework, child care, and free time -- Work-family -- Private adaptations -- Workplace and public policy initiatives -- Work-life -- 5. Work time outside the US : -- Work hours in industrialized nations -- Work hours regulations in Europe -- Women´s part-time employment in Europe -- Family policies -- European couple´s work-hour strategies -- Work hours in transition and developing countries -- Work hours preferences -- Conclusion -- 6. A new political economy of work time : -- The electronic cottage -- Customized time: two forms -- Recommendations for change -- Work time and environmental sustainability -- Conclusion.
0745654258 0745654266 9780745654256 9780745654263
Horas extras.
Jornada de trabajo.
Jornada de trabajo.--Historia.
306.3 / N385w 2012