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Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile

By: Chris Lear

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Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile

By: Chris Lear

For more than three decades, not one American schoolboy had run a sub-4:00 mile. Then, in January 2001, Alan Webb clocked a 3:59.86 mile, the fastest indoor U.S. high school mile ever. Just a few months later, the young track star achieved legendary status: he ran a 3:53.46 mile-a full 2 seconds faster than former record holder Jim Ryun. Everywhere Webb was hailed as "America's Next Great Miler." In Sub 4:00, noted track writer Chris Lear follows Webb to college at the University of Michigan. As we witness Webb's freshman track season-watching him struggle with injuries, interpersonal conflicts, the politics of the collegiate track world, and his own aspirations to become the best miler ever-we get an unprecedented behind-the-scenes view of the life of one of the nation's most promising track athletes with a new chapter describing the latest developments in Webb's fascinating career.

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Rodale Books

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1609613902

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9781609613907

Working Life

Renewing Labour Process Analysis

By: Paul Thompson,Chris Smith

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Working Life

Renewing Labour Process Analysis

By: Paul Thompson,Chris Smith

Labour process theory is consolidated in Working Life to develop a credible account of the relationships between capitalist political economy, work systems and the strategies and practices of actors in the employment relationship. Beyond this, the book explores the future of labour process analysis.

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256

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137118172

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9781137118172

Creative Labour

Working in the Creative Industries

By: Alan McKinlay,Chris Smith

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Creative Labour

Working in the Creative Industries

By: Alan McKinlay,Chris Smith

Creative Labour provides an insight into the unique employment issues affecting workers in film, television, theatre, arts, music, radio and new media. In the UK alone, more than 1 million people work in the creative industries, generating billions of pounds in exports each year. These workers have to contend with elastic working hours, employment and promotion uncertainty and vigorous competition for each role. Creative Labour offers a contemporary perspective on a fascinating area of study and a rapidly growing area in developed economies. Key benefits: - Grasp the realities of work behind the industry façade - Evaluate real-life case-studies through a flexible, critical mindset - Tailor your management decisions to the needs of creative staff

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137121734

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9781137121738

Where Bad Jobs Are Better

Retail Jobs Across Countries and Companies

By: Francoise Carre,Chris Tilly

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Where Bad Jobs Are Better

Retail Jobs Across Countries and Companies

By: Francoise Carre,Chris Tilly

Retail is now the largest employer in the United States. For the most part, retail jobs are “bad jobs” characterized by low wages, unpredictable work schedules, and few opportunities for advancement. However, labor experts Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly show that these conditions are not inevitable. In Where Bad Jobs Are Better, they investigate retail work across different industries and seven countries to demonstrate that better retail jobs are not just possible, but already exist. By carefully analyzing the factors that lead to more desirable retail jobs, Where Bad Jobs Are Better charts a path to improving job quality for all low-wage jobs. In surveying retail work across the United States, Carré and Tilly find that the majority of retail workers receive low pay and nearly half work part-time, which contributes to high turnover and low productivity. Jobs staffed predominantly by women, such as grocery store cashiers, pay even less than retail jobs in male-dominated fields, such as consumer electronics. Yet, when comparing these jobs to similar positions in Western Europe, Carré and Tilly find surprising differences. In France, though supermarket cashiers perform essentially the same work as cashiers in the United States, they receive higher pay, are mostly full-time, and experience lower turnover and higher productivity. And unlike the United States, where many retail employees are subject to unpredictable schedules, in Germany, retailers are required by law to provide their employees notice of work schedules six months in advance. The authors show that disparities in job quality are largely the result of differing social norms and national institutions. For instance, weak labor regulations and the decline of unions in the United States have enabled retailers to cut labor costs aggressively in ways that depress wages and discourage full-time work. On the other hand, higher minimum wages, greater government regulation of work schedules, and stronger collective bargaining through unions and works councils have improved the quality of retail jobs in Europe. As retail and service work continue to expand, American employers and policymakers will have to decide the extent to which these jobs will be good or bad. Where Bad Jobs Are Better shows how stronger rules and regulations can improve the lives of retail workers and boost the quality of low-wage jobs across the board.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610448707

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9781610448703

Where's the ‘Human’ in Human Resource Management?

Managing Work in the 21st Century

By: Michael Gold,Chris Smith

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Where's the ‘Human’ in Human Resource Management?

Managing Work in the 21st Century

By: Michael Gold,Chris Smith

We all have to work to pay the bills – but what influence do we really have over our pay and working conditions? The emergence of the global economy, digital technologies, mass migration, gig work and zero hours contracts have thrust this question to the forefront of HRM. So how can we keep the ‘human’ in human resource management faced by these pressures? This book adopts a critical approach to today’s major workplace challenges. It turns traditional HRM on its head by placing workers’ perspectives towards the workplace alongside those of managers to create an HRM textbook for the 21st century. Written by two experienced and research-active authors, the book: • locates control of labour costs and productivity at the heart of HRM policy and practice; • covers key issues that are overlooked in many textbooks, including conflict and resistance, the ‘new’ unitarism, migration and the challenges of Artificial Intelligence; • adopts a critical approach that will appeal more to students who don’t wish to become traditional managers; • includes current examples and case studies from the international world of work and business that will bring the subject to life. This is a comprehensive one-stop resource for students and lecturers alike.

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Policy Press

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1529213819

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9781529213812

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organizations

By: Chris Grey

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A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organizations

By: Chris Grey

′Indispensable and subversive′ - Simon Caulkin, The Observer ′A highly entertaining polemic.... This slim volume more than lives up to its title′ - Stefan Stern, Financial Times Conceived by Chris Grey and written to get you thinking, the ′Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap’ series offers informal, conversational and critical overviews of popular areas of study. Updated throughout with examples from the biggest global news events, including the Trump presidency, cost-cutting at Boeing, working conditions at Sports Direct and the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, the fifth edition explores contemporary developments in organizations. This book is ideal for students of organizational studies, management professionals and anyone curious about the workings of organizations. Chris Grey is Emeritus Professor of Organization Studies at the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

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155

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SAGE

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1529764645

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9781529764642

The Gillard Governments

By: Chris Aulich

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The Gillard Governments

By: Chris Aulich

The years 2010 to 2013 saw a remarkable period in Australian political history: Julia Gillard became Australia's first female prime minister after she successfully staged a leadership challenge to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. A few months later she led her party to the 2010 federal election, and subsequently steered through seventeen days of negotiation with three independent members to successfully form her second, but minority, government. Yet, three years and three days later, she was overthrown by the very man she had originally dethroned. In this book, expert contributors consider the turbulence of that period and reflect on the Gillard governments' policy-setting, institutional and political legacies. In particular, they consider the issue of Gillard's leadership of a minority government and the arrangements needed to work with the Greens and independents to achieve Labor policies in the parliament. A recurring theme raised by many of the authors relates to the many distractions that prevented Gillard and Labor from gaining popular traction during the period. The book gives particular attention to Gillard as a female leader and the relentless campaign of denigration that pursued her, drawing conclusions about the fate of many women who assume positions of significant power in the Australian community. The Gillard Governments has been produced by the ANZSOG Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra. It is the eleventh in a series of books on successive Commonwealth administrations. Each volume has provided a chronicle and commentary of major events, policies and issues that have dominated successive administrations since 1983.

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373

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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0522864554

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9780522864557

The Body and Social Theory

By: Chris Shilling

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The Body and Social Theory

By: Chris Shilling

Great to have a new edition - this is essential reading and provides a clear, accessible yet original overview of social theory and the body." - Sarah Nettleton, University of York "Lucidly argued and accessibly written, this book avoids the pitfalls of either too much naturalism or too much social constructivism. It is a book with something for everyone, from the classics in social theory on the body to contemporary bodily phenomena like genetics, body modification, and cultural anxieties about death." - Kathy Davis, Utrecht University Unrivalled in its clarity and coverage, this sparkling new edition of Chris Shilling′s classic text is a masterful account of the emergence and development of body matters in sociology and related disciplines. A timely, well reasoned response to current concerns and controversies across the globe, it provides chapter-by-chapter coverage of the major theories, approaches and studies conducted in the field. Each chapter has been revised and updated, with new discussions of ′actor-network theory′, bodywork, pragmatism, the global resurgence of religious identities, ′new genetics′, biological citizenship, neuroscience, and figurations of the living and dead. Packed full of critical analysis and relevant empirical studies the book engages with the major classical and contemporary theories within body studies including the: naturalistic, interactionist, constructionist, feminist, structuralist, phenomenological, and realist. Original, logical and indispensable this is a must-have title for students and researchers engaged with the study of the body.

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1446268810

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9781446268810

Aesthetic Labour

By: Chris Warhurst,Dennis Nickson

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Aesthetic Labour

By: Chris Warhurst,Dennis Nickson

This accessible and exciting new text looks at the implications of aesthetic labour for work and employment by contextualizing debates and offering a critical approach. The origins of aesthetic labour are explored, as well as the relevant theories from business and management, and sociology. Coverage includes key topics such as: corporate strategy; recruitment and selection practices; and discrimination. Key features include: - a range of case studies from across different types of organizations and popular culture - the exploration of topics such as branding, ′lookism′, ′dressing for success′ and cosmetic surgery - suggestions for further reading.

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SAGE

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152970202X

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9781529702026

Are Bad Jobs Inevitable?

Trends, Determinants and Responses to Job Quality in the Twenty-First Century

By: Chris Warhurst,Françoise Carré,Patricia Findlay,Chris Tilly

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Are Bad Jobs Inevitable?

Trends, Determinants and Responses to Job Quality in the Twenty-First Century

By: Chris Warhurst,Françoise Carré,Patricia Findlay,Chris Tilly

An edited book in the Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment Series that is associated with the annual International Labour Process Conference, it focuses on job quality: debates, developments, issues and trends; workplace practice and interventions. Written by world-leading academics, it contains cutting-edge research.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230370233

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9780230370234

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Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile

By: Chris Lear

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Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile

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Sub 4:00

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Working Life

Working Life

Creative Labour

Creative Labour

Where Bad Jobs Are Better

Where Bad Jobs Are Better

Where's the ‘Human’ in Human Resource Management?

Where's the ‘Human’ in Human Resource Management?

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organizations

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organizations

The Gillard Governments

The Gillard Governments

The Body and Social Theory

The Body and Social Theory

Aesthetic Labour

Aesthetic Labour

Are Bad Jobs Inevitable?

Are Bad Jobs Inevitable?

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