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Brough, Paula (ed.) - 2024

"This book provides a comprehensive examination of the physical and mental health challenges facing workers today, focusing particularly on the social, technological, and political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Delving into core perceptions of work culture, chapters also map out ways of...

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The impact of covid on cities and regions : policy responses of local leaders

Kresl, Peter Karl (ed.); Bertin, Mattia (ed.) - 2023

"The recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban policy makers. Chapters offer keen insights into the methods...

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Growing the virtual workplace : the integrative value proposition for telework

Verbeke, Alain (contributor) - 2008

Unique features of the book include an integrative framework for increasing telework adoption; practical tips … - specific to each stakeholder - on how best to implement and measure telework; and an analysis of original survey data exploring …Introduction -- Telework impacts: the employee perspective -- Telework impacts: the organizational perspective …

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Communication and cooperation in the virtual workplace : teamwork in computer-mediated-communication

Sadowski-Rasters, Gaby - 2006

This innovative book explores the structure, growth and effectiveness of virtual communities in computer-mediated environments. In spite of initial enthusiasm, much uncertainty remains about the prospects of virtual teams and the technology that supports their collaboration. This book seeks to...

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Moving towards the virtual workplace : managerial and societal perspectives on telework

Illegems, Viviane; Verbeke, Alain - 2003

Moving Towards the Virtual Workplace provides the first comprehensive overview of the many impacts of telework …/telecommuting adoption, from both a managerial and societal perspective. This book argues that telework will be increasingly adopted in the … management of the workforce and for society at large. Telework, like mass production, has the potential to change society. It …

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Handbook of virtual work

Gilson, Lucy L. (ed.); O’Neill, Thomas A. (ed.); … - 2023

"In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this timely Handbook builds upon research and practice to discuss and assess what is currently known about virtual work and its evolution, given the increasing numbers of those working virtually. Taking a holistic approach to the subject, the expert...

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Research handbook on employee turnover

Saridakis, George (contributor); Cooper, Cary L. (contributor) - 2016

1. Introduction / Cary Cooper and George Saridakis -- 2. Employee turnover / Harald Dale-Olsen -- 3. Understanding and measuring employee turnover / Kevin Morrell -- 4. Two decades of employee retention, tenure and turnover / Peter Urwin and Emma Parry -- 5. Analysing, monitoring and costing...

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Flexibility and employment security in Europe : labour markets in transition

Muffels, R. J. A. (contributor) - 2008

This book seeks to gain a better understanding of the paradoxical relationship between the alleged need of European labour markets to become more flexible and the way in which national policies pursue this aim without jeopardising existing high standards of income and employment security....

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The great migration : rural-urban migration in China and Indonesia

Meng, Xin (contributor) - 2010

This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respective societies from primarily rural to urban based

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Migration and human capital

Poot, Jacques (ed.); Waldorf, Brigitte (ed.); … - 2009

Throughout the world, migration is an increasingly important and diverse component of population change, both at national and sub-national levels. Migration impacts on the distribution of knowledge and generates externalities and spillover effects. This book focuses on recent models and methods...

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