Examines developments in working conditions and work organization in industrialized economies. Considers the impact of these developments on job satisfaction. Draws mainly on literature from the UK and USA.

Provides guidance on ways and means to minimise the negative effects of working with visual display units. Includes selected examples of regulations, guidelines and collective agreements governing their use.

Examines the recruitment of educational personnel, focusing on quantitative and qualitative aspects.

Based on data from Encuesta de hogares de 1996 del Direccion General de Estadistica, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEyC).

Provides information on the situation in Barbados and Jamaica as it relates to employment, working conditions and labour relations in offshore data service enterprises, against the background of the ILO's Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy.

Analyses the food manufacturing sector in India, focusing on the production of bakery products, savouries and fish products in the city of Mumbai.

Using data from the European Survey of Working Conditions carried out in 2000 in the countries of the EU-15, evaluates the joint distribution of work attributes and outcomes at the individual level.

Explores the impact on teachers of recent changes in the education system as a whole. Based on the 1988 teacher survey, the 1993 school management survey, and the 1993 teacher survey.