Report of a meeting of representatives of European forestry contracting associations and contractors. Includes papers on the use of contract labour in European forestry, the organization and services of forestry contractors' associations, the management of health and safety in forestry, the...

Overqualification is a form of underemployment wherein people have more skills, experience, knowledge, and abilities than required for a job. Past research has shown that overqualification is negatively related to subjective well-being at work, such as lower job satisfaction. To mitigate this...

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

Während das unterschiedliche Erwerbsverhalten von Männern und Frauen häufig Gegenstand von Diskussionen ist, wird ein Vergleich des Erwerbsverhaltens von Frauen mit und ohne Kind nur selten untersucht. In diesem Artikel werden die Unterschiede bzgl. des Arbeitsumfangs von Frauen mit und ohne...

This pilot study investigates whether organizational practices as observed through differing organizational cultures systematically replicate or reject national values. It is among the first to project delineated, narrow national cultural portrayals of Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Denmark...

Discusses the effects of two recent economic crises, 1998-1999 and 2008-2009, on gender and racial inequalities in Brazil. Argues that the effects of these crises on qualitative aspects of employment such as wages and employment status have been unequally felt by women and blacks in Brazilian...

One of a series of reports examining issues related to equality for women in employment. Provides an overview of the treatment of women in social security programmes in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Sub- Saharan Africa. Calls attention to four separate aspects of gender bias. Also traces the...

Analyses the gender dimensions of the impact of the global economic crisis on the world of work, highlighting the overall higher vulnerabilities and insecurity of women's work than men's. Examines the gender-differentiated regional global and regional trends of unemployment and vulnerable...