The paper analyzes the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work within firms. We emphasize the shift from a "Tayloristic" organization of work (characterized by significant specialization by tasks) to a "holistic" organization (featuring job rotation, integration of tasks...

The shift away from manual and routine cognitive work, and towards non-routine cognitive work is a key feature of labor markets. There is no evidence, however, if the relative importance of various tasks differs between workers performing seemingly similar jobs in different countries. We develop...

"This book explores how the 21st Century is the era of high-tech, digitized, borderless and networked economies and organizations. It explores how organizations are realigning, reshaping and reinventing themselves. It also provides understanding on the characteristics of networked enterprises,...

Wissenschaftliche Einführung in die Arbeitssoziologie, behandelt werden begriffliche Grundlagen (u.a. "Normalarbeitsverhältnis", "atypische Beschäftigung", "Prekarisierung"), wesentliche Theorieansätze sowie Forschungsbefunde zur aktuellen Entwicklung und Bewertung politischer Strategien. (3)