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The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization
Edited by Stephen Ackroyd, Rosemary Batt, Paul Thompson, and Pamela S. Tolbert
680 pages
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Figures and tables
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246x171mm
978-0-19-929924-9
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Paperback
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25 May 2006
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- Work and the organization of work are of key importance in the social sciences
- Examines a period of extraordinary change in organizations and economies in the developed world
- An authoritative work whose contributors are leading authorities in the their respective fields
- Sections include: Work, Technology, and the Division of Labour; Managerial Regimes and Employee Responses; Occupations and Organizations; and Organizations and Organized Systems
- Features introductory overview, and introductions to each main section
The last twenty-five years of the twentieth century was a period of extraordinary change in organizations and the economies of the developed world. This continues today. Such has been the scale and momentum of events that, for some analysts, the only comparable periods are the early part of the twentieth century in which the shift to mass production and large-scale organization was accomplished, or the industrial revolution itself a hundred years earlier.
Researchers in Europe and the USA in particular have been studying change in work and organizations, but there has been little attempt to systematize and draw together the results of their work. So far, the emphasis amongst writers on organizations considering the problem of
contemporary change has been on ways of conceptualizing events, rather than also considering evidence. But what has actually happened? How much of the flux of events is real change, and how much mere change in emphasis in which apparent change is overlaying organizational continuity? How far are changes in particular events and sectors connected, and is an overall understanding of complex processes possible?
The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization aims to bring together, present and discuss what is currently known about work and organizations and their connection to broader economic change in Europe and America. Issues of conceptualization are not neglected but, in contrast to other comparable volumes, the emphasis is firmly on what is known what and has been
observed by researchers. The volume contains a range of theoretically informed essays, written by leading authorities in their respective fields, giving comprehensive coverage of changes in work, occupations, and organizations. It constitutes an invaluable overview of the accumulated understanding of research into work, occupations and organizations in recent decades. It shows that in almost every aspect of economic institutions, change has been considerable.
The subject area of work, occupations and organizations is considered in four major sections of the volume: I, Work, Technology, and the Division of Labour; II, Managerial Regimes and Employee Responses; III, Occupations and Organizations; and IV, Organizations and Organized Systems. In this way the
contemporary situation in work and organizations is considered extensively in its different dimensions and interconnections. The contributors have been selected for their expertise and include many leading authors in organizational analysis and substantive research. The handbook is thus an authoritative statement, and offers a valuable account of organizations at this time.Readership: Academics and graduate students in Management, Organization Studies, Industrial Relations, and Human Resource Management; Social Scientists with an interest in work, employment, and industrial relations.
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Edited by Stephen Ackroyd, Head of Department, and Professor of Organisation, Work, and Technology, Lancaster University Management School, Rosemary Batt, Professor of Women and Work, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, Paul Thompson, Professor of Organisational Analysis and Director of Research, Management Faculty, University of Strathclyde, and Pamela S. Tolbert, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Chair, Department of Organizational Behavior, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University Contributors:
Jill
Rubery, UMIST
Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers
Thomas Bailey,
Peter Berg, Michigan State
Arne Kalleberg, University of North Carolina
Leslie McCall, Rutgers
Colin Crouch, Warwick Business School
Richard Badham, Woollongong University
Rosemary Batt, Cornell
David Strang, Cornell
Young-Mi Kim, Cornell
Gideon Kunda, Tel Aviv University
Galit Ailon-Souday, Bar-Ilan University
Karen Legge, Warwick Business School
Alan McKinlay, St Andrews University
Harry Katz, Cornell
John Kelly, Birkbeck
David Collinson, Lancaster University
Stephen Ackroyd, Lancaster University
Virginia
Doellgast,
Pamela Tolbert,
Laurie Graham, Indiana University
Stepen I. Frenkel, Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney
Steve Barley, Stanford University
Robert Hinnings, University of Alberta
Paul Osterman, MIT
Diane Burton, MIT
Stephen Procter, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Mats Alvesson, Lund University
Paul Thompson, University of Strathclyde
Grahame Thompson, Open University
Bob Hebdon, McGill University
Ian Kirkpatrick, Leeds University
Glenn Morgan, Warwick University
William Lazonick, University of Massachusetts and INSEAD
Chris Smith, Royal Holloway, London
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"The new Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization reminds us of the importance that organizations have on work and workplace outcomes. Its exhaustive coverage of research on these topics also makes clear that research relating to organizations and work are in short supply and suggests some promising areas for future study." - Peter Capelli in Work and Occupation
"...the Oxford Handbook largely succeeds in its effort to bring a modicum of order out of a field too often bordering on Babel. Scholars in organization studies, human resource management, the sociology of work, and occupational and industrial psychology will all find this to be a useful resource for years to come." - Administrative Science Quarterly
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Stephen Ackroyd, Rose Batt, Paul Thompson, and Pamela S. Tolbert: Introduction
Section I: Work, Technology, and the Division of Labor
1: Jill Rubery: Labor Markets and Flexibility
2: Eileen Appelbaum, Tom Bailey, Peter Berg, and Arne Kalleberg: Organizations and the Intersection of Work and Family: A Comparative Perspective
3: Leslie McCall: Gender, Race, and the Restructuring of Work: Organizational and Institutional Perspectives
4: Colin Crouch: Skill Formation Systems
5: Richard Badham: Technology and the Transformation of Work
6: Rose Batt: Groups at Work
Section II: Managerial Regimes and Employee Actions
7: David Strang and Young-Mi Kim: The Diffusion and Domestication of Managerial Innovations: The Spread of Scientific Management, Quality Circles, and TQM between the US and Japan
8: Gideon Kunda and Galit Ailon-Souday: New Designs: Design and Devotion Revisited
9: Karen Legge: Human Resource Management
10: Alan McKinlay: Knowledge Management
11: Harry Katz: Industrial Relations and Work
12: John Kelly: Labour Movements and Mobilization
13: David Collinson and Stephen Ackroyd: Informal Resistance
Section III: Occupations and Organizations
14: Laurie Graham: Manual Workers: Conflict and Control
15: Steve Frenkel: Service Workers in Search of Decent Work
16: Steve Barley: Craft and Technology
17: Bob Hinnings: Professions
18: Paul Osterman and Diane Burton: Ports and Ladders: The Nature and Relevance of Internal Labor Markets in a Changing World
Section IV: Organizing and Organizations
19: Stephen Procter: Organisations and Organised Systems: From Direct Control to Flexibility
20: Mats Alvesson and Paul Thompson: Post-bureaucracy?
21: Grahame Thompson: Inter-firm Relations As Networks
22: Bob Hebdon and Ian Kirkpatrick: Changes in the Organisation of Public Services and Their Effects on Employment Relations
23: Glenn Morgan: Understanding Multinational Corporations
24: Bill Lazonick: Corporate Restructuring
25: Chris Smith: Business Practices and Societal Effects
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