Excess baggage: leveling the load and changing the workplace
"Based on groundbreaking research on the working conditions of airport check-in workers in two countries, a previously unstudied category of predominantly women workers, Ellen Rosskam describes a form of work characterized as modern-day Taylorism. An occupation greatly affected by new forms of...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Amityville
2006
Baywood |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19180048124919082209-excess-baggage-leveling-the-lo.htm |
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| author | Rosskam, Ellen |
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| description | "Based on groundbreaking research on the working conditions of airport check-in workers in two countries, a previously unstudied category of predominantly women workers, Ellen Rosskam describes a form of work characterized as modern-day Taylorism. An occupation greatly affected by new forms of work organization and management practices — caught in the throes of rapid change due to international competition, alliances, mergers, and the application of cost-efficiency strategies — check-in work has been undermined in recent years by the adverse effects of liberalization and technological change. Excess Baggage makes a convincing case for taking a holistic approach to viewing jobs, considering them as “entire work systems” and not merely as a series of individual factors. Rosskam makes an eloquent plea for involving workers in organizational decision-making and a convincing case for using the collective voice as a critical key for improving working conditions. " |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | Canada |
| id | 19180048124919082209_d6c8edcfa4f7492ab810742bf0fc2b20 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19180048124919082209_d6c8edcfa4f7492ab810742bf0fc2b20 |
| is_hierarchy_title | Excess baggage: leveling the load and changing the workplace |
| language | English |
| physical | 276 p. Paper |
| publishDate | 2006 |
| publisher | Amityville Baywood |
| spellingShingle | Rosskam, Ellen airport management attitude manual handling musculoskeletal diseases violence work organization workers participation working conditions Excess baggage: leveling the load and changing the workplace |
| title | Excess baggage: leveling the load and changing the workplace |
| topic | airport management attitude manual handling musculoskeletal diseases violence work organization workers participation working conditions |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19180048124919082209-excess-baggage-leveling-the-lo.htm |