In Work, At Home: Towards an Understanding of Homeworking

Felstead, Alan

ISBN 10: 0415162998 / ISBN 13: 9780415162999

Published by Routledge, 1999

About this Item

Provides a valuable introduction to the issues and debates surrounding homeworking and explores the meaning and experience of this type of employment. Contains a statistical analysis of labour markets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 549. . 1999. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Work, At Home: Towards an Understanding of Homeworking
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415162998
• ISBN 13: 9780415162999
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

More and more people are choosing to earn a living at home. In Work, At Home explores the meaning and experience of this type of employment by covering a wide range of issues including:
* social relationships
* current research methodologies
* statistical analyses of global labour markets
* the emotional and psychological processes of self-management
* home relations.
Presenting statistical analyses of labour markets in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, In Work, At Home provides a valuable introduction to the issues and debates surrounding homeworking and will appeal to students across a range of disciplines, including sociology, business studies and women's studies.

About the Author

Alan Felstead is Lecturer at the Centre for Labour Market Studies at the University of Leicester. Nick Jewson is Director of the Ethnicity Research Centre at the University of Leicester.