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View article: Is Any Job Better Than No Job? Utilising Jahoda’s Latent Deprivation Theory to Reconceptualise Underemployment
Is Any Job Better Than No Job? Utilising Jahoda’s Latent Deprivation Theory to Reconceptualise Underemployment Open
Underemployment is a widely discussed but complex concept. This article progresses discussions and provides a new sociological conceptualisation. It builds on a classic theory of unemployment, Jahoda et al.’s ‘latent deprivation theory’ (L…
View article: Cis women's bodies at work: co‐modification and (in)visibility in organization and management studies and menopause at work scholarship
Cis women's bodies at work: co‐modification and (in)visibility in organization and management studies and menopause at work scholarship Open
This paper reviews research on cis women's bodily self‐discipline in the workplace. We compare literature exemplifying the ‘bodily turn’ in organization and management studies to scholarship on menopause at work, to identify key themes acr…
View article: Occupational social class differences in the impact of COVID-19 related employment disruptions on retirement planning amongst older workers in England
Occupational social class differences in the impact of COVID-19 related employment disruptions on retirement planning amongst older workers in England Open
Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 related employment disruption on individuals’ retirement planning and whether these experiences differ by occupational social class. Design/methodology/approach To explore these iss…
View article: Menopause as a well-being strategy: Organizational effectiveness, gendered ageism and racism
Menopause as a well-being strategy: Organizational effectiveness, gendered ageism and racism Open
Objective This study considers the example of one council who deliberately implemented menopause considerations into their well-being strategy instead of instituting a menopause policy. This example is used to explore whether such a strate…
View article: A Capability Approach to Understand the Scarring Effects of Unemployment and Job Insecurity: Developing the Research Agenda
A Capability Approach to Understand the Scarring Effects of Unemployment and Job Insecurity: Developing the Research Agenda Open
Having a poor start in the labour market has a ‘scarring’ effect on future employment and well-being. Indeed, unemployment at any point of the life-course can scar. While there is extensive quantitative research examining scarring effects …
View article: Menopause and the workplace: New directions in <scp>HRM</scp> research and <scp>HR</scp> practice
Menopause and the workplace: New directions in <span>HRM</span> research and <span>HR</span> practice Open
This paper offers two key arguments. The first is that HRM scholars and HR practitioners need to pay a good deal more attention to the bi‐directional relationship between menopause and the workplace—how menopausal symptoms can affect women…
View article: Solidarities In and Through Work in an Age of Extremes
Solidarities In and Through Work in an Age of Extremes Open
This article introduces a special issue of Work, Employment and Society on solidarities in and through the experience of work in an age of austerity and political polarisation. It commences by discussing the renaissance of studies of solid…
View article: Women’s experiences of menopause at work and performance management
Women’s experiences of menopause at work and performance management Open
Presenting findings from our global evidence review of menopause transition and economic participation emboldened us to establish a menopause policy at the university where we all worked at the time. Our report was published in July 2017 a…
View article: The remains of the taboo: experiences, attitudes, and knowledge about menopause in the workplace
The remains of the taboo: experiences, attitudes, and knowledge about menopause in the workplace Open
Objectives: This study explored experiences of, attitudes to, and knowledge about menopause in the workplace among participants from the UK to assess the extent to which menopause remains a taboo in this context.Method: An online survey wa…
View article: Developing workplace menopause policies: Four reasons why, and how
Developing workplace menopause policies: Four reasons why, and how Open
Menopause is increasingly – if finally – being acknowledged as an important workplace issue. Five experts from different fields discuss the social, business, legal and ethical cases for improving support at work for women transitioning thr…
View article: The post-re/productive: researching the menopause
The post-re/productive: researching the menopause Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the impact of these experiences on the authors’ work and on the authors. Design/methodology/approach Following the publication of the report, the authors undertook collective, autoethnograph…
View article: From annual ritual to daily routine: continuous performance management and its consequences for employment security
From annual ritual to daily routine: continuous performance management and its consequences for employment security Open
Management control in the workplace ultimately rests on the power to dismiss employees who are deemed to be underperforming. This article examines a more recent trend away from annual appraisal and towards continual monitoring and review. …
View article: The Effects of Menopause Transition on Women’s Economic Participation in the UK
The Effects of Menopause Transition on Women’s Economic Participation in the UK Open
Introduction
\nThis report discusses the effects of the menopause transition on women’s economic participation in the UK. It critically reviews the English language evidence base from 1990 to the end of March 2016, covering 104 publication…
View article: Capabilities and Choices of Vulnerable, Long-Term Unemployed Individuals
Capabilities and Choices of Vulnerable, Long-Term Unemployed Individuals Open
This article discusses the issue of choice as it applies to long-term unemployed and vulnerable individuals. It argues that the combination of poor employment opportunities, requirements, compulsions and sanctions has not merely reduced av…
View article: Foreword
Foreword Open
Ulrich Beck never published in Work, employment and society (WES ). However, the work of this prolific sociologist, in particular his engagement with the second, or reflexive, modernity and the inherent risks that the successes of the mode…
View article: <i>Work, employment and society sans frontières</i>: extending and deepening our reach
<i>Work, employment and society sans frontières</i>: extending and deepening our reach Open
Work, employment and society (WES ) was launched in 1987 in a period in which a number of features of British society were changing rapidly. The vibrancy and the optimism of the 1960s looked increasingly remote and sociology and the study …