Search for dissertations about: "Flexible labour"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words Flexible labour.

  2. 1. Institutions, learning and labour : state policy, management strategies and worker response

    Author : Graham Symon; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Livslångt lärande;

    Abstract : The thesis considers the interplay of institutions, lifelong learning and workplace relations. Learning has become a prominent notion in contemporary considerations of the workplace, particularly in the accounts of managerialists and policy makers (Keep & Rainbird, 2000). READ MORE

  4. 2. Searching for Equality : Sex Discrimination, Parental Leave and the Swedish Model With Comparisons to EU, UK and US Law

    Author : Laura Carlson; Ronnie Eklund; Clare McGlynn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish employment discrimination law; Swedish Labour Court; EU employment discrimination law; UK employment discrimination law; US employment discrimination law; Equal Opportunity Law; Equal Pay Act; Title VII; Labour law; Arbetsrätt;

    Abstract : Achieving economic equality between men and women is a challenge to every country. The approach taken politically and legally in Sweden is to encourage a greater economic independence of women from the family through paid work, as well encouraging men to assume a greater share of unpaid work, particularly parental leave, resulting in a lessening of the double burden of work for women. READ MORE

  5. 3. Workers and Occupations in a Changing Labour Market : The Heterogeneous Effects of Mass Layoffs and Social Safety Nets

    Author : Yaroslav Yakymovych; Stefan Eriksson; Adrian Adermon; Georg Graetz; Michael Lechner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Structural change; Mass layoffs; Sickness absence; Causal forest; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: Sickness insurance guarantees employees the right to take leave from work when they are sick, but is vulnerable to excessive use. This paper studies which workers react to changes in monitoring by physicians in a large-scale randomised experiment. READ MORE

  6. 4. A new paradigm of industrial organization : The diffusion of technological and managerial innovations in the Brazilian industry

    Author : Leda Gitahy; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; technological paradigm; flexible production; network; employment; skills; education; Brazilian industry; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Based on the concepts of techno-economic paradigm, network and production chain, the main purpose of this dissertation is to analyse the diffusion of technological and managerial innovations in the Brazilian industry during the 1980s and the 1990s. It consists of a summary and six selected papers. READ MORE

  7. 5. Development of IT-supported Inter-organisational Collaboration : A Case Study in the Swedish Public Sector

    Author : Anneli Hagdahl; Toomas Timpka; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Information technology; Public sector; interorganizational relations; Interorganizational relations; labour market; Information technology; Informationsteknologi;

    Abstract : Collaboration across the organisational boundaries takes place for different reasons. One of them is to solve complex problems that cannot be dealt with by a single organisation. The area of vocational rehabilitation constitutes an example of inter-organisational collaboration motivated by a need for joint problem solving. READ MORE