Posted by Rutvica Andrijasevic in School of Business Blog on June 11, 2014
Dr. Rutvica Andrijasevic, Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, describes her ongoing research into Foxconn’s under-documented European operations In a dormitory beside a railway station there are several hundred migrant workers getting ready for – or else just returning from – their 12-hour shifts in the nearby Foxconn factory. Most of them were recruited […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged China, Cost Cutting, Czech Republic, Efficiency, Europe, European Union, Factories, Flexibility, Forced Labour, Foxconn, Globalisation, Industrial Relations, Labour Costs, Management, Manufacturing, NGO, Shop Floor, State Support, Strike Action, Taiwan, Tariffs, Tax Avoidance, Tax Break, Trade Unionism, Turkey, University of Padua, VAT, Worker Suicide, Workforce Composition, Working Conditions |
Posted by Melanie Simms in School of Business Blog on March 12, 2014
March 2014 saw the announcement of no less than eleven (11) separate investments into projects within the broad area of work and employment. The small grants of up to £2,500 will further boost the School of Management’s profile in this area since it merged with the Centre for Labour Market Studies (CLMS). Some of the […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anarchism, Austerity, Bob Carter, Car Wash, Centre for Labour Market Studies (CLMS), Chris Grocott, Distance Learning, Elke Weik, Foxconn, Funding, Future Research, Gibraltar, Glynne Williams, Grey Economy, Heidi Ashton, Henrietta O' Connor, Heritage, History, Ian Clark, Jo Grady, John Goodwin, Katharine Venter, Library Sector, Management Pedagogy, Martin Quinn, NHS, Norbert Elias, Older Workers, Paradata and Marginalia, Paul Brook, Performance Management, Richard Courtney, Rutvica Andrijasevic, Sarah Robinson, Student Experience, Trade Unionism, Turkey, Vanessa Beck, Will Green, Wine, Work and Employment, Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS), World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Young Workers |
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