Rethinking Work: Time, Space and Discourse

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511814624

This 2006 book is an innovative reconsideration of a changing and contested domain in society. New essays from scholars at the University of Sydney are structured around the themes of time, space and discourse to highlight the value-laden and constructed nature of these categories as they are applied to the organisation of our working lives. Contributors draw from their expertise in strategic management, organisational theory, labour and business history, law, economics, industrial relations, human resource management, geography, and discourse and narrative analysis. Their stimulating chapters in Rethinking Work reflect that the study of work must itself be capable of adaptation to the profound changes reshaping this most powerful expression of human relationships and experience.

"...the editors have produced a book that synthesizes the concepts of time (section one), space (section two) and discourse (section three), and offers an innovative perspective on the study of work and employment relations." - Recensions

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Tables and Figure
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Contributors
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Editorial Statement
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Abbreviations
pp xiii-xiv
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1 - Going to a New Place
pp 1-16
Rethinking Work in the 21st Century
- By Mark Hearn, University of Sydney, Sydney, Grant Michelson, University of Sydney, Sydney
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PART I - TIME
pp 17-20
- By Mark Hearn, University of Sydney, Sydney, Grant Michelson, University of Sydney, Sydney
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2 - Time and Work
pp 21-38
- By Greg Patmore, University of Sydney, Sydney
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3 - The Gender Agenda
pp 39-59
Women, Work and Maternity Leave
- By Marian Baird, University of Sydney, Sydney
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4 - Regulation and Deregulation in Australian Labour Law
pp 60-78
Through a Reflexive Lens
- By Suzanne Jamieson, University of Sydney, Sydney
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5 - Diversity and Change in Work and Employment Relations
pp 79-101
- By Jim Kitay, University of Sydney, Sydney, Russell Lansbury, University of Sydney, Sydney
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6 - Transactions in Time
pp 102-118
The Temporal Dimensions of Customer Service Work
- By Leanne Cutcher, University of Sydney, Sydney, Diane van den Broek, University of Sydney, Sydney
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PART II - SPACE
pp 119-122
- By Mark Hearn, University of Sydney, Sydney, Grant Michelson, University of Sydney, Sydney
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7 - Union Power
pp 123-143
Space, Structure, and Strategy
- By Rae Cooper, University of Sydney, Sydney, Bradon Ellem, University of Sydney, Sydney
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8 - Globalisation and Labour Mobility
pp 144-164
Migrants Making Spaces, Migrants Changing Spaces
- By Dimitria Groutsis, University of Sydney, Sydney
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9 - A Spatial Perspective on International Work and Management
pp 165-186
Illustrations from China
- By Susan McGrath-Champ, University of Sydney, Sydney
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10 - Markets and the Spatial Organisation of Work
pp 187-210
- By Mark Westcott, University of Sydney, Sydney
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PART III - DISCOURSE
pp 211-214
- By Mark Hearn, University of Sydney, Sydney, Grant Michelson, University of Sydney, Sydney
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11 - The National Narrative of Work
pp 215-238
- By Mark Hearn, University of Sydney, Sydney, Harry Knowles, University of Sydney, Sydney
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12 - Shareholder Value and Corporate Social Responsibility in Work Organisations
pp 239-262
- By Grant Michelson, University of Sydney, Sydney, Nick Wailes, University of Sydney, Sydney
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13 - Rethinking HRM
pp 263-284
Contemporary Practitioner Discourse and the Tensions between Ethics and Business Partnership
- By Susan Ainsworth, University of Sydney, Sydney, Richard Hall, University of Sydney, Sydney
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14 - Identifying the Subject
pp 285-307
Worker Identity as Discursively Constructed Terrain
- By David Grant, University of Sydney, Sydney, John Shields, University of Sydney, Sydney
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15 - Constructing Older Workers
pp 308-328
Cultural Meanings of Age and Work
- By Susan Ainsworth, University of Sydney, Sydney
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COMMENTARY
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Rethinking Work: A Review and Assessment
pp 329-342
- By Tim Morris, University of Oxford, UK.
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Index
pp 343-353
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