Regulating Work in Small Firms
Perspectives on the Future of Work in Globalised Economies
Editors: Regalia, Ida (Ed.)
Free Preview- Reviews and assesses state-of-the-art research in employment relations in small firms, the development of industrial districts, and the future of work in globalised markets
- Examines the ways in which various components of the employment relationship are regulated within small firms
- Provides analysis of an empirical research study involving over 2000 SMEs and interviews with managers and employees
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- About this book
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Exploring the diversity of small firms, this contributed volume focuses on the crucial topic of work and the ways in which it is regulated, and offers reflections on the future of labour more generally. Traditionally managed through informal and adaptive processes, small firms allow us to understand the challenges and opportunities facing larger companies within an increasingly fragmented global production system. Analysing the case of Italy, a country characterised by a high number and wide variety of small firms, the authors draw on the results of a survey involving over 2,300 firms and face-to-face interviews with owner-managers working in 60 small and micro firms across several different sectors. Providing detailed analysis which will be useful for scholars of human resource management and small business, as well as managers, practitioners and policy-makers, the book enables a better understanding of the world of work in a globalised economy.
- About the authors
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Ida Regalia is a Professor of Economic Sociology and Comparative Industrial Relations at the University of Milan, Italy.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Regulating Work in Times of Productive Fragmentation
Pages 3-29
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Employment Relations in Small Italian Firms: An Overview
Pages 33-93
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Small Firms and the Labour Market
Pages 95-130
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The Regulation of Employment Relationships at the Enterprise
Pages 131-163
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Small Firms and the External Context: Embeddedness Versus Dependency
Pages 165-201
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Regulating Work in Small Firms
- Book Subtitle
- Perspectives on the Future of Work in Globalised Economies
- Editors
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- Ida Regalia
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-21820-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-21820-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-21819-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-21822-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 245
- Number of Illustrations
- 6 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
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