Chapter 1: Historical Perspectives on Work (1700-1950s)
capitalism
industrialization
industrial society
accumulation
capitalist system of production
power
control
inequality
conflict
mercantile capitalism
commercial capitalism
industrial capitalism
feudal society
Industrial Revolution
pre-market economy
pre-capitalist economy
putting out system
industrial mill
gender-based division of labour
great transformation
staple products
deindustrialization
skilled craftworkers
mode of production
means of production
social relations of production
class conflict
bourgeoisie
proletariat
petite bourgeoisie
socialist society
conflict perspective
division of labour
craftwork
assembly-line factories
social cohesion
consensus approach
bureaucracy
Chapter 2: Contemporary Debates on Work (1950s to
Present Day)
managerial revolution
managers
postindustrial society
knowledge workers
creative class
super creative core
creative professionals
new economy
globalization
industrial restructuring
deindustrialization
economic changes
ideological changes
new information and communications technologies
cultural changes
nonstandard or contingent work
logic of industrialism
thesis of economic, political, and cultural convergence
newly industrializing countries
subcontracting systems
family enterprise
market transition theory
Keynesian economic principles
interactive service work
caring work
emotional labour
mobile workers
telecommute
hot-desk
virtual teams
power
control
inequality
consensus
conflict
discipline
surveillance
self-disciplining
Bourdieu’s field, habitus, and capital
economic capital
social capital
cultural capital
symbolic capital
gendered capital
reflexivity
individualization
Chapter 3: Canadian Employment Trends
demographic shifts
population aging
baby-boom generation
age distribution
social safety nets
visible diversity
visible minority
educational attainment
lifelong learning
learning organizations
labour force participation
unemployed
job stability
life-course perspective
industry
primary sector
secondary sector
tertiary sector
service
upper tier service
lower tier service
occupation
skill type
skill level
blue-collar
white-collar
staple theory of economic growth
Chapter 4: Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs
extrinsic job rewards
occupational status
intrinsic work rewards
paid employees
female-male earnings ratio
gender wage gap
income distribution
low-income cutoff
working poor
employment benefits
occupational status
occupational prestige
part-time work
multiple-job holders
self-employed
own-account
temporary
own-account self-employment
involuntary part-time workers
temporary employment
self-employed employers
flextime
job sharing
unemployment rate
discouraged workers
cyclical unemployment
frictional unemployment
structural unemployment
Chapter 5: Labour Markets: Opportunities and Inequality
labour market
human capital theory
labour market segmentation theory
supply side of labour
demand side
family socio-economic status (SES)
equality of opportunity
intergenerational transfer of advantage
educational and occupational aspirations
school-work transition studies
cultural capital
social capital
extra-credential experiences
status attainment research
meritocracy
primary labour market
secondary labour market
dual economy
core sector
periphery sector
primary labour market
secondary labour market
job ghettos
internal labour market
ports of entry
mobility chains
labour market shelters
professions
market closure
discrimination
racially split labour market
systemic discrimination
age discrimination
semi-autonomous workers
initial proletarianization
homogenization of labour
segmentation of labour
temporary foreign workers
labour market polarization
student labour market
temporary/contract labour market
income inequality
working poor
declining middle class
Chapter 6: Gender and Paid Employment
unpaid domestic labour
social reproduction
double day/ second shift
household managers
family wage
male breadwinner
female labour force participation
individualization process
occupational gender segregation
job ghettos
shelters
life chances
gender labelling
feminization
non-traditional jobs
horizontal occupational gender segregation
vertical segregation
glass ceiling
gender wage gap (female-male earnings ratio)
real earnings
wage discrimination
gender-segregated structure
human capital theory
labour market segmentation theory
homophily
structure of opportunities
sexual harassment
employment equity
systemic discrimination
pay equity
equal pay for work of equal value
equal pay for equal work
equal pay for similar work
Chapter 7: Household, Family, and Caring Work
household work
unpaid work
caregiving
capitalism
patriarchy
housework
caring and emotional work
kin and community work
domestic work
social reproduction
single-earner family
dual-earner family
lone-parent families
time budget studies
instrumental care or caring for
expressive care or caring about
childcare
eldercare
compassionate care
kin work
volunteer work
work-family conflict
role overload
work-to-family conflict
family-to-work conflict
time-based conflict
strain-based conflict
behaviour-based conflict
stratified hierarchies of reproduction
Chapter 8: Organizing and Managing Work
bureaucracy
bureaucratic personality
managerial authority
rational-legal value system
informal work groups
piecework payment system
mechanistic work organization
organic work organization
sociotechnical system
privilege
cost accounting
management ideology
scientific management
Taylorism
labour process perspective
lean production
corporate welfare
industrial betterment
human relations school of management
compliance
coercive management techniques
utilitarian methods
normative approaches
informal group norms
human resource development
Chapter 9: In Search of New Managerial Paradigms
paradigm
new management literature
decentralization of authority
adhocracy
matrix structure
flattening of organizational structures
flexibility
emphasis on customers or clients
empowerment of workers
embracing of change
tacit skills
sociotechnical work design
autonomous work teams
quality of working life (QEL)
job enlargement
job enrichment
job rotation
autonomous work team
quality circles
total quality management
organizational culture
learning organizations
flexible specialization
functional flexibility
numerical flexibility
pay flexibility
lean production
re-engineering
post-Fordist approach
kaizen
high-performance workplaces
continuous bargaining
Chapter 10: Conflict and Control in the Workplace
labour process
surplus value
alienation
simple control
technical control
bureaucratic control
agency
frontier of control
responsible autonomy
despotic organization of work
hegemonic organization of work
electronic control
call centres
enskilling
substantive complexity
decision-making autonomy
multi-tasking
multi-skilling
informated work
automated work
economic determinism
social determinism
downsizing
survivor syndrome
participative management
employee empowerment
hyper-Taylorism
neo-Taylorism
social technologies
Chapter 11: Union and Industrial Relations
system of job regulation
collective bargaining
collective agreement
managers of discontent
union democracy
iron law of oligarchy
business unionism
social unionism
social movement unionism
union wage premium
monopoly
collective voice
craft unions
labour market shelter
international unions
industrial unionism
institutionalize conflict
conciliation
arbitration
collective bargaining rights
union shop
union dues checkoff
permanent exceptionalism
union density
collective bargaining coverage
comparative industrial relations
globalized production networks
transnational union networks
concession bargaining
pay equity
company union
free-rider problem
solidarity
militancy
institutionalized
strike
lockout
unorganized conflict
organized conflict
wildcat strikes
sympathy strike
rotating strikes
working-to-rule
mobilization
Chapter 12: Alternative Approaches to Economic
Organization
militancy
class consciousness
dual consciousness
explosions of consciousness
industrial fatality rates
work-related injury and illness
time-loss work injuries
administrative model of regulation
collective bargaining
no-fault compensation systems
internal responsibility system
joint health and safety committees
right to be involved
right to refuse unsafe work
right to be informed
employer self-regulation
industrial democracy
representative democracy
work councils
codetermination
dual representation system
employee share ownership plans
worker buyouts
producer co-operatives
Chapter 13: Work Values and Work Orientations
values
work orientations
job satisfaction
ideology of work
humanist tradition
latent functions of work
manifest function of work
stigma
corporate social responsibility
proletarian workers
deferential workers
instrumental work orientations
privatized workers
intrinsic work rewards
extrinsic work rewards
gender-role socialization
employability skills
employability skills profile
personal management skills
teamwork skills
academic skills
welfare dependency
Chapter 14: Job Satisfaction, Alienation, and Work-Related
Stress
job satisfaction
job dissatisfaction
alienation
work-related stress
behavioural intention
aging effect
life-cycle effect
self-selection
gender model
job model
extrinsic work rewards
intrinsic work rewards
work organization features
hygiene factios
motivators
two-facto theory
technological determinism
work and well-being
work-related stress
demand-control model
job demands
person-environment fit