The present paper examines factors influencing the creation of a supportive and dignified work environment and evaluates progress towards decent work and quality employment. The following questions are addressed 1) What external factors are prerequisites for creating conditions for decent work...

Context: The German vocational training and education (VET) system is designed to cope with change. Within this system, organizational VET trainers (OVETT) are the main persons of reference for apprentices in the organization, in most cases for the whole three-year training period. Whether...

In recent years, China's labour market has seen a significant rise of the new forms of employment, which differs in scale, type, and function compared to the developed economies. This study focuses on four emerging forms of the new employment patterns in China, including app-based gig work,...

Minijobs are subsidized small jobs below a fixed earnings threshold. Since a reform in 2003, they are viewed as stepping stones to the first labor market. However, the Minijob subsidy generates a 'Minijob trap' that causes vast bunching at the Minijob earnings threshold. Therefore, Midijobs were...

Rapid technological change is transforming work, leading to a renewed focus on 'decent work'. While research on decent work is extensive, its connection to digitalization remains under-explored. This study presents a systematic review using the PRISMA methodology, analysing 110 relevant studies....

Standard screening and core-periphery theories claim that temporary employment does not undermine the quality of permanent jobs. In contrast, organizational approaches suggest that firms use temporary contracts to pursue low-road employment strategies, which involve the creation of cheap and low...

Through investment in scientific, technological, and innovation activities and investment in computer equipment and communication, organizations try to create a strategy that helps them establish a better innovation performance. Mainly when these organizations are from the manufacturing...

Standard screening and core-periphery theories claim that temporary employment does not undermine the quality of permanent jobs. In contrast, organizational approaches suggest that firms use temporary contracts to pursue low-road employment strategies, which involve the creation of cheap and low...

Building on existing studies of national employment systems, we take a multi-dimensional approach to comparative employment relations where the national level remains meaningful but which emphasises within-country dynamics and heterogeneity. Analysing nationally representative workplace surveys...

Die Strukturen der industriell geprägten Arbeitsgesellschaft werden durch den zunehmenden Einsatz automatisierter und digitaler Technologien sowie den Ausbau der Infrastruktur des Internets maßgeblich verändert. Gleichzeitig lässt sich eine intensive Flexibilisierung vertrauter Strukturen...

Using a range of countries from the Global South, this book examines heterogeneity within informal work by applying a common conceptual framework and empirical methodology. The country studies use panel data to study the dynamics of worker transitions between formal and heterogeneous, informal...

In-work poverty (IWP) is gaining interest in the public agenda. This article is a first contribution to the analysis of IWP dynamics in Latin America, based on the study of the Argentine case. Using one-year interval panel data, the paper analyzes the trigger events that produce entries and...

The main purpose of this study is to investigate legal and policy gaps in regulating informal employment in Tanzania in order to expose areas that need to be addressed so that to extend legal protection to informal workers. This study is based on the idea that informal employment in Tanzania is...

This chapter introduces the main concerns and themes of the book. It provides a brief overview of important developments and trends relating to the labour market and the organization of work as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter then sets out five themes that are addressed...

This chapter explores the issue of gender inequality in work and labour markets, which has been a major theme in scholarship and policymaking, with heightened salience post-COVID-19. The chapter examines gender inequality through the prism of decent work and women's economic empowerment (WEE),...

This chapter examines how and why those with episodic disability often lack decent work. It, therefore, fills an important gap given that the subject of disability and employment can tend to be sidelined in business and management journals. Episodic disability is a topical issue since many...

"The Elgar Companion to Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals is an essential reference for understanding the role of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and its promotion of fair conditions, rights at work and employment opportunities for all. Bringing together contributions...

"The Research Handbook on Decent Work in a Post-COVID 19 World is an essential read, assessing prospects for employment, labour standards and the organisation of work in the wake of the pandemic. Contributing authors cover key developments and challenges in the field, from low pay to social...

Platforms’ global reach and algorithmic controls give rise to opportunities as well as structural hurdles to decent work that we look at here as an important path toward experiencing meaningful work. Decent work entails a safe working environment, reasonable working hours and compensation,...

This chapter deals with the related concepts of decent work and job quality in the context of wider economic and political dynamics. It outlines the resurgence of research, policy and business interest in the quality of work for a range of distinct and overlapping reasons. It discusses...

This chapter outlines degrowth perspectives on SDG 8, ‘Economic Growth and Decent Work’, as well as on ‘work’ more broadly. Degrowth criticizes the link drawn between growth and decent work, and formulates a critique of both: Of ‘growth’ as a yardstick of progress, and of ‘work’...

This chapter explores theories about the effectiveness of strikes. Starting from the functionalist assumption that strikes serve to adapt the expectations of workers to management´s space of maneouvre, it revises Perrone´s position that reserve power, i.e. the power to secure good wages and...

The chapter examines the role that trade unions play in ensuring decent work. Trade unions can help workers achieve decent work by advocating for example a living wage and a safe workplace. The chapter explores trade union methods and their role in improving workers’ lives. The traditional...