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Envisioning the Future of Work: From Ideas to Reforms

open access: yesBritish Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Two different theoretical perspectives concerning technology and the future of work are examined. One is linked to mainstream economics, whereas the other is associated with critical (‘post‐work’) discourse. Ideas about work—its nature and impacts on well‐being—matter in both perspectives.
David A. Spencer
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing Automation: The Shopfloor Politics of Technological Change in the Canadian Aerospace Sector

open access: yesBritish Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What are the social processes of integrating new production technologies into existing work processes? How do management and trade union approaches shape the implementation and debugging of new technologies on the shopfloor? Drawing on the industrial relations literature on debugging and four cases of technological change at a major Canadian ...
Daniel Nicholson
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Antecedents of Creativity and Product Innovation in the Digital Cultural Industries

open access: yesCreativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the external sources of creativity that firms in the digital cultural sectors can utilize to develop innovative products to compete internationally. Drawing on organizational creativity and institutional theories, we aim to explore whether creativity can be nurtured outside firms' boundaries within the network of ...
Irina Mihailova   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecologization Is Not a Metaphor: Museums in the Web of Life

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents and critiques emerging accounts of museum “ecologization”. Drawing on political ecology, materialist theory, and contemporary museum practice, we challenge dominant frameworks of ecological modernization and advocate for a more critical understanding of museums in the web of life.
Colin Sterling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
wiley   +1 more source

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