Introduction: What is Employment and Why Does it Matter?
What is Employment?
Chapter 1: A Critical History of Employment
The Beginnings of Work
The Industrial Revolution
Exploitation
Scientific Management
Labour Process Theory
Struggles Over Employment in Britain
The Employment Relationship Today
Chapter 2: The Global Division of Labour
Employment Across the World
Imperialism
Reshaping Global Employment
Unemployment
Informal Work
Unpaid Labour
A Global View of Employment
Chapter 3: The Management of Work
Human Resource Management
Recruitment and Selection
Pay and Rewards
Retention, Engagement, and Turnover
Employee Voice
Management in Practice
Chapter 4: Key Dynamics of Contemporary Employment
State Regulation and Employment Rights
The Public Sector and the State as Employer
Post-Industrial Employment
Emotional Labour
Precarious Work
Platforms and the Gig Economy
Trade Union Decline and Renewal
Chapter 5: Researching Employment
A Brief History of Researching Employment
Research Questions for Understanding Employment
Research Ethics
Collecting Data
Quantitative research
Interviews
Ethnography
Why Research on Employment Matters
Chapter 6: Future(s) of Employment
The Different Futures of Work?
Academic Exercises