Changing nature of work and transport.
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2003)
Changing nature of work and transport. In J. Hine, & J. Preston (Eds.), Integrated Futures and transport choices - UK transport policy beyond the 1998 white paper and transport acts (55-67). Ashgate Publishing
Demographic change in Scotland-older workers in the Scottish labour market.
Conference Proceeding
Hollywood, E., Brown, R., Danson, M., & McQuaid, R. W. (2003)
Demographic change in Scotland-older workers in the Scottish labour market
Wired for work? ICT and job seeking in rural areas.
Report
McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C., & Greig, M. (2003)
Wired for work? ICT and job seeking in rural areas
Rural areas are, by definition, affected by their relative peripherality from industrial and population centres, and their dispersed patterns of economic and social activity. ...
Rent-seeking behaviour and its economic costs in urban land transactions in Accra, Ghana.
Journal Article
Adams, J. (2003)
Rent-seeking behaviour and its economic costs in urban land transactions in Accra, Ghana. Urban Studies, 40, 2083-2098. https://doi.org/10.1080/0042098032000116121
The existing body of knowledge attributes to informal land transactions in sub-Saharan African cities observed problems in city neighbourhoods. Substantial resources, often ba...
A unique working environment: health, sickness and absence management in UK call centres.
Journal Article
Taylor, P., Baldry, C., Bain, P. & Ellis, V. (2003)
A unique working environment: health, sickness and absence management in UK call centres. Work, Employment and Society. 17, 435-458. doi:10.1177/09500170030173002. ISSN 0950-0170
This article fills an important gap in our knowledge of call centres by focusing specifically on occupational ill-health. We document the recent emergence of health and safety...
Employability and long-term unemployment in local labour markets.
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2003)
Employability and long-term unemployment in local labour markets
Delivering job search services for unemployed people in rural areas: the role of ICT.
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2003)
Delivering job search services for unemployed people in rural areas: the role of ICT
The geographical remoteness of many rural communities from major centres of economic activity clearly affects the availability of public services, which tend to be concentrate...
Teamworking and change: managing the contradictions
Journal Article
Francis, H. (2003)
Teamworking and change: managing the contradictions. Human Resource Management Journal, 13(3), 71-90. doi:10.1111/j.1748-8583.2003.tb00099.x
Current models of HRM suggest that expectations about HR roles are changing as organisations are striving to make the HR function leaner and more ‘strategic’. In our article w...
Alternative job search strategies in remote rural labour markets: the role if ICT.
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C., & McCracken, M. G. (2003)
Alternative job search strategies in remote rural labour markets: the role if ICT
Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets.
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., McCracken, M. G., & McQuaid, R. W. (2003)
Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets. Journal of Rural Studies, 19, 187-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0743-0167%2802%2900067-0
This paper analyses the barriers to work faced by long- and short-term unemployed people in remote rural labour markets. Applying a broad concept of 'employability' as an anal...