Developing the concept of leaveism: From presenteeism/absence to an emergent and expanding domain of employment?
Journal Article
Richards, J., Ellis, V., Canduela, J., Pustelnikovaite, T., & Saxena, S. (in press)
Developing the concept of leaveism: From presenteeism/absence to an emergent and expanding domain of employment?. Human Resource Management Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12452
The changing nature of employment has led to increased awareness of leaveism, a practice involving employees using allocated time off when unwell, taking work home, and pickin...
Organising to beat the Trade Union Act 2016’s voting thresholds: a case study of organising and tactics from the University and College Union
Journal Article
Richards, J., & Ellis, V. (in press)
Organising to beat the Trade Union Act 2016’s voting thresholds: a case study of organising and tactics from the University and College Union. Personnel Review, https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-10-2020-0756
Purpose: The paper responds to calls for ‘best practice’ on how trade unions may respond to member voting threshold requirements of the Trade Union Act 2016 (the Act). A broad...
Developing the concept of leaveism: From a form of presenteeism/absence to an emergent and expanding domain of work
Presentation / Conference
Richards, J., Canduela, J., Pustelnikovaite, T., Ellis, V., & Saxena, S. (2021, April)
Developing the concept of leaveism: From a form of presenteeism/absence to an emergent and expanding domain of work. Paper presented at International Labour Process Conference, University of Greenwich
The purpose of the paper is to develop the emergent notion of leaveism by drawing on concepts related to work intensification (WI) and ideal worker (IW) norms. The argument dr...
Unheard voices of decline in the Scottish Oil Sector
Presentation / Conference
O'Neil, J., & Ellis, V. (2018, June)
Unheard voices of decline in the Scottish Oil Sector. Presented at BUIRA History of Industrial Relations Study Group, University of Westminster
This paper examines how employment in the Scottish oil industry is changing as the industry declines, shedding in excess of 120,000 jobs between 2014 and 2016 as oil prices fe...
Working Together? An investigation into managers’ attitudes towards trade unions
Conference Proceeding
Munro, A., Ellis, V., Canduela, J., & Raeside, R. (in press)
Working Together? An investigation into managers’ attitudes towards trade unions
No abstract available.
‘Greed is (not) good’ the causes and consequences of the financial crisis
Journal Article
Ellis, V. (2011)
‘Greed is (not) good’ the causes and consequences of the financial crisis. Work, Employment and Society, 25(1), 163-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017010389245
No abstract available.
Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis
Journal Article
Ellis, V., & Taylor, M. (2010)
Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis. Work, Employment and Society, 24(4), 803-812. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017010380649
This article presents a first hand account of the financial crisis by ‘Margaret Taylor’, a union activist within HBOS. Overviewing more than twenty years’ experience in the se...
Book Review: Paul Boreham, Rachel Parker, Paul Thompson and Rifchard Hall, New Technology@Work, Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-4152-6897-4
Journal Article
Ellis, V. (2009)
Book Review: Paul Boreham, Rachel Parker, Paul Thompson and Rifchard Hall, New Technology@Work, Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-4152-6897-4. Work, Employment and Society, 23(4), 809-810
No abstract available
Satire and shop-talk: The purpose and importance of sounding off in cyberspace
Presentation / Conference
Richards, J., & Ellis, V. (2008, March)
Satire and shop-talk: The purpose and importance of sounding off in cyberspace. Paper presented at International Labour Process Conference, Dublin
No abstract available.
From Commitment to Control: A Labour Process Study of Workers' Experiences of the Transition from Clerical to Call Centre Work at British Gas
Thesis
Ellis, V. From Commitment to Control: A Labour Process Study of Workers' Experiences of the Transition from Clerical to Call Centre Work at British Gas. (Thesis)
University of Stirling. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1203160
Despite their continuing importance to the UK economy and their employment of significant numbers of workers from a range of professions, the utilities have received scant att...