Between cooperation and competition: The organisation of employment service delivery in the UK and Germany: Cooperation and competition in employment service delivery
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Fuertes, V., Jantz, B., Klenk, T., & McQuaid, R. W. (2014)
Between cooperation and competition: The organisation of employment service delivery in the UK and Germany: Cooperation and competition in employment service delivery. International Journal of Social Welfare, 23(S1), S71-S86. doi:10.1111/ijsw.12100
The increased emphasis on labour market activation in many European countries has led to new forms of governance in recent decades. Primarily through qualitative data and docu...
‘Laying a Foundation of Fact’: Fabianism and the information society thesis.
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Duff, A. (2006)
‘Laying a Foundation of Fact’: Fabianism and the information society thesis. Information, Communication and Society, 9, 515-536. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180600858754
This article explores affinities between postindustrialism and modes of thinking characteristic of the Fabian Society, especially in the first half of the twentieth century. I...
You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre.
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Ellis, V., & Taylor, P. (2006)
You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre. New Technology, Work and Employment, 21, 107-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00167.x
This paper locates the emergence of call centres within the broader political economy. We demonstrate how British Gas responded to privatisation, restrictive regulation and th...
Are new deal employment initiatives on target? Evidence from job search success in local labour markets.
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McQuaid, R. W., Greig, M. & Adams, J. (2004)
Are new deal employment initiatives on target? Evidence from job search success in local labour markets. International Journal of Manpower. 25, 392-410. doi:10.1108/01437720410554124. ISSN 0143-7720
This paper tests the appropriateness of government employment policies in targeting specific groups of unemployed job seekers in the UK. A sample of 169 job seekers is divided...