Better Work : : The Impact of Automation, Flexibilization and Intensification of Work.

• Superior document: Research for Policy Series
• Author: Kremer, Monique.
• TeilnehmendeR: Went, Robert.; Engbersen, Godfried.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Research for Policy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (209 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Better Work -- cover -- Foreword -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Three Major Developments: Automation, Flexibilization and Intensification -- 1.1.1 Automation: Robots, Cobots and Algorithms -- 1.1.2 Flexibilization of Work -- 1.1.3 Intensification of Work -- 1.2 Better Work as a Societal Mission -- 1.3 Concerns About the Quality of Work -- 1.3.1 The Quality of Work as a Distribution Issue -- 1.3.2 The Netherlands in Europe -- 1.4 Better Work and Well-Being -- 1.4.1 Focus on Well-Being -- 1.4.2 Work Is Important for Our Well-Being -- 1.5 In this Book -- 1.5.1 Covid-19 Pandemic -- 1.5.2 In the Following Chapters… -- A Day at Work: The Truck Driver -- Chapter 2: The Importance of Better Work -- 2.1 The Meaning of Paid Work -- 2.1.1 When People Are Out of Work: Consequences for the Individual and Society -- 2.2 Good Work: Insights from the Social Sciences -- 2.2.1 Good Work as Seen by Economists -- 2.2.2 Good Work as Seen by Sociologists -- 2.2.3 Good Work as Seen by Psychologists -- 2.2.4 Good Work as Seen by International Organizations -- 2.3 Conditions for Good Work -- 2.3.1 Income Security -- 2.3.2 In the Workplace: Freedom and Belonging -- 2.3.3 Work-Life Balance -- 2.3.4 The Three Conditions for Good Work -- 2.4 Consequences of Good Work for the Individual, the Economy and Society -- 2.4.1 Health and Well-Being -- 2.4.2 Engagement -- 2.4.3 Sense of Community -- 2.5 Conclusion: Good Work Means Control -- A Day at Work: The Primary-School Teacher -- Part I: Good Work: Development and Current Status -- Chapter 3: Control Over Income -- 3.1 Insecure Work -- 3.1.1 Insecurity -- 3.2 Social Security and Insecurity -- 3.2.1 Workers on Temporary Contracts -- 3.3 Repair or Revise -- 3.4 Security of Employment and Professional Development -- 3.5 Wage Development -- 3.5.1 A Living Income.

3.5.2 How New Technologies and Flexible Contracts Affect Income -- 3.6 Conclusion: Control over Income Requires More Security and Less Inequality -- A Day at Work: The Order Picker -- Chapter 4: Control Over Work -- 4.1 Busier than Ever? The Intensification of Work -- 4.2 Autonomy as Achilles' Heel -- 4.2.1 Declining Autonomy at Work: Explanations -- 4.3 Camaraderie at Work -- 4.3.1 Aggression at Work -- 4.3.2 Camaraderie in the Age of Flexible Work -- 4.4 Differences in Control over Work: Education and Occupation -- 4.5 Who Is Responsible for Control over Work? -- 4.5.1 Government -- 4.5.2 Social Partners and Professional Associations -- 4.5.3 Workers -- 4.6 Conclusion: Control Over Work Requires More Autonomy and Camaraderie -- A Day at Work: The IT Worker -- Chapter 5: Control in Life -- 5.1 Part-Time Work, or Looking After Number One -- 5.1.1 Childcare -- 5.1.2 Care for the Elderly -- 5.1.3 Fair Sharing -- 5.1.4 Good Work -- 5.2 Paid Leave -- 5.3 Control Over Working Hours -- 5.4 Blurring Boundaries -- 5.5 Conclusion: Control in Life Requires More than Just Part-Time Work -- 5.6 Part 1 - Conclusion: Work Could Be better -- 5.6.1 Good Work in the Netherlands? -- 5.6.2 Dividing Lines -- 5.6.3 Three Core Developments -- 5.6.4 Policy Choices -- A Day at Work: The Retail Floor Manager -- Part II: Work for All -- Chapter 6: Everyone into Work -- 6.1 Technological Developments -- 6.1.1 Job Polarization -- 6.1.2 Switching Between Jobs -- 6.1.3 Technology for Inclusivity -- 6.2 Flexible Labour Market -- 6.2.1 Permanently Temporary -- 6.2.2 A Revolving Door in Social Security -- 6.2.3 Less Training -- 6.2.4 Protection -- 6.2.5 Opportunities Through the Hybridization of Work -- 6.3 Intensification of Work -- 6.3.1 New Vulnerabilities -- 6.3.2 Exacerbating Existing Vulnerabilities -- 6.3.3 Reintegration Is More Difficult.

6.3.4 Limits to the Intensification of Work -- 6.4 Policies to Help People into Work -- 6.4.1 Limited Investments -- 6.4.2 What We Know -- 6.4.3 What About Employers? -- 6.4.4 Good Basic Jobs -- 6.5 Conclusion: New Vulnerabilities, New Policy Challenges -- A Day at Work: The Chartered Accountant -- Part III: The New Societal Mission -- Chapter 7: Room to Choose Good Work -- 7.1 Globalization with Policy Space -- 7.1.1 Winners and Losers -- 7.1.2 The Political Trilemma of the World Economy -- 7.1.3 Lasting Differences Between Countries -- 7.1.4 The Same Picture in the Globalization of Production… -- 7.1.5 …and of Labour -- 7.2 Technology Does Not Just Happen -- 7.2.1 Humanizing Work -- 7.2.2 The Economics of Robots and ai -- 7.2.3 Co-creation -- 7.3 Investing in Good Work -- 7.4 A Task for Government -- 7.5 Conclusion: Room for Choice -- A Day at Work: The Homecare Worker -- Chapter 8: Better Work: Conclusions and Recommendations -- 8.1 Good Work Is Under Pressure -- 8.1.1 We Could Do Better -- 8.1.2 Good Work is At Stake -- 8.1.3 Room for Better Work -- 8.1.4 Good Work for All -- 8.2 More Control over Income -- 8.2.1 Prevent Unfair Competition Between Workers -- 8.2.2 Develop a System of Contract-Neutral Basic Insurance and Benefits -- 8.2.3 Update Active Labour-Market Policy -- 8.2.4 Good Basic Jobs for People on Benefits with Few Opportunities -- 8.3 More Control Over Work -- 8.3.1 Develop a Programmatic Approach to Good Work -- 8.3.2 Strengthen the Position of Workers -- 8.4 More Control in Life -- 8.4.1 Invest in Good Care Facilities for Children and the Elderly -- 8.4.2 Make More Working Hours Easier to Secure -- 8.4.3 Provide Long-Term Paid Care Leave -- 8.4.4 Provide More Control Over Working Hours -- 8.5 Better Work as an Objective of Public Policy -- 8.5.1 The Government Spends Public Money and Is an Employer.

8.5.2 Finally: Better Work Is everyone's Concern -- Bibliography.