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.