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Hoffmann, Edeltraut; Walwei, Ulrich – IAB Labour Market Research Topics, 1999
Throughout the world, the forms of employment in industrialized countries are in a state of flux. Employment relationships that were previously considered "regular" (permanent, full-time) are becoming less significant. In place of these relationships, other employment options (such as fixed contracts, part-time employment, and contingent…
Descriptors: Adults, Developed Nations, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns
Beckmann, Petra – 1998
The actual and desired working hours of women in western and eastern Germany were examined by surveying a random sample of 6,742 western and eastern German women aged 18-65 years. Of the women interviewed, 1,800 from western Germany and 1,341 from eastern Germany were in dependent employment. An overall response rate of 52.8% was achieved.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes
Brown, Richard K., Ed. – 1997
This book contains nine papers that were presented to the Sociology and Social Policy section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The first paper, "Introduction: Work and Employment in the 1990s" (Richard Brown), puts work and employment in a historical context and examines how globalization of the economy has…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Economic Change, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship