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Tackling Precarious Work : Toward Sustainable Livelihoods
Paperback Edition: 1
Tackling precarious work has been described by the United Nations (UN)s International Labour Organization (ILO) as the main challenge facing the world of work. In this ground-breaking book, leading applied research scholars, advocates, and activists from across the globe respond to this challenge by showing how Industrial and Organizational (I/O) psychology has a significant contribution to make in humanity moving away from precarious work situations towards sustainable livelihoods.
Broken down into four key parts on Sustainable Livelihoods, Fair Incomes, Work Security and Social Protection, the book covers a multitude of topics including the role of poor pay, lack of work-related security, social protection for human health and wellbeing, and interventions and policies to implement for the future of work. The volume offers a detailed look into useful and effective ways to tackle precarious work to create and maintain sustainable livelihoods. This curated collection of 22 chapters considers the broader relationships between previous research work and issues of human security and sustainability that affect workers, families, communities, and societies. Each chapter expands the present understandings of the world of precarious work and how it fits within broader issues of economic, ecological, and social sustainability.
In addition to I/O psychologists in research, practice, service and study, this book will also be useful for organizational researchers, labor unions, HR practitioners, fair trade, cooperative, and civil society organizations, social scientists, human security analysts, public health professionals, economists, and supporters of the UN SDGs, including at the UN
Stuart C. Carr is UNESCO Professor on Sustainable Livelihoods and Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology at Massey University
Dr Veronica Hopner is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Massey University in New Zealand
Darrin J. Hodgetts is a Professor of Societal Psychology at Massey University where he researches issues of human [in]security, including urban poverty.
Megan Young is an Assistant Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand.
Pages : 608
Publisher : Routledge
Publication date : 2023-12-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in the USA, Economics, Sociology, Working Patterns & Practices