In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2020, vol. 3, no. 4, p. Article: 3.4
The influence of atypical working hours, i.e. long working hours or working hours outside the usual hours, on health and accident risks is well documented. Less well documented is the relationship between atypical working hours and the opportunities for social participation. In this paper we present the results of a qualitative survey on work-time related impairments of social participation...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2020, vol. 3, no. 3, p. Article: 3.3
Im Zuge der Debatte um Industrie 4.0 und Digitalisierung wurden von Seiten der Produktionstechnik erhebliche Versprechungen hinsichtlich einer Verbesserung von Arbeitsqualität geleistet. Auch für die Gestaltung von Nacht- und Schichtarbeit liegen Konzepte, wie z.B. ein Schicht-Doodle, vor. Der Beitrag fragt danach, inwiefern sich durch Digitalisierung wirklich Chancen für eine humane...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2020, vol. 3, no. 2, p. Article: 3.2
Shift work occupies precious time for family and social life. The aim of this review was to systematically assess the state of research on the impact of shift work on work-fam-ily conflict. A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed and EBSCO to identify studies published between 1990 and 2017. In the end, 36 articles met the inclusion criteria and were considered in this review....
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2020, vol. 3, no. 1, p. Article: 3.1
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2020, vol. 2, no. 2, p. Forum: 2.2
China is by far Cambodia’s largest foreign investor. These investments are said to have had a huge impact on Cambodia’s economic, political, cultural, and physical landscape. Sihanoukville, Cambodia’s largest coastal city, has seen particularly massive inflows of Chinese investment, especially in the casino, construction and manufacturing sectors. Based on semi-structured interviews, this...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2020, vol. 2, no. 1, p. Forum: 2.1
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2020, vol. 2, no. 6, p. Article: 2.6
In this article, we critically examine Cuban social and labour policies as attempts of a practical application of Decent Work principles in a state-socialist context. We start with an examination of past and present models of socio-economic development and labour relations in Cuba. This is followed by an overview of the main Cuban policy principles related to Decent Work, which we contrast with...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2020, vol. 2, no. 5, p. Article: 2.5
Over the last decades, the marketization of live-in care for the elderly in Austria has been accompanied by new forms of regulation and the contestation surrounding this type of care provision. The article analyzes this process as a Polanyian double movement – the movement of a market-driven provision of care and organization of care work, and countermovements seeking protection from its...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2020, vol. 2, no. 4, p. Article: 2.4
This article aims to evaluate the working conditions of gig economy workers in Indonesia in order to understand the implications of such work for the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda. The article draws on evidence from focus groups and interviews with 38 ojek riders, Indonesian motorcycle taxi drivers from Jakarta, Bogor and Depok. Initial findings suggest that the interviewees chose to be ojek riders...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2020, vol. 2, no. 3, p. Article: 2.3
The authors argue that there is a need to rethink what a commitment to decent work would mean in the context of South Africa, a country with a large number of long term unemployed. Drawing on their experience of researching work in South Africa, they highlight the relevance of the agency of workers for the progressive realisation of a decent work agenda. The lukewarm response of the government to...
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