Essays about: "flexible workers"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 61 essays containing the words flexible workers.
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1. Empowering Choice: Exploring Workplace Motivation in the Era of Hybrid Work Environments
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknikAbstract : Research question: How does hybrid work, regulated and unregulated, influence the intrinsic motivation of employees within knowledge-intensive organizations in Sweden? Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore employees experiences and perceptions of intrinsic workplace motivation with implemented hybrid work arrangements. Additionally, it seeks to compare two groups of workers: with mandatory work regulations and without. READ MORE
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2. Opportunities and Barriers in Flexible Working Arrangements : A case study in a Brazilian Organization
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : Aim: This thesis aims to investigate the varying needs and perceptions of employees in different positions within a single organization in Brazil with regard to flexiblework arrangements. Methodology: The study selected eight employees from diverse positions within the organization through purposive and snowball sampling techniques. READ MORE
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3. Embracing Uncertainty
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : The future of industrial sites and people who work there is increasingly uncertain due to rapidly changing economic conditions. Zygmunt Bauman's theory of "liquid modernity" emphasizes the need for flexibility in this context, since those who cannot adapt to quickly changing global structures risk being left behind and uncertain about their future. READ MORE
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4. The Case of the Halls Meat Factory Closure : Looking at processes through the eyes of the workers
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : This thesis aims at examining processes in capitalist food production through a case study of Vion’s Halls factory in Broxburn, Scotland, which closed in 2012. The researcher uses his position as a former employee to receive interviews with former workers at the factory to gain knowledge about what happened in the factory and how that relates to bigger developments in the economy. READ MORE
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5. Fixed-term workers: entitled to (un)fair and (un)predictable working conditions?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : The balance between increasingly flexible working methods and sufficiently strong social protection for workers within the EU is a complex balancing act that exposes legislators at EU level to major challenges, especially in light of the EU's limited competence in labor law. In recent years, however, the focus on the most modern forms of precarious employment forms has overshadowed other forms of atypical employment, which nevertheless runs the risk of being exposed to unfair working conditions. READ MORE
