an article by Ian Cunningham (University of Strathclyde, UK) Donna Baines (University of Sydney, Australia), John Shields (Ryerson University, Canada) and Wayne Lewchuk (McMaster University, Canada) published in
Journal of Industrial Relations
Volume 58 Number 4 (2016)
Abstract
Drawing on qualitative interview data from case studies in Scotland and Canada in the
post 2008 era, this article explores the impact of austerity policies on the conditions
and experience of employment in two nonprofit social service agencies and their shifting
labour process.
Despite differences in context, the article finds a similarity of experience
of austerity-compelled precarity at several levels in the agency. This precarity
increased management control and evoked little resistance from employees.
These
findings contribute to our understanding of austerity as articulated differently in different
contexts, but experienced similarly at the front lines of care work.
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Monday, 28 November 2016
Austerity policies, ‘precarity’ and the nonprofit workforce: A comparative study of UK and Canada
an article by Ian Cunningham (University of Strathclyde, UK), Donna Baines (University of Sydney, Australia), John Shields (Ryerson University, Canada) and Wayne Lewchuk (McMaster University, Canada) published in JIR The Journal of Industrial Relations Volume 58 Number 4 (September 2016)
Abstract
Drawing on qualitative interview data from case studies in Scotland and Canada in the post 2008 era, this article explores the impact of austerity policies on the conditions and experience of employment in two nonprofit social service agencies and their shifting labour process.
Despite differences in context, the article finds a similarity of experience of austerity-compelled precarity at several levels in the agency. This precarity increased management control and evoked little resistance from employees. These findings contribute to our understanding of austerity as articulated differently in different contexts, but experienced similarly at the front lines of care work.
Abstract
Drawing on qualitative interview data from case studies in Scotland and Canada in the post 2008 era, this article explores the impact of austerity policies on the conditions and experience of employment in two nonprofit social service agencies and their shifting labour process.
Despite differences in context, the article finds a similarity of experience of austerity-compelled precarity at several levels in the agency. This precarity increased management control and evoked little resistance from employees. These findings contribute to our understanding of austerity as articulated differently in different contexts, but experienced similarly at the front lines of care work.
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