Janet Walsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3991202 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Walsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Walsh |
| SIGNATURE | WALSH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4011-7855 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 127 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Can Dirty Work be Satisfying? A Mixed Method Study of Workers Doing Dirty Jobs
It has been argued in this journal that sociologists can make an important contribution to the understanding of why workers report feeling satisfied with their work, particularly where job quality is poor. Utilising a mixed method approach, this article explores how employees derive satisfaction from dirty work. The term 'dirty work' refers to tasks and occupations that are perceived as disgusting, distasteful or degrading. The research was condu…
Why do off‐shored I ndian call centre workers want to leave their jobs
Employee turnover is a major problem in off‐shored Indian call centres. Agents who service Western customers often face hostility and racial abuse because of who they are and where they are located. A substantial part of job‐related training focuses on teaching employees to manage their identity and modify their accent. Based on a sample ( n = 211) of Indian call centre workers servicing international customers, we explore these issues and invest…
Not Worth the Sacrifice? Women's Aspirations and Career Progression in Law Firms
Although there has been a dramatic rise in the numbers of women entering the legal profession, women are far less likely than men to work as law firm partners. While there is evidence to suggest that women experience barriers to career progression, Hakim (2006 ) contends that not all women wish to advance to higher levels in their organizations and those who do may choose to remain childless and therefore not be interested in work–family/life pol…
Gender, the Work‐Life Interface and Wellbeing: A Study of Hospital Doctors
Long and unsociable hours and intensive work pressure have been dominant features of the medical profession, especially in hospital work. The increased presence of women in medical occupations, however, has stimulated debate about the nature and consequences of such work practices on doctors' wellbeing. Against the backdrop of this debate the article explores how factors relating to the work–lfe interface affect the wellbeing of a sample of hospi…
Workplace aggression: The Effects of Harassment on Job Burnout and Turnover Intentions
This article analyses the impact of harassment on job burnout and turnover intentions among a large sample of hospital nurses in Britain. It compares the effects of insider-initiated harassment from managers and colleagues with outsider-initiated harassment from patients and their relatives. The article also examines the effect of ethnicity and the impact of effective anti-harassment policies on job burnout and quit intentions. Results suggest fi…
Abortion and Human Rights: Examples from Latin America
Women's Property Rights Violations and HIV/Aids in Africa
Work Relationships in Telephone Call Centres: Understanding Emotional Exhaustion and Employee Withdrawal
This paper examines the nature of employment and the conditions of work in five telephone call centres in the telecommunications industry in Australia. Call centre work typically requires high levels of sustained interpersonal interaction with customers which can lead to burnout and employee withdrawal. Customer service staff can also become targets of customer hostility and abuse. In addition, this form of work tends to involve extensive employe…
Myths and Counter-Myths: An Analysis of Part-Time Female Employees and Their Orientations to Work and Working Hours
The nature and character of the part-time workforce has been at the forefront of recent controversies about women's employment. Drawing on new data on the characteristics, attitudes and preferences of over one thousand female part-time employees, this study highlights important diversities amongst the part-time workforce. The results show that the women in the sample had gravitated to part-time work from a range of different employment background…
Employment Systems in Transition? A Comparative Analysis of Britain and Australia
This paper seeks to broaden the scope of internal labour market analysis by investigating changes in the character of company employment systems in a cross-national context. Taking Britain and Australia as the point of reference, the aim is to ascertain whether there are common trends emerging in the character of internal labour markets despite national variations in employment regulation and labour market policy trajectories. Through an analysis…
Convergence or divergence? Corporatism and the dynamics of European wage bargaining
Against the backdrop of the debate on European pay bargaining, this article investigates the central claims of the literature on national pay policies and critically evaluates the macroeconomic studies of bargaining structure and economic performance. It is argued that structural changes in the world economy, including the slowdown in productivity growth, the process of internationalization and sectoral shifts in employment, threaten to destabili…
Restructuring, productivity and workplace relations: Evidence from the textile industry
This study analyses the nature of productivity improvements in the textile industry by focusing on the interplay between micro‐electronic technologies and changes in work practices at two hosiery plants and a cotton spinning mill. The findings highlight the uneven impact of technological change on workplace relations and patterns of occupational segregation
Myths and Counter-Myths: An Analysis of Part-Time Female Employees and Their Orientations to Work and Working Hours
The nature and character of the part-time workforce has been at the forefront of recent controversies about women's employment. Drawing on new data on the characteristics, attitudes and preferences of over one thousand female part-time employees, this study highlights important diversities amongst the part-time workforce. The results show that the women in the sample had gravitated to part-time work from a range of different employment background…
Can Dirty Work be Satisfying? A Mixed Method Study of Workers Doing Dirty Jobs
It has been argued in this journal that sociologists can make an important contribution to the understanding of why workers report feeling satisfied with their work, particularly where job quality is poor. Utilising a mixed method approach, this article explores how employees derive satisfaction from dirty work. The term 'dirty work' refers to tasks and occupations that are perceived as disgusting, distasteful or degrading. The research was condu…
Workplace aggression: The Effects of Harassment on Job Burnout and Turnover Intentions
This article analyses the impact of harassment on job burnout and turnover intentions among a large sample of hospital nurses in Britain. It compares the effects of insider-initiated harassment from managers and colleagues with outsider-initiated harassment from patients and their relatives. The article also examines the effect of ethnicity and the impact of effective anti-harassment policies on job burnout and quit intentions. Results suggest fi…
Gender, the Work‐Life Interface and Wellbeing: A Study of Hospital Doctors
Long and unsociable hours and intensive work pressure have been dominant features of the medical profession, especially in hospital work. The increased presence of women in medical occupations, however, has stimulated debate about the nature and consequences of such work practices on doctors' wellbeing. Against the backdrop of this debate the article explores how factors relating to the work–lfe interface affect the wellbeing of a sample of hospi…
Not Worth the Sacrifice? Women's Aspirations and Career Progression in Law Firms
Although there has been a dramatic rise in the numbers of women entering the legal profession, women are far less likely than men to work as law firm partners. While there is evidence to suggest that women experience barriers to career progression, Hakim (2006 ) contends that not all women wish to advance to higher levels in their organizations and those who do may choose to remain childless and therefore not be interested in work–family/life pol…
Employment Systems in Transition? A Comparative Analysis of Britain and Australia
This paper seeks to broaden the scope of internal labour market analysis by investigating changes in the character of company employment systems in a cross-national context. Taking Britain and Australia as the point of reference, the aim is to ascertain whether there are common trends emerging in the character of internal labour markets despite national variations in employment regulation and labour market policy trajectories. Through an analysis…
Why do off‐shored I ndian call centre workers want to leave their jobs
Employee turnover is a major problem in off‐shored Indian call centres. Agents who service Western customers often face hostility and racial abuse because of who they are and where they are located. A substantial part of job‐related training focuses on teaching employees to manage their identity and modify their accent. Based on a sample ( n = 211) of Indian call centre workers servicing international customers, we explore these issues and invest…
Women's Property Rights Violations and HIV/Aids in Africa
Abortion and Human Rights: Examples from Latin America
Restructuring, productivity and workplace relations: Evidence from the textile industry
This study analyses the nature of productivity improvements in the textile industry by focusing on the interplay between micro‐electronic technologies and changes in work practices at two hosiery plants and a cotton spinning mill. The findings highlight the uneven impact of technological change on workplace relations and patterns of occupational segregation
Convergence or divergence? Corporatism and the dynamics of European wage bargaining
Against the backdrop of the debate on European pay bargaining, this article investigates the central claims of the literature on national pay policies and critically evaluates the macroeconomic studies of bargaining structure and economic performance. It is argued that structural changes in the world economy, including the slowdown in productivity growth, the process of internationalization and sectoral shifts in employment, threaten to destabili…
Employment Systems in Transition? A Comparative Analysis of Britain and Australia
This paper seeks to broaden the scope of internal labour market analysis by investigating changes in the character of company employment systems in a cross-national context. Taking Britain and Australia as the point of reference, the aim is to ascertain whether there are common trends emerging in the character of internal labour markets despite national variations in employment regulation and labour market policy trajectories. Through an analysis…
Myths and Counter-Myths: An Analysis of Part-Time Female Employees and Their Orientations to Work and Working Hours
The nature and character of the part-time workforce has been at the forefront of recent controversies about women's employment. Drawing on new data on the characteristics, attitudes and preferences of over one thousand female part-time employees, this study highlights important diversities amongst the part-time workforce. The results show that the women in the sample had gravitated to part-time work from a range of different employment background…
Work Relationships in Telephone Call Centres: Understanding Emotional Exhaustion and Employee Withdrawal
This paper examines the nature of employment and the conditions of work in five telephone call centres in the telecommunications industry in Australia. Call centre work typically requires high levels of sustained interpersonal interaction with customers which can lead to burnout and employee withdrawal. Customer service staff can also become targets of customer hostility and abuse. In addition, this form of work tends to involve extensive employe…
Women's Property Rights Violations and HIV/Aids in Africa
Abortion and Human Rights: Examples from Latin America
Workplace aggression: The Effects of Harassment on Job Burnout and Turnover Intentions
This article analyses the impact of harassment on job burnout and turnover intentions among a large sample of hospital nurses in Britain. It compares the effects of insider-initiated harassment from managers and colleagues with outsider-initiated harassment from patients and their relatives. The article also examines the effect of ethnicity and the impact of effective anti-harassment policies on job burnout and quit intentions. Results suggest fi…
Not Worth the Sacrifice? Women's Aspirations and Career Progression in Law Firms
Although there has been a dramatic rise in the numbers of women entering the legal profession, women are far less likely than men to work as law firm partners. While there is evidence to suggest that women experience barriers to career progression, Hakim (2006 ) contends that not all women wish to advance to higher levels in their organizations and those who do may choose to remain childless and therefore not be interested in work–family/life pol…
Gender, the Work‐Life Interface and Wellbeing: A Study of Hospital Doctors
Long and unsociable hours and intensive work pressure have been dominant features of the medical profession, especially in hospital work. The increased presence of women in medical occupations, however, has stimulated debate about the nature and consequences of such work practices on doctors' wellbeing. Against the backdrop of this debate the article explores how factors relating to the work–lfe interface affect the wellbeing of a sample of hospi…
Why do off‐shored I ndian call centre workers want to leave their jobs
Employee turnover is a major problem in off‐shored Indian call centres. Agents who service Western customers often face hostility and racial abuse because of who they are and where they are located. A substantial part of job‐related training focuses on teaching employees to manage their identity and modify their accent. Based on a sample ( n = 211) of Indian call centre workers servicing international customers, we explore these issues and invest…
Can Dirty Work be Satisfying? A Mixed Method Study of Workers Doing Dirty Jobs
It has been argued in this journal that sociologists can make an important contribution to the understanding of why workers report feeling satisfied with their work, particularly where job quality is poor. Utilising a mixed method approach, this article explores how employees derive satisfaction from dirty work. The term 'dirty work' refers to tasks and occupations that are perceived as disgusting, distasteful or degrading. The research was condu…
Political science (10 works) · Economics (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works)