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Social Security and the Gig Economy – Lessons from the French Intermittents du Spectable scheme.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2023/12/07/social-security-and-the-gig-economy-lessons-from-the-french-intermittents-du-spectable-scheme/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on December 7, 2023 A radical redesign of the UK benefits system for gig economy workers could draw inspiration from a French scheme that covers art industry workers writes Guillaume Wilemme and Piotr Denderski of the...
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Delivering Sexual Harassment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/01/18/delivering-sexual-harassment/
Posted by Jo B in School of Business Blog on January 18, 2018 In our first blog of the new year, Professor Jo Brewis explores the ways in which the gig economy is providing an insidious new means for women to be exposed to sexual harassment.
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Training apprentices: do small firms do it better?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/10/08/training-apprentices-do-small-firms-do-it-better/
Posted by Dan Bishop in School of Business Blog on October 8, 2014 Dan Bishop, Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, challenges the ‘large firm’ paradigm on which apprenticeship-oriented politics has conventionally been based Apprenticeships and small businesses have...
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The Continuing Imperialism of Free Trade
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/12/03/the-continuing-imperialism-of-free-trade/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on December 3, 2018 In this post Dr Chris Grocott, Lecturer in Management and Economic History in ULSB, discusses his recently published book, co-edited with Dr Jo Grady (University of Sheffield), on the continuing...
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Distrust of Employer’s Responses to COVID-19 Could Increase Both Presenteeism and Absenteeism in UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2020/05/20/distrust-of-employers-responses-to-covid-19-could-increase-both-presenteeism-and-absenteeism-in-uk-workplaces/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on May 20, 2020 People’s trust in their employer’s response to COVID-19 will shape their attitudes to returning to the workplace, Professor Stephen Wood writes.
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Fair Game? A Reviewers Tale
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/02/11/fair-game-a-reviewers-tale/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on February 11, 2017 Emeritus Professor Peter Armstrong (p.armstrong@le.ac.uk) discusses an episode in the journal reviewing process that led him to believe that power and politics play their part too.
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The Sense of Touch for Archaeological Knowing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/03/20/the-sense-of-touch-for-archaeological-knowing/
Posted by kpijpers in School of Business Blog on March 20, 2018 In this post, Dr Kevin Pijpers discusses his recently completed doctoral research on how archaeologists use their senses, in particular their sense of touch and the relationship between archaeological...
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Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Raising a Glass to the English Wine Industry: Why we will be cracking open the English Fizz this Chr
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/12/23/raising-a-glass-to-the-english-wine-industry-why-we-will-be-cracking-open-the-english-fizz-this-christmas/
Posted by Sarah Robinson in School of Business Blog on December 23, 2014 Senior Lecturers in Organisation Studies, Sarah Robinson and Elke Weik , get us in the seasonal spirit: Cheers! We are both wine lovers and organisational researchers, curious about the factors...
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Collective performance-related pay systems may have more effect on performance than individualized p
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2023/10/27/collective-performance-related-pay-systems-may-have-more-effect-on-performance-than-individualized-performance-related-pay-systems/
Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on October 27, 2023 Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, University of Leicester School of Business.