TY - BOOK ID - 14302368 TI - Non-standard employment and quality of work : the case of Italy AU - Addabbo, Tindara. AU - Solinas, Giovanni. PY - 2012 SN - 3790821055 9786613451996 1283451999 3790821063 PB - Berlin ; New York : Physica-Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Italy -- Economic conditions -- 1994-. KW - Labor -- Italy -- Case studies. KW - Labor -- Italy. KW - Quality of work life -- Italy -- Case studies Labor economics -- Italy. KW - Quality of work life KW - Labor KW - Business & Economics KW - Labor & Workers' Economics KW - Flexible work arrangements KW - Informal sector (Economics) KW - Quality control. KW - Alternate work arrangements KW - Hidden economy KW - Parallel economy KW - Second economy KW - Shadow economy KW - Subterranean economy KW - Underground economy KW - Labor law. KW - Economic policy. KW - Social policy. KW - Labor economics. KW - Economics. KW - Labor Economics. KW - Economic Policy. KW - Social Policy. KW - Labour Law/Social Law. KW - Economics KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Economic policy KW - Family policy KW - Social history KW - Economic nationalism KW - Economic planning KW - Planning KW - National security KW - Social policy KW - Employees KW - Employment law KW - Industrial relations KW - Labor law KW - Labor standards (Labor law) KW - Work KW - Working class KW - Industrial laws and legislation KW - Social legislation KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Law and legislation KW - Artisans KW - Small business KW - Hours of labor KW - Social legislation. KW - Human services KW - Public law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14302368 AB - The international literature on non-standard employment has mostly focussed on its impact on employment, and more recently on working and living conditions. This volume explores these issues with special reference to Italy. Italy is characterized by very low participation rates (particularly women’s), a high degree of fragmentation of labour contracts and a very intense non-standard work diffusion that make this context a particularly interesting case for analysis. New elements of discussion are provided with reference to the interaction of non-standard work, employment probability and living conditions. Interesting insights on the impact of non-standard work on the transition to stable employment and workers’ careers emerge, suggesting a possible failure of companies’ internal systems of work evaluation. The effects on labour productivity and on companies’ performance are analysed. Within this framework, a new perspective on quality of work is suggested. ER -