Just Work

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction — Reflections on Work

   • Grant Michelson, Shaun Ryan

   Pages 1-6

3. What Has Happened to Work?

   • Grant Michelson, Shaun Ryan

   Pages 7-14

4. Growing, Making and Delivering Stuff

   • Grant Michelson, Shaun Ryan

   Pages 15-57

5. Selling and Serving

   • Grant Michelson, Shaun Ryan

   Pages 58-82

6. Helping People

   • Grant Michelson, Shaun Ryan

   Pages 83-124

7. Protecting People

   • Grant Michelson, Shaun Ryan

   Pages 125-146

8. Informing and Entertaining

   • Grant Michelson, Shaun Ryan

   Pages 147-167

9. Work — In Progress

   • Grant Michelson, Shaun Ryan

   Pages 168-175

10. Back Matter

    Pages 176-190

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Exploring major questions such as what people want from their work and why, Just Work discusses both new and enduring themes, examining to what extent this is accounted for by a changing environment of work since the 1970s.

• 21st century
• character
• employment
• environment
• mining
• reflection
• themes
• tuff
• work

• Edith Cowan University, Australia

  Grant Michelson

• Deakin University, Australia

  Shaun Ryan

Grant Michelson is professor and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University, Australia. He is an established author who has published widely in the area of informal narrative (rumour and gossip), employment relations and business ethics.

Shaun Ryan is a senior lecturer in the School of Management and Marketing at Deakin University, Australia. He is the author of a number of published articles dealing with varying aspects of workplace experience including low-paid work, dirty work, teamwork, and the organisation of work.

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