Work, Employment & Society

1987 - 2026

From British Sociological Association
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().

Access Statistics for this journal.
Is something missing from the series or not right? See the RePEc data check for the archive and series.

Volume 40, issue 4, 2026

Social Class in the Post-Industrial Labour Market: Assessing the Contemporary Relevance of the Erikson–Goldthorpe–Portocarero Class Schema pp. 679-705

Karin Kristensson

When She Works More Than Her Partner: Gender Norms and Women's Life Satisfaction in Australia pp. 706-731

Filippos Maraziotis

Repressive Equality Regimes: How Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Initiatives Constrain Equality and Conceal Politics at Work pp. 732-754

Celina McEwen, Alison Pullen and Carl Rhodes

Of Labour and Love: A Film-Based Analysis of the Dispositif of Debt Bondage pp. 755-777

Omer Nazir and Majid Khan

The Labour Process under Worker Control: Organisational Tensions in Worker Cooperatives pp. 778-800

Nicos Moushouttas

The Intensification–Extensification Dynamic: Hybrid Work and Digital Connectivity pp. 801-824

Abigail Marks, Gustav Bösehans and Oliver Mallett

Riding the Waves of Adjustment to Work and Life in Another Country: How and Why Self-expatriates (Re)construct their Social Identities pp. 825-849

Hyacinthe Caldwell, Rory Donnelly and Huadong Yang

The Political Dynamics of Inclusion: Noncitizen Workers in Ethnocratic States pp. 850-872

Assaf S Bondy and Jonathan Preminger

The Biopolitics of Unmanageable Risk in the Gig Economy pp. 873-892

Elsie Foeken

Constructing a Skilled Yet Flexible Migrant Workforce: State-driven Skilled Migration of IT Workers from South Korea to Japan pp. 893-915

Ilju Kim and Sung-Chul Noh

The Role of Settlement Intentions (Un-)Certainty in the Labour Market Integration of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany pp. 916-940

Davit Adunts, Kseniia Gatskova, Yuliya Kosyakova and Silvia Schwanhäuser

Reimagining the Egalitarian Society: A Community-wide Approach to Transcending the Gender Division of Paid and Unpaid Labour pp. 941-962

Reece Garcia and Carol Atkinson

‘Don’t Give Up, Some People Fight This Battle for Decades’: Illusion of Stability and Enforcement of Precarity in State School Teaching pp. 963-974

Davide Bizjak, Giuseppe Esposito, Domenico Napolitano, Luigi Maria Sicca and Antonio

“We Have to Do Somethingâ€: The Lived Reality of Investigating Online Child Sexual Abuse in Sweden pp. 975-985

Alva Lindholm, Robin Burrow and Anna Larsson

Book Review: Panos Theodoropoulos, The Precarious Migrant Worker: The Socialization of Precarity pp. 986-987

Stefano Ba’

Book Review: Franz Nicolay, Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music pp. 988-989

John Preston

Book Review: Jean-Philippe Deranty, The Case for Work pp. 989-991

Amin Mataji

Volume 40, issue 3, 2026

Making Sense of Exploitation: Teenage Workers’ Experiences of Unpaid Labour in Low-Wage Service Jobs pp. 375-395

Anna Kallos

Fixed-term Employment and Subjective Well-being: A Comparison of Natives, Migrants and Refugees pp. 396-420

Laura Goßner and Maye Ehab

Ambivalent Inclusion: Older Workers, Diversity Agendas and the Persistence of the Ideal Worker pp. 421-442

Myra Hamilton, Marian Baird, Angela Kintominas and Alison Williams

Neo-craft Work as Meaningful Work: Longing for Resonance pp. 443-463

Alessandro Gandini, Gianmarco Peterlongo and Marta Tonetta

Algorithmically Managing Risk and the Risk of Managing Algorithms in Australian Homecare: A Managerial Perspective pp. 464-487

Rick Sullivan, Myra Hamilton and Alex Veen

A Contextual Model of Moral Injury: Redefining Trauma in Frontline Professions through Ethics and Context pp. 488-509

Tine Molendijk

Who You Know or What You Know? Job Search and Matching in the Presence of Network-Based Recruitment pp. 510-532

Jamelia Harris

Labour Governance of Platforms: Market-Making and Market-Shaping in Delivery and Care Sectors in Belgium pp. 533-554

Ladin Bayurgil, Valeria Pulignano and Stefan Kirchner

Enhancing Career Studies with Realist Social Theory pp. 555-576

Andrew Kozhevnikov, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Katharina Chudzikowski

Agency through Informality: How Bangladeshi Restaurant Owners Navigate Structural Constraints in Times of Crisis pp. 577-602

Monder Ram, Imelda McCarthy, Trevor Jones and Daniel Musa Mafulul

Glocalising Union Organising: How Access to Power Resources Enables and Constrains Global Union Federation Campaigns in the Global South pp. 603-622

Santanu Sarkar and Andy Charlwood

Managing Stigma and Perpetuating Ableism: How Frontline Workers Navigate Disclosure When Encouraging Employers to Hire Disabled People pp. 623-645

Camilla Stub Lundberg and Per Koren Solvang

Contesting Labour Violations in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Fields pp. 646-656

Darren McGuire, Malika Nazar, Laura Piacentini and Pratima Sambajee

‘Frightening Yet Fulfilling’: Vulnerability, Precarity and the Labour of Harm Reduction pp. 657-666

Guillaume Dumont and Felix

Book review: Jan Drahokoupil and Kurt Vandaele (eds), A Modern Guide to Labour and the Platform Economy pp. 667-669

Peter Bloom

Book review: Tim Butcher, Creative Work Beyond Precarity: Learning to Work Together pp. 669-671

Alexandrina Vanke

Nihan Akyelken, Women, Work and Mobilities: The Case of Urban and Regional Contexts in Turkey and Sonia Bertolini, Valentina Goglio and Dirk Hofäcker, Job Insecurity and Life Courses pp. 671-673

Devika Bahadur

Volume 40, issue 2, 2026

The Gendered Flexibility Paradox and Remote-First Work: How Working Parents Reconcile Work and Care pp. 203-224

Lauren Ryan, Brendan Churchill and Leah Ruppanner

Fathers Combining Work and Care: Flexible Work Arrangements and Paternal Involvement Across Financial Situations pp. 225-249

Carla Brega, Mara A. Yerkes and Marc Grau-Grau

Holiworking: Perspectives on New Ways of Integrating Holiday and Work pp. 250-272

Jean-François Stich, Antonio Díaz Andrade and Wendelin Küpers

Diamonds in the Rough: How Social Class Difference is (De)Valued in Elite Accountancy Firms pp. 273-294

Louise Ashley and Hilary Sommerlad

Lay Moralities of Young Workers and the Moral Economy of Service Labour pp. 295-313

David Farrugia

Autonomy’s Mirage: How Fauxtonomy Fuels Workers’ Frustration in the Gig Economy pp. 314-336

Ward van Zoonen and Anu E Sivunen

Climate Change Vulnerability and the Politics of Production on Swiss Construction Sites pp. 337-347

Simon Schaupp and Jan Meier

Between Mandate and Morality: Navigating Care Home Recruitment and Mandatory Vaccination during COVID-19 pp. 348-359

Emily Yarrow, Shiv Varma and Matthew J. Brannan

Book Review Essay: On the Future of Workers and the Lack of Effective Political Solutions pp. 360-365

Mitja Stefancic

Book Review: Paul de Beer, The Labour Market Myth: How the Market Metaphor Hinders Our Understanding of Work pp. 366-367

Alicja McGarrigle

Carol Wolkowitz remembered pp. 368-371

Nickie Charles

Retraction pp. NP1-NP1

N/a

Volume 40, issue 1, 2026

Wage Premium or Wage Penalty? Gendered Long-term Wage Development of Family Caregivers pp. 3-25

Klara Raiber, Katja Möhring, Mark Visser and Ellen Verbakel

Continuity and Change: The Employment Orientation of Contemporary Marginalised Working-Class Young Men pp. 26-44

Richard Gater

From Precarious Work to Precarious Lives: Managing and Navigating Uncertainty at the Intersections of Employment, Households and the State pp. 45-66

Eva Herman, Gail Hebson and Jill Rubery

The Struggle for Meaning in Contemporary Care Work pp. 67-87

Sarah Jenkins

Special NEETs: Institutional Influences on School-to-Work Transitions of Young People with Disabilities in Europe pp. 88-112

Jonna M Blanck, Christian Brzinsky-Fay and Justin JW Powell

Disaggregating Gender Income Disparities in STEM: Cohort and Family Factors in a Nordic Welfare State pp. 113-134

Susanna Bairoh, Satu Pyöriä and Niklas Mäkinen

Shopfloor Apprentices under a Lean Labour Process: Insights from a British Car Plant pp. 135-152

Ron Roberts and Niall Cullinane

What Does it Mean to be Passionate about Your Job? Three Meanings of ‘Collectively Oriented Passion’ in UK Pubs pp. 153-174

Charles Umney, Nicky Shaw and Simon Williams

Neoliberalism, Informal Employment and Post-Communist Economies: A Tale of a Debt-Seized Worker pp. 175-186

Boris Popesko, Shahzad Uddin and David Urban

Gaming Hope: Professional Women’s Football as Precarious Work pp. 187-196

Constantine Manolchev, Ryan Nolan, Cameron Pearce and Carys

Book Review: Marek Korczynski, The Sociology of Contemporary Work: What It Is, and Why We Need It pp. 197-198

Yihan Fu

Book Review: Peter Cappelli, Our Least Important Asset: Why the Relentless Focus on Finance and Accounting is Bad for Business and Employees pp. 198-200

Unnar Theodorsson