Effort of Domestic Workers to Realize Decent Work: Learning, Organizing and Fighting

Decent Work in Agriculture Synopsis of the Background paper (IWSDWA/2003) International Workers’ Symposium on Decent Work in Agriculture

For a Psychosocial Approach to Decent Work

The notion of decent work was developed by the International Labour Organization 20 years ago. The notion is now well known by lawyers, economists, and sociologists, and even if it appears difficult to define it clearly, it constitutes a useful general framework with which to think of the relationships between policy practices, work market globalization, and human rights principles. The fields ...

Decent Work: A Psychological Perspective

This contribution, which serves as the lead article for the Research Topic entitled "From Meaning of Working to Meaningful Lives: The Challenges of Expanding Decent Work," explores current challenges in the development and operationalization of decent work. Based on an initiative from the International Labor Organization [ILO] (1999) decent work represents an aspirational statement about the qu...

Labour Market Flexibility and Decent Work

Th is paper reviews evidence from both industrialized and developing countries on the relationship between labour market fl exibility and employment. It is argued that the notion of fl exibility and its impact is often oversimplifi ed. Th e evidence, such as it is, does not provide much support for the view that greater fl exibility results in higher employment. Th ere is more evidence for an i...

May the gross domestic product growth be a valid indicator of decent work?