Policies aimed at upskilling, motivating and/or disciplining the unemployed have remained a
cornerstone of most OECD countries' employment policies since the 1990s. Central to these …

Background Unemployment is known to involve various psychosocial challenges that can
negatively impact mental health. However, the intricacies of how individuals experience …

As author of On justification (written with Luc Boltanski) and one of the founding fathers of
the economics and sociology of conventions, Laurent Thévenot is a key figure throughout …

This article combines insights from the sociology of emotional labour with works on
conflicting demands facing employees to analyse how frontline staff conduct emotional …

Massive involuntary job loss is one of the most damaging consequences of the COVID-19
pandemic. As a distressful life event, studies revealed how it can adversely impact one's well …

Massive involuntary job loss is one of the most damaging consequences of the COVID-19
pandemic. As a distressful life event, studies revealed how it can adversely impact one's well …

This book explores welfare politics, unemployment, and interventions in relation to the
labour market from a critical psychological perspective. Using critical fieldwork and theory …

This series is dedicated to communicating innovative and multi-disciplinary new research
that advances theory and practice in Entrepreneurial Behaviour. The series is focussed on …

The COVID-19-pandemic offers a unique, if tragic, opportunity to assess the impact of a
worldwide crisis on religion. Theories from various disciplines including the psychology of …

The present study introduces the concept of forms of hybridity as a tool to analyse welfare
claimants' composite experiences with public employment services. In such experiences, the …