''Work, Employment & Society'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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that publishes papers in the fields of
sociology
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and
industrial relations
Industrial relations or employment relations is the multidisciplinary academic field that studies the employment relationship; that is, the complex interrelations between employers and employees, labor union, labor/trade
unions, employer organ ...
. It has been in publication since 1984 and is currently published by
SAGE Publications
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Sage ...
on behalf of the
British Sociological Association
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.
Scope
''Work, Employment & Society'' publishes theoretically informed and original research on the sociology of work. The journal aims to cover all aspects of work, employment and unemployment and their connections with wider social processes and social structures.
Abstracting and indexing
''Work, Employment and Society'' is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases:
SCOPUS
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, and the
Social Sciences Citation Index
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. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', its 2019
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a type of journal ranking. Journals with higher impact factor values are considered more prestigious or important within their field.
The Impact Factor of a journa ...
is 5.116, ranking 32 out of 377 journals in the category "Economics".
and ranking it 7 out of 149 journals in the category "Sociology".
and 2 out of 30 journals in the category "Industrial Relations and Labor".
References
External links
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BSA Official Website
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