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America at work : choices and challenges / edited by Edward E. Lawler III and James O'Toole.

Contributor(s): Lawler, Edward E | O'Toole, James.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-348) and index.Description: viii, 355 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1403972974; 9781403972972.Subject(s): Quality of work life -- United States | Work -- Social aspects -- United States | Career changes -- United States | Personnel management -- United StatesDDC classification: 334.0973 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents
Contents:
Working alone : whatever happened to the idea of organizations as communities? / Jeffrey Pfeffer -- The transformation of work in America : new health vulnerabilities for American workers / Richard H. Price -- Restoring voice at work and in society / Thomas A. Kochan -- Work and family in America : growing tensions between employment policy and a transformed work force / Ellen Ernst Kossek -- The effects of new work practices on workers / Michael J. Handel and David I. Levine -- Trends in jobs and wages in the U.S. economy / Alec Levenson -- Is education the answer? : trends in the supply and demand for skills in the U.S. workforce / David Finegold -- Bringing careers back in ... the challenging landscape of careers in American corporations today / Elizabeth F. Craig and Douglas T. Hall -- The shifting risk for the American worker in the contemporary employment contract / Denise M. Rousseau -- Itinerant professionals : technical contractors in a knowledge economy / Stephen R. Barley and Gideon Kunda -- The challenging employment circumstances of managers / Paul Osterman -- Changing career paths and their implications / Peter Cappelli -- The value of innovative human resource management practices / Kathryn Shaw -- The economic impact of employee behaviors on organizational performance / Wayne F. Cascio -- Global sourcing of talent : implications for the U.S. workforce / Fred K. Foulkes, Sushil Vachani, and Jennifer Zaslow -- Shared capitalism at work : impacts and policy options / Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse and Richard B. Freeman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-348) and index.

Working alone : whatever happened to the idea of organizations as communities? / Jeffrey Pfeffer -- The transformation of work in America : new health vulnerabilities for American workers / Richard H. Price -- Restoring voice at work and in society / Thomas A. Kochan -- Work and family in America : growing tensions between employment policy and a transformed work force / Ellen Ernst Kossek -- The effects of new work practices on workers / Michael J. Handel and David I. Levine -- Trends in jobs and wages in the U.S. economy / Alec Levenson -- Is education the answer? : trends in the supply and demand for skills in the U.S. workforce / David Finegold -- Bringing careers back in ... the challenging landscape of careers in American corporations today / Elizabeth F. Craig and Douglas T. Hall -- The shifting risk for the American worker in the contemporary employment contract / Denise M. Rousseau -- Itinerant professionals : technical contractors in a knowledge economy / Stephen R. Barley and Gideon Kunda -- The challenging employment circumstances of managers / Paul Osterman -- Changing career paths and their implications / Peter Cappelli -- The value of innovative human resource management practices / Kathryn Shaw -- The economic impact of employee behaviors on organizational performance / Wayne F. Cascio -- Global sourcing of talent : implications for the U.S. workforce / Fred K. Foulkes, Sushil Vachani, and Jennifer Zaslow -- Shared capitalism at work : impacts and policy options / Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse and Richard B. Freeman.

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