Love the work, hate the job : why America's best workers are more unhappy than ever / David Kusnet.
By: Kusnet, David
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TextPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2008Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and index.Description: vii, 280 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780471742050 .Subject(s): Job satisfaction -- Washington (State) | Work environment -- Washington (State) | Profit -- Washington (State)DDC classification: 331.01/209797 Online resources: Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and index.
Henry Kaiser's orphans -- From blue-collar blues to white-collar woes -- Graveyard shift -- Caring enough to get mad -- Cyber proles -- Aren't we technology workers? -- I know what it's like to be treated reasonably -- The love-hate workplace -- A company that hires engineers and other people -- The Max Planck institute for cynicism -- On strike for Boeing -- One of Boeing's best years ever.
A study of the growing dissatisfaction among American workers looks at the various factors that are causing the problem, arguing that indiscriminate cost-cutting and the pursuit of short-term profits, along with a lack of respect and workers having no say in the future of a business, are preventing workers from doing their best and fueling workplace conflicts.
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