Title: The Changing nature of work /
Authors: Howard, Ann, 1939-
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Work Forecasting; Work Psychological aspects; Industrial sociology.; Industrial relations
Contents: Foreword / Sheldon Zedeck -- 1. A Framework for Work Change / Ann Howard -- 2. The Political Context of Employment. Political Economic Institutions, Labor Relations, and Work / Kirsten S. Wever. Government Regulation of Human Resources / James Ledvinka -- 3. Technology and the Organization of Work. New Information Technologies and Changes in Work / Jan Van der Spiegel. Form, Function, and Strategy in Boundaryless Organizations / Donald D. Davis -- 4. New Manufacturing Initiatives and Shopfloor Job Design / Toby D. Wall and Paul R. Jackson -- 5. Technological Changes in Office Jobs: What We Know and What We Can Expect / Michael D. Coovert -- 6. Human Resources and Their Skills. The Youth Labor Market: Skill Deficiencies and Public Policy / Paul Osterman. Enhancing Skills in the New Economy / Anthony P. Carnevale -- 7. Advancing Personnel Selection and Placement Methods / Frank J. Landy, Laura Shankster-Cawley and Stacey Kohler Moran -- 8. Changing Individual-Organization Attachments: A Two-Way Street / Denise M. Rousseau and Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni -- 9. Careers as Lifelong Learning / Douglas T. Hall and Philip H. Mirvis -- 10. When People Get Out of the Box: New Relationships, New Systems / Susan Albers Mohrman and Susan G. Cohen -- 11. Leadership in the Twenty-First Century: A Speculative Inquiry / Robert J. House -- 12. Changing Conceptions and Practices in Performance Appraisal / Jerry W. Hedge and Walter C. Borman -- 13. Post-Industrial Lives: New Demands, New Prescriptions / Jerald Hage -- 14. Rethinking the Psychology of Work / Ann Howard.