America at work
Subtitle: choices and challenges
By: edited by Edward E. Lawler III and James O'Toole.
Contributors: Lawler, Edward E.; O'Toole, James.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9781403972972
Subjects: Quality of work life -- United States; Work -- Social aspects -- United States; Career changes -- United States; Personnel management -- United States
Description: A companion to The new American workplace, which is co-published with the Society for Human Resource Management and the Center for Effective Organizations, this volume contains original articles on workplace issues in America today. Leading scholars in the fields of business, management, and human resources contribute groundbreaking research, highlighting the relevance of these issues for private and public policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-348) and index.
Table of contents: title: Working alone : whatever happened to the idea of organizations as communities? / Jeffrey Pfeffer; title: The transformation of work in America : new health vulnerabilities for American workers / Richard H. Price; title: Restoring voice at work and in society / Thomas A. Kochan; title: Work and family in America : growing tensions between employment policy and a transformed work force / Ellen Ernst Kossek; title: The effects of new work practices on workers / Michael J. Handel and David I. Levine; title: Trends in jobs and wages in the U.S. economy / Alec Levenson; title: Is education the answer? : trends in the supply and demand for skills in the U.S. workforce / David Finegold; title: Bringing careers back in ... the challenging landscape of careers in American corporations today / Elizabeth F. Craig and Douglas T. Hall; title: The shifting risk for the American worker in the contemporary employment contract / Denise M. Rousseau; title: Itinerant professionals : technical contractors in a knowledge economy / Stephen R. Barley and Gideon Kunda; title: The challenging employment circumstances of managers / Paul Osterman; title: Changing career paths and their implications / Peter Cappelli; title: The value of innovative human resource management practices / Kathryn Shaw; title: The economic impact of employee behaviors on organizational performance / Wayne F. Cascio; title: Global sourcing of talent : implications for the U.S. workforce / Fred K. Foulkes, Sushil Vachani, and Jennifer Zaslow; title: Shared capitalism at work : impacts and policy options / Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse and Richard B. Freeman.