Crossing the great divide
Subtitle: worker risk and opportunity in the new economy
By: Vicki Smith.
Publisher: ILR Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Labor market -- United States; Working class -- United States
Description: "The 1990s were years of turmoil and transformation in American work experiences and employment relationships. Trends including the growth of contingent labor, the erosion of the stable employment contract, the restructuring of jobs and companies, and the emergence to opportunity-enhancing employee participation programs reconfigured occupations, career paths, and labor market opportunities.

Vicki Smith analyzes this shift, asking how workers navigated their way across the divide between bad jobs and good jobs, between bad jobs organized hierarchically and jobs requiring greater worker involvement, and between temporary and stable work.".

"Crossing the Great Divide uses original case study data from four diverse organizational setting around the country. Smith compares the situations of nonunionized, white-collar workers at a photocopy service firm; unionized blue-collar workers in a wood-products processing factory; temporary assemblers and clerical workers in a high-tech firm; and unemployed managers, technical workers, and professionals participating in a job search club."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-206) and index.