America at Work: Choices and Challenges

✍ Scribed by Edward E. Lawler III, James O’Toole (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 351
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A companion to The New American Workplace , which is co-published with the Society for Human Resource Management and the Centre for Effective Organizations, this volume contains original articles and groundbreaking research, on workplace issues in America today from leading scholars in the fields of business, management and human resources.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Working Alone: Whatever Happened to the Idea of Organizations as Communities?....Pages 3-21
The Transformation of Work in America: New Health Vulnerabilities for American Workers....Pages 23-35
Restoring Voice at Work and in Society....Pages 37-52
Work and Family in America: Growing Tensions between Employment Policy and a Transformed Workforce....Pages 53-71
The Effects of New Work Practices on Workers....Pages 73-85
Trends in Jobs and Wages in the U.S. Economy....Pages 87-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Is Education The Answer? Trends in the Supply and Demand for Skills in the U.S. Workforce....Pages 111-130
Bringing Careers Back in … The Changing Landscape of Careers in American Corporations Today....Pages 131-152
The Shifting Risk for the American Worker in the Contemporary Employment Contract....Pages 153-171
Itinerant Professionals: Technical Contractors in a Knowledge Economy....Pages 173-191
The Changing Employment Circumstances of Managers....Pages 193-209
Changing Career Paths and their Implications....Pages 211-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
The Value of Innovative Human Resource Management Practices....Pages 227-239
The Economic Impact of Employee Behaviors on Organizational Performance....Pages 241-256
Global Sourcing of Talent: Implications for the U.S. Workforce....Pages 257-273
Shared Capitalism at Work: Impacts and Policy Options....Pages 275-295
Back Matter....Pages 297-355

✦ Subjects

Human Resource Management; Office Management