Research Catalog

Title

The new American workplace / James O'Toole, Edward E. Lawler III.

Author

O'Toole, James.

Publication

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Lawler, Edward E., III

Description

x, 260 pages; 25 cm

Summary

Redefines the state of the nation's workplace in the current generation, citing significant changes to such elements as the role of working women, the pervasiveness of outsourcing, and a meteoric rise in worker competitiveness.

Subject

• Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
• Quality of work life > United States
• Labor market > United States
• Labor supply > United States
• Industrial organization > United States
• Industrial sociology > United States
• Industrial organization
• Industrial sociology
• Labor market
• Labor supply
• Quality of work life
• Arbeitsmarkt
• Arbeitsbedingungen
• Lebensqualität
• Industriesoziologie
• Job satisfaction
• Management > United States
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-257) and index.

Contents

I: Work in America -- II: Changes in the American workplace -- The nature of organizations -- The work itself -- The employment relationship -- III: Consequences for the American worker -- Careers -- Work/life balance -- Health and safety -- Job and life satisfaction -- Performance pressure -- Compensation -- Employee "voice" -- Training and development -- Community and commitment -- Winners and losers -- IV: Choices and future directions -- Organizations and competitiveness -- Public policy -- Individuals -- V: Future of the American workplace.

ISBN

• 1403969590
• 9781403969590
• 1403984913
• 9781403984913

LCCN

• 2005058668
• 9781403969590

OCLC

• ocm64846036
• 64846036
• SCSB-1394610

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library