Low-wage America : how employers are reshaping opportunity in the workplace /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Murnane, Richard J. (Editor ), Bernhardt, Annette D., 1964- (Editor ), Appelbaum, Eileen, 1940- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage, ©2003.
Colección:Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies.
Temas:
Employment forecasting > United States.
Industrial management > United States.
Work environment > United States.
Manpower planning > United States.
Semiskilled labor > United States.
Unskilled labor > United States.
Labor market > United States.
Emploi > Prévision > États-Unis.
Main-d'œuvre > Planification > États-Unis.
Marché du travail > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Employment forecasting.
Industrial management.
Labor market.
Manpower planning.
Semiskilled labor.
Unskilled labor.
Work environment.
United States.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Low-Wage America: An Overview
  • Eileen Appelbaum, Annette Bernhardt, and Richard J. Murnane; Part I. Services: Where the Jobs Are; Chapter 2. The Coffee Pot Wars: Unions and Firm Restructuring in the Hotel Industry
  • Annette Bernhardt, Laura Dresser, and Erin Hatton; Chapter 3. The Effects of Work Restructuring on Low-Wage, Low-Skilled Workers in U.S. Hospitals
  • Eileen Appelbaum, Peter Berg, Ann Frost, and Gil Preuss; Part II. Technology: Fewer Better Jobs?
  • Chapter 4. Computer-Based Technological Change and Skill Demands: Reconciling the Perspectives of Economists and Sociologists
  • David H. Autor, Frank Levy, and Richard J. MurnaneChapter 5. "New Technology" and Its Impact on the Jobs of High School Educated Workers: A Look Deep Inside Three Manufacturing Industries
  • Ann P. Bartel, Casey Ichniowski, and Kathryn Shaw; Chapter 6. Plastic Manufacturers: How Competitive Strategies and Technology Decision Transformed Jobs and Increased Pay Disparity Among Rank-and-File Workers
  • John W. Ballantine Jr. and Ronald F. Ferguson.
  • Part III. Career Ladders: The Past or the FutureChapter 7. Too Many Cooks? Tracking Internal Labor Market Dynamics in Food Service with Case Studies and Quantitative Data
  • Julia Lane, Philip Moss, Harold Salzman, and Chris Tilly; Chapter 8. How and When Does Management Matter? Job Quality and Career Opportunities for Call Center Workers
  • Rosemary Batt, Larry W. Hunter, and Steffanie Wilk; Part IV. Temps: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?
  • Chapter 9. A Temporary Route to Advancement? The Career Opportunities for Low-Skilled Workers in Temporary Employment
  • David Finegold, Alec Levenson, and Mark Van BurenChapter 10. The Effects of Temporary Services and Contracting Out on Low-Skilled Workers: Evidence from Auto Suppliers, Hospitals, and Public Schools
  • George A. Erickcek, Susan N. Houseman, and Arne L. Kalleberg; Part V. Globalization: Always a Job Killer?; Chapter 11. The Future of Jobs in the Hosiery Industry
  • Rachel A. Willis, Rachel Connelly, and Deborah S. DeGraff.
  • Chapter 12. When Management Strategies Change: Employee Well-Being at an Auto Supplier
  • Susan Helper and Morris M. KleinerChapter 13. Managerial Discretion, Business Strategy, and the Quality of Jobs: Evidence from Medium-Sized Manufacturing Establishments in Central New York
  • Derek C. Jones, Takao Kato, and Adam Weinberg; Index.

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