America at Work: Choices and Challenges

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Foreword......Page 11
Part 1 Quality of Worklife of Americans......Page 12
1 Working Alone: Whatever Happened to the Idea of Organizations as Communities?......Page 14
2 The Transformation of Work in America: New Health Vulnerabilities for American Workers......Page 34
3 Restoring Voice at Work and in Society......Page 48
4 Work and Family in America: Growing Tensions between Employment Policy and a Transformed Workforce......Page 64
5 The Effects of New Work Practices on Workers......Page 84
6 Trends in Jobs and Wages in the U.S. Economy......Page 98
Part 2 Careers in the New American Workplace......Page 120
7 Is Education the Answer? Trends in the Supply and Demand for Skills in the U.S.Workforce......Page 122
8 Bringing Careers Back in…The Changing Landscape of Careers in American Corporations Today......Page 142
9 The Shifting Risk for the American Worker in the Contemporary Employment Contract......Page 164
10 Itinerant Professionals: Technical Contractors in a Knowledge Economy......Page 184
11 The Changing Employment Circumstances of Managers......Page 204
12 Changing Career Paths and their Implications......Page 222
Part 3 Organizational Effectiveness......Page 236
13 The Value of Innovative Human Resource Management Practices......Page 238
14 The Economic Impact of Employee Behaviors on Organizational Performance......Page 252
15 Global Sourcing of Talent: Implications for the U.S.Workforce......Page 268
16 Shared Capitalism at Work: Impacts and Policy Options......Page 286
About the Contributors......Page 308
Notes......Page 316
Combined References......Page 322
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