The second half of the twentieth century witnessed a quite dramatic shift in the nature of white collar employment, from lifetime tenure, often in a very hierarchical work structure, to a new model defined by flatter organizations, job insecurity, shorter tenures, declining attachment between employer and employee, and contingent work. Managing employment relations has become an issue of huge strategic importance as businesses struggle to respond to the pace of change in management systems and working practices. Employment ...
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The second half of the twentieth century witnessed a quite dramatic shift in the nature of white collar employment, from lifetime tenure, often in a very hierarchical work structure, to a new model defined by flatter organizations, job insecurity, shorter tenures, declining attachment between employer and employee, and contingent work. Managing employment relations has become an issue of huge strategic importance as businesses struggle to respond to the pace of change in management systems and working practices. Employment Relationships: New Models of White-Collar Work traces developments in employment arrangements drawn from a number of business contexts. These include the rising role of outside hiring and lateral moves in shaping and managing careers, increased career uncertainty, and much greater variety in organizational structures - even within industries and professions - as employers struggle to meet the diverging demands of their product markets.
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). 264 p. Cambridge Companions to Management. Audience: Professional and scholarly. LCCN 2008275035 Type of material Book Main title Employment relationships: new models of white-collar work / edited by Peter Cappelli. Published/Created Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Description xii, 264 p. : ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 9780521865371 (hbk. ) 0521865379 (hbk. ) 9780521684088 (pbk. ) 0521684080 (pbk. ) LC classification HD6971. E557 2008 Related names Cappelli, Peter. Contents Corporate restructuring and the employment relationship / John C. Dencker--The up and out in organizations / Margaret Yap--In the pursuit of quality and quantity: the competing demands in call centers / Steffanie L. Wilk--Three's a crowd? : understanding triadic employment relationships / Matthew Bidwell and Isabel Fernandez-Mateo--The changed world of large law firms and their lawyers: an opportune context for organization researchers / Peter D. Sherer--The upside of bureaucracy: unintended benefits for professional careers / Forrest Briscoe. Subjects Industrial relations. White collar workers. Labor market. Organizational change. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Series Cambridge companions to management Dewey class no. 331 National bib no. GBA7A1703 National bib agency no. 014469523 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn166382322
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