Crossing the Great Divide uses original case study data from four diverse organizational settings around the country. Smith compares the situations of nonunionized, white-collar workers at a photocopy service firm; unionized blue-collar workers in a wood-products processing factory; temporary assemblers and clerical workers in a high-tech firm; and unemployed managers, technical workers, and professionals participating in a job search club.
The very different experiences revealed in Crossing the Great Divide highlight the way diverse new relationships between companies and their employees play out in workplaces, where new forms of work organization simultaneously create opportunity, instability, and risk for workers. Smith's goal is to construct a new framework of employment that accommodates the unpredictability and turbulence of the twenty-first century, but that is also "characterized at its core by attachment, reward, protection, commitment, and dignity".
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Crossing the Great Divide uses original case study data from four diverse organizational settings around the country. Smith compares the situations of nonunionized, white-collar workers at a photocopy service firm; unionized blue-collar workers in a wood-products processing factory; temporary assemblers and clerical workers in a high-tech firm; and unemployed managers, technical workers, and professionals participating in a job search club.
The very different experiences revealed in Crossing the Great Divide highlight the way diverse new relationships between companies and their employees play out in workplaces, where new forms of work organization simultaneously create opportunity, instability, and risk for workers. Smith's goal is to construct a new framework of employment that accommodates the unpredictability and turbulence of the twenty-first century, but that is also "characterized at its core by attachment, reward, protection, commitment, and dignity".
Imprint | Cornell University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | ILR Press books |
Release date | March 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | June 2001 |
Authors | Vicki Smith |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 240 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8014-3737-3 |
Barcode | 9780801437373 |
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LSN | 0-8014-3737-7 |