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Low-wage America : how employers are reshaping opportunity in the workplace / Eileen Appelbaum, Annette Bernhardt, and Richard J. Murnane, editors.
LIBRA HD5724 .L44 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor market--United States.
- Labor market.
- Semiskilled labor.
- United States.
- Unskilled labor--United States.
- Unskilled labor.
- Semiskilled labor--United States.
- Manpower planning--United States.
- Manpower planning.
- Work environment--United States.
- Work environment.
- Industrial management--United States.
- Industrial management.
- Employment forecasting--United States.
- Employment forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 535 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Low-wage jobs are changing
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage, [2003]
- Summary:
- The most extensive study to date of how the world of work is changing for workers without a college degree.
- Contents:
- Low-wage America: an overview / Eileen Appelbaum, Annette Bernhardt, and Richard J. Murnane
- The coffee pot wars: unions and firm restructuring in the hotel industry / Annette Bernhardt, Laura Dresser, and Erin Hatton
- The effects of work restructuring on low-wage, low-skilled workers in U.S. Hospitals / Eileen Appelbaum ... [et al.]
- Computer-based technological change and skill demands: reconciling the perspectives of economists and sociologists / David H. Autor, Frank Levy, and Richard J. Murnane
- "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
- 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
- Too many cooks? Tracking internal labor market dynamics in food service with case studies and quantitative data / Julia Lane ... [et al.]
- How and when does management matter? Job quality and career opportunities for call center workers / Rosemary Batt, Larry W. Hunter, and Steffanie Wilk
- A temporary route to advancement? The career opportunities for low-skilled workers in temporary employment / David Finegold, Alec Levenson, and Mark Van Buren
- 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
- The future of jobs in the hosiery industry / Rachel A. Willis, Rachel Connelly, and Deborah S. DeGraff
- When management strategies change: employee well-being at the auto supplier / Susan Helper and Morris M. Kleiner
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0871540258
- OCLC:
- 51967244
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