Employment relationships : new models of white-collar work / edited by Peter Cappelli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cappelli, Peter.

Series:

Cambridge companions to management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial relations.

White collar workers.

Labor market.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

xii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

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 the latest 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.

Employment Relationships offers an authoritiative resource for students and scholars wanting to understand the role of employment relations in real-world business settings.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521865371

0521865379

9780521684088

0521684080

OCLC:

166382322

Publisher Number:

99938832035