The Shadow Workforce : Perspectives on Contingent Work in the United States, Japan, and Europe / Sandra E. Gleason, Editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gleason, Sandra E., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temporary employment--United States.

Temporary employment.

Temporary employment--Japan.

Temporary employment--Europe.

Part-time employment--United States.

Part-time employment.

Part-time employment--Japan.

Part-time employment--Europe.

Contracting out--United States.

Contracting out.

Contracting out--Japan.

Contracting out--Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo, MI, USA : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2006

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Ch 1 - Introduction, by Sandra E. Gleason

Ch 2 - Operationalizing the Shadow Workforce: Toward an Understanding of the Participants in Nonstandard Employment Relationships, by Courtney von Hippel, Venkat Bendapudi, Judith Tansky, David B. Greenberger, Stephen L. Mangum, and Robert L. Heneman

Ch 3 - Employer Perspectives: Competing through a Flexible Workforce, by Douglas J. Miller and Jay B. Barney

Ch 4 - Union Responses to the Challenges of Contingent Work Arrangements, by M. Catherine Lundy, Karen Roberts, and Douglas Becker

Ch 5 - No Safe Harbor: A REview of Significant Laws Affecting Contingent Workers, by Thomas A. Coens and Alvin L. Storrs

Ch 6 - Public Policy and Contingent Workers, by Jeffrey B. Wenger

Ch 7 - Japan's Growing Shadow Workforce, by Cynthia Ozeki and Akira Wakisaka

Ch 8 - Employment Policies and Labor Union Activities for Part-Time Workers and Dispatched Workers in Japan, by Kazunari Honda

Ch 9 - Temporary Agency Work in Europe, by Francois Michon

Ch 10 - Where Do We Go from Here?, by Sandra E. Gleason

The Authors

Index

About the Institute.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4294-5488-1

OCLC:

560198762