Turbulence : Boeing and the state of American workers and managers / Edward S. Greenberg [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Edward S., 1942- Author.

Greenberg, Edward S., 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boeing Aircraft Company--Employees--Longitudinal studies.

Boeing Aircraft Company.

Boeing Aircraft Company--Management--Longitudinal studies.

Organizational change.

Industrial relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This timely book investigates the experiences of employees at all levels of Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) during a ten-year period of dramatic organizational change. As Boeing transformed itself, workers and managers contended with repeated downsizing, shifting corporate culture, new roles for women, outsourcing, mergers, lean production, and rampant technological change. Drawing on a unique blend of quantitative and qualitative research, the authors consider how management strategies affected the well-being of Boeing employees, as well as their attitudes toward their jobs and their company. Boeing employees' experience holds vital lessons for other employees, the leaders of other firms determined to thrive in today's era of inescapable and growing global competition, as well as public officials concerned about the well-being of American workers and companies.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Studying a Company and Workforce in Transition

Chapter 2. How and Why Boeing Changed Everything About the Way It Makes Airplanes

Chapter 3. Boeing's Changing Culture

Chapter 4. Living Through Layoffs

Chapter 5. Working in New Ways

Chapter 6. Managing Through Change

Chapter 7. Changing Roles of Women

Chapter 8. Well-Being Consequences of Workplace Change

Chapter 9. Navigating Through Turbulence

Appendix: Details of Research Methodology

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-15462-3

OCLC:

953660872