Working together : how workplace bonds strengthen a diverse democracy / Cynthia Estlund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Estlund, Cynthia, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diversity in the workplace--United States.

Diversity in the workplace.

Discrimination in employment--United States.

Discrimination in employment.

Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--United States.

Industrial relations--United States.

Industrial relations.

Organizational behavior--United States.

Organizational behavior.

Personnel management--United States.

Personnel management.

Labor laws and legislation--United States.

Labor laws and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cynthia Estlund explores the paradoxical nature - and the paramount importance - of workplace bonds in a diverse democratic society. It stakes a claim for the civic value of the millions of conversations that take place every day among co-workers.

Contents:

Connectedness in the workplace : a sketch

From "the workplace" to workplaces : variety and change in the organization of work

Working together across racial lines : how much does it happen and what difference does it make?

Men and women working together : some consequences of gender integration at work

Situating the workplace in civil society : social integration, social capital, and deliberation at work

Compulsion, connectedness, and the constitution of the workplace

Refining the "Equal protection clause" of the workplace

Protecting collective voice and promoting cooperation in the workplace.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includesbibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772121-4

0-19-028918-X

1-280-50283-5

0-19-803595-0

1-60256-979-7

OCLC:

252582460