Crossing the Great Divide : : Worker Risk and Opportunity in the New Economy /

Crossing the Great Divide : : Worker Risk and Opportunity in the New Economy / / Vicki Smith.

The 1990s were years of turmoil and transformation in American work experiences and employment relationships. Trends including the growth of contingent labor, the erosion of the stable employment contract, the restructuring of jobs and companies, and the emergence of opportunity-enhancing employee p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Smith, Vicki,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2002
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Work And Employment At The Turn Of The Century
  • 2. Reproco: Creating Flexibly Specialized Service Workers
  • 3. Woodworkers For Life? Reconstructing Endangered Workers As Involved Participants
  • 4. "I'd Work Forever As A Temporary Worker At Comptech": Temporary Work, Attachment, And Aspirations
  • 5. Structural Unemployment And The Reconstruction Of The Self In The Turbulent Economy
  • 6. Crossing The Great Divide: Negotiating Uncertainty, Risk, And Opportunity
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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