Despite formidable obstacles, a small but growing number of U.S. companies rccognize that today's domestic and international markets require them to transform their production...
Despite formidable obstacles, a small but growing number of U.S. companies rccognize that today's domestic and international markets require them to t...
Much of the hoopla surrounding quality circles, teams, and high-performance work systems has been based on anecdotes and very thin evidence. It has not been established that those employee involvement strategies amount to anything more than another series of management fads or ruses designed to get more out of workers without giving them anything in return. This revelatory book, written by some of the skeptics, lays some of the suspicion to rest.
Based on their visits to 44 plants and surveys of more than 4,000 employees, Eileen Appelbaum, Thomas Bailey, Peter Berg, and Arne L. Kalleberg...
Much of the hoopla surrounding quality circles, teams, and high-performance work systems has been based on anecdotes and very thin evidence. It has no...
Eileen Appelbaum Ronald Schettkat Eileen Appelbaum
This volume brings together an international group of contributors to explore the impacts of structural economic change and technological progress on labor markets. The contributors goal is to present an in-depth comparative study of the ways in which different national economies have adjusted to structural changes like the shift to service-based economies and technological changes brought about by the increasing use of the computer in offices and on the production line. Examining the adjustment process from both a micro and macro perspective, the contributors analyze the flexibility...
This volume brings together an international group of contributors to explore the impacts of structural economic change and technological progress ...
Unfinished Business documents the history and impact of California's paid family leave program, the first of its kind in the United States, which began in 2004. Drawing on original data from fieldwork and surveys of employers, workers, and the larger California adult population, Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum analyze in detail the effect of the state s landmark paid family leave on employers and workers. They also explore the implications of California s decade-long experience with paid family leave for the nation, which is engaged in ongoing debate about work-family...
Unfinished Business documents the history and impact of California's paid family leave program, the first of its kind in the United States...
Unfinished Business documents the history and impact of California's paid family leave program, the first of its kind in the United States, which began in 2004. Drawing on original data from fieldwork and surveys of employers, workers, and the larger California adult population, Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum analyze in detail the effect of the state s landmark paid family leave on employers and workers. They also explore the implications of California s decade-long experience with paid family leave for the nation, which is engaged in ongoing debate about work-family...
Unfinished Business documents the history and impact of California's paid family leave program, the first of its kind in the United States...
