A Nation at Work
The Heldrich Guide to the American Workforce
Herausgeber: Horn, Carl E van; Schaffner, Herbert A
A Nation at Work
The Heldrich Guide to the American Workforce
Herausgeber: Horn, Carl E van; Schaffner, Herbert A
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A Nation at Work addresses the fundamental economic, demographic, policy, and business facts about how the workforce and workplace are changing in the early twenty-first century.
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A Nation at Work addresses the fundamental economic, demographic, policy, and business facts about how the workforce and workplace are changing in the early twenty-first century.
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- Verlag: Rutgers University Press
- Seitenzahl: 472
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2003
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 181mm x 30mm
- Gewicht: 789g
- ISBN-13: 9780813531892
- ISBN-10: 0813531896
- Artikelnr.: 21583420
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
- Verlag: Rutgers University Press
- Seitenzahl: 472
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2003
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 181mm x 30mm
- Gewicht: 789g
- ISBN-13: 9780813531892
- ISBN-10: 0813531896
- Artikelnr.: 21583420
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
Van Horn, Carl E
List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I The Workforce, the Economy, and Public Policy Chapter 1. Social, Economic, and Demographic Trends Sidebar. Policy Brief: Pension Plans and Social Security
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Poverty and Its Role in U.S. Policy
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Unemployment Insurance and Low-Income Workers in the New Economy's First Recession Chapert 2. Recruiting, Educating, and Training the Workforce
Sidebar. Policy Brief: The Workforce Investment Act Chapter 3. Regulating the Workforce
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Affirmative Action—Pros and Cons Part II The Economy and the Workforce: A Critical Reader Chapter 4. Globalization, Technology, and Trade Information Technology and the New Economy by U.S. Department of Commerce Notions of New Economy HInge on Pace of Productivity Growth by Louis Uchitelle A Decade of Difference: The Newly Improved U.S. Economy by Jack Guynn Manufacturing's Place in the Twenty-first-Century Economy by Leo Reddy Manufacturing amidst Economic and Market Jitters—Still America's Best Bet for Growth by W. R. Timken Jr. Shining Factory on a Mountaintop by Nancy Mills Stocks Matter, but Jobs Matter More by E. J. Dionne Jr. The Economic Importance of Improving Math-Science Education by Alan Greenspan What We Work for Now by Jerome M. Segal The Real Foundation of the Software World: Behind-the-Scenes Programmers Are Bricklayers of Internet Economy by Steve Lohr The New Antiglobalists: Exploring the Psychology of Seattle, Washington, and Beyond by William Finnegan The Discarded Factory: Degraded Production in the Age of the Superbrand by Naomi Klein The Positive Effect of Trade on U.S. Jobs by Ernest H. Preeg America's Labor Pains by Thomas L. Friedman Where No Business Is Good Business by Jack El-Hai Dialogues with James Fallows by Michael Lews and James Fallows Mass of Newly Laid-Off Workers Will Put Social Safety Net to the Test by Jason DeParle Chapter 5. Ethics and Justice in the New Workplace Shock Absorbers in the New Economy by Chris Benner Scrubbing in Maine by Barbara Ehrenreich No Shame in (This) Game by Katherine S. Newman Abusive Chid Labor Practices by Linda Chavez-Thompson New Ethics or No Ethics? Questionable Behavior Is Silicon Valley's Next Big Thing by Jerry Useem Two Companies Battle High Turnover and Win! by Deborah S. Roberts Sidebar. Building Bonds Workplace Upheavals Seems to Be Eroding Employees' Trust by Sue Shellenbarger Chapter 6. Balancing Work and Family The Daily Grind: Catch a Break from a Stressed-Out World by Ellen Galinsky An Accident Waiting to Happen by Ann Crittenden Day Care Is Moving to the Night Shift by Barbara Carton Mommy-Track Backlash by Alden M. Hayashi Is Telework Coming of Age? Evaluating the Potential Benefits of Telework by Carl E. Van Horn and Duke Storen Work at Home? First, Get Real by Susan B. Garland Child Care, the Perk of Tomorrow? by Steven Greenhouse The State of the Workplace for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Americans, 2000 by Human Rights Campaign Sidebar. General Description of Hewlett-Packard's Domestic Partner Benefits Should Washington Implement National Ergonomic Standards? by Edward Potter Home-Office Debate Isn't New by Eileen Boris and Nelson Lichtenstein Right to Refuse Unsafe Work by Communications Workers of America FIshing for a Living Is Dangerous Work by Dino Drudi Logging Is Perilous Work by Eric F. Sygnatur What Is Stress and Why Is It Hazardous? by HR.com Chapter 7. Technology on the Job The Knowledge Web by Michael Moe The Long Boom: Boom Fatigue by Jon Gordon Twelve Learning Interventions That Combat Technophobia by Linda Ristow Puetz E-Business 2.0: The Real Transformation Begins by John Thompson Rig de Rigueur: Eighteen Wheels and a Laptop by Robert Strauss A Vision of E-Learning for America's Workforce by The Commission on Technology and Adult Learning, American Society of Training and Development/National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Chapter 8. The Changing Face of the Workforce Gray Flannel Suit? Moi? by Thomas Stewart Sidebar. Escape from the Cult of Personality Tests New Opportunities for Older Workers by Committee for Economic Development Finished at Forty by Nina Munk Sidebar. Suspect Age Bias? Try Proving It The Working Caste by Leah Platt The H-1B Straitjacket: Why Congress Should Repeal the Cap on Foreign-Born Highly Skilled Workers by Suzette Brooks Masters and Ted Ruthizer Labor Movement: Mexicans Transform a Town in Georgia—and an Entire Industry by Joel Millman and Will Pinkston Bibliography Internet References Index
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Poverty and Its Role in U.S. Policy
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Unemployment Insurance and Low-Income Workers in the New Economy's First Recession Chapert 2. Recruiting, Educating, and Training the Workforce
Sidebar. Policy Brief: The Workforce Investment Act Chapter 3. Regulating the Workforce
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Affirmative Action—Pros and Cons Part II The Economy and the Workforce: A Critical Reader Chapter 4. Globalization, Technology, and Trade Information Technology and the New Economy by U.S. Department of Commerce Notions of New Economy HInge on Pace of Productivity Growth by Louis Uchitelle A Decade of Difference: The Newly Improved U.S. Economy by Jack Guynn Manufacturing's Place in the Twenty-first-Century Economy by Leo Reddy Manufacturing amidst Economic and Market Jitters—Still America's Best Bet for Growth by W. R. Timken Jr. Shining Factory on a Mountaintop by Nancy Mills Stocks Matter, but Jobs Matter More by E. J. Dionne Jr. The Economic Importance of Improving Math-Science Education by Alan Greenspan What We Work for Now by Jerome M. Segal The Real Foundation of the Software World: Behind-the-Scenes Programmers Are Bricklayers of Internet Economy by Steve Lohr The New Antiglobalists: Exploring the Psychology of Seattle, Washington, and Beyond by William Finnegan The Discarded Factory: Degraded Production in the Age of the Superbrand by Naomi Klein The Positive Effect of Trade on U.S. Jobs by Ernest H. Preeg America's Labor Pains by Thomas L. Friedman Where No Business Is Good Business by Jack El-Hai Dialogues with James Fallows by Michael Lews and James Fallows Mass of Newly Laid-Off Workers Will Put Social Safety Net to the Test by Jason DeParle Chapter 5. Ethics and Justice in the New Workplace Shock Absorbers in the New Economy by Chris Benner Scrubbing in Maine by Barbara Ehrenreich No Shame in (This) Game by Katherine S. Newman Abusive Chid Labor Practices by Linda Chavez-Thompson New Ethics or No Ethics? Questionable Behavior Is Silicon Valley's Next Big Thing by Jerry Useem Two Companies Battle High Turnover and Win! by Deborah S. Roberts Sidebar. Building Bonds Workplace Upheavals Seems to Be Eroding Employees' Trust by Sue Shellenbarger Chapter 6. Balancing Work and Family The Daily Grind: Catch a Break from a Stressed-Out World by Ellen Galinsky An Accident Waiting to Happen by Ann Crittenden Day Care Is Moving to the Night Shift by Barbara Carton Mommy-Track Backlash by Alden M. Hayashi Is Telework Coming of Age? Evaluating the Potential Benefits of Telework by Carl E. Van Horn and Duke Storen Work at Home? First, Get Real by Susan B. Garland Child Care, the Perk of Tomorrow? by Steven Greenhouse The State of the Workplace for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Americans, 2000 by Human Rights Campaign Sidebar. General Description of Hewlett-Packard's Domestic Partner Benefits Should Washington Implement National Ergonomic Standards? by Edward Potter Home-Office Debate Isn't New by Eileen Boris and Nelson Lichtenstein Right to Refuse Unsafe Work by Communications Workers of America FIshing for a Living Is Dangerous Work by Dino Drudi Logging Is Perilous Work by Eric F. Sygnatur What Is Stress and Why Is It Hazardous? by HR.com Chapter 7. Technology on the Job The Knowledge Web by Michael Moe The Long Boom: Boom Fatigue by Jon Gordon Twelve Learning Interventions That Combat Technophobia by Linda Ristow Puetz E-Business 2.0: The Real Transformation Begins by John Thompson Rig de Rigueur: Eighteen Wheels and a Laptop by Robert Strauss A Vision of E-Learning for America's Workforce by The Commission on Technology and Adult Learning, American Society of Training and Development/National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Chapter 8. The Changing Face of the Workforce Gray Flannel Suit? Moi? by Thomas Stewart Sidebar. Escape from the Cult of Personality Tests New Opportunities for Older Workers by Committee for Economic Development Finished at Forty by Nina Munk Sidebar. Suspect Age Bias? Try Proving It The Working Caste by Leah Platt The H-1B Straitjacket: Why Congress Should Repeal the Cap on Foreign-Born Highly Skilled Workers by Suzette Brooks Masters and Ted Ruthizer Labor Movement: Mexicans Transform a Town in Georgia—and an Entire Industry by Joel Millman and Will Pinkston Bibliography Internet References Index
List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I The Workforce, the Economy, and Public Policy Chapter 1. Social, Economic, and Demographic Trends Sidebar. Policy Brief: Pension Plans and Social Security
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Poverty and Its Role in U.S. Policy
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Unemployment Insurance and Low-Income Workers in the New Economy's First Recession Chapert 2. Recruiting, Educating, and Training the Workforce
Sidebar. Policy Brief: The Workforce Investment Act Chapter 3. Regulating the Workforce
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Affirmative Action—Pros and Cons Part II The Economy and the Workforce: A Critical Reader Chapter 4. Globalization, Technology, and Trade Information Technology and the New Economy by U.S. Department of Commerce Notions of New Economy HInge on Pace of Productivity Growth by Louis Uchitelle A Decade of Difference: The Newly Improved U.S. Economy by Jack Guynn Manufacturing's Place in the Twenty-first-Century Economy by Leo Reddy Manufacturing amidst Economic and Market Jitters—Still America's Best Bet for Growth by W. R. Timken Jr. Shining Factory on a Mountaintop by Nancy Mills Stocks Matter, but Jobs Matter More by E. J. Dionne Jr. The Economic Importance of Improving Math-Science Education by Alan Greenspan What We Work for Now by Jerome M. Segal The Real Foundation of the Software World: Behind-the-Scenes Programmers Are Bricklayers of Internet Economy by Steve Lohr The New Antiglobalists: Exploring the Psychology of Seattle, Washington, and Beyond by William Finnegan The Discarded Factory: Degraded Production in the Age of the Superbrand by Naomi Klein The Positive Effect of Trade on U.S. Jobs by Ernest H. Preeg America's Labor Pains by Thomas L. Friedman Where No Business Is Good Business by Jack El-Hai Dialogues with James Fallows by Michael Lews and James Fallows Mass of Newly Laid-Off Workers Will Put Social Safety Net to the Test by Jason DeParle Chapter 5. Ethics and Justice in the New Workplace Shock Absorbers in the New Economy by Chris Benner Scrubbing in Maine by Barbara Ehrenreich No Shame in (This) Game by Katherine S. Newman Abusive Chid Labor Practices by Linda Chavez-Thompson New Ethics or No Ethics? Questionable Behavior Is Silicon Valley's Next Big Thing by Jerry Useem Two Companies Battle High Turnover and Win! by Deborah S. Roberts Sidebar. Building Bonds Workplace Upheavals Seems to Be Eroding Employees' Trust by Sue Shellenbarger Chapter 6. Balancing Work and Family The Daily Grind: Catch a Break from a Stressed-Out World by Ellen Galinsky An Accident Waiting to Happen by Ann Crittenden Day Care Is Moving to the Night Shift by Barbara Carton Mommy-Track Backlash by Alden M. Hayashi Is Telework Coming of Age? Evaluating the Potential Benefits of Telework by Carl E. Van Horn and Duke Storen Work at Home? First, Get Real by Susan B. Garland Child Care, the Perk of Tomorrow? by Steven Greenhouse The State of the Workplace for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Americans, 2000 by Human Rights Campaign Sidebar. General Description of Hewlett-Packard's Domestic Partner Benefits Should Washington Implement National Ergonomic Standards? by Edward Potter Home-Office Debate Isn't New by Eileen Boris and Nelson Lichtenstein Right to Refuse Unsafe Work by Communications Workers of America FIshing for a Living Is Dangerous Work by Dino Drudi Logging Is Perilous Work by Eric F. Sygnatur What Is Stress and Why Is It Hazardous? by HR.com Chapter 7. Technology on the Job The Knowledge Web by Michael Moe The Long Boom: Boom Fatigue by Jon Gordon Twelve Learning Interventions That Combat Technophobia by Linda Ristow Puetz E-Business 2.0: The Real Transformation Begins by John Thompson Rig de Rigueur: Eighteen Wheels and a Laptop by Robert Strauss A Vision of E-Learning for America's Workforce by The Commission on Technology and Adult Learning, American Society of Training and Development/National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Chapter 8. The Changing Face of the Workforce Gray Flannel Suit? Moi? by Thomas Stewart Sidebar. Escape from the Cult of Personality Tests New Opportunities for Older Workers by Committee for Economic Development Finished at Forty by Nina Munk Sidebar. Suspect Age Bias? Try Proving It The Working Caste by Leah Platt The H-1B Straitjacket: Why Congress Should Repeal the Cap on Foreign-Born Highly Skilled Workers by Suzette Brooks Masters and Ted Ruthizer Labor Movement: Mexicans Transform a Town in Georgia—and an Entire Industry by Joel Millman and Will Pinkston Bibliography Internet References Index
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Poverty and Its Role in U.S. Policy
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Unemployment Insurance and Low-Income Workers in the New Economy's First Recession Chapert 2. Recruiting, Educating, and Training the Workforce
Sidebar. Policy Brief: The Workforce Investment Act Chapter 3. Regulating the Workforce
Sidebar. Policy Brief: Affirmative Action—Pros and Cons Part II The Economy and the Workforce: A Critical Reader Chapter 4. Globalization, Technology, and Trade Information Technology and the New Economy by U.S. Department of Commerce Notions of New Economy HInge on Pace of Productivity Growth by Louis Uchitelle A Decade of Difference: The Newly Improved U.S. Economy by Jack Guynn Manufacturing's Place in the Twenty-first-Century Economy by Leo Reddy Manufacturing amidst Economic and Market Jitters—Still America's Best Bet for Growth by W. R. Timken Jr. Shining Factory on a Mountaintop by Nancy Mills Stocks Matter, but Jobs Matter More by E. J. Dionne Jr. The Economic Importance of Improving Math-Science Education by Alan Greenspan What We Work for Now by Jerome M. Segal The Real Foundation of the Software World: Behind-the-Scenes Programmers Are Bricklayers of Internet Economy by Steve Lohr The New Antiglobalists: Exploring the Psychology of Seattle, Washington, and Beyond by William Finnegan The Discarded Factory: Degraded Production in the Age of the Superbrand by Naomi Klein The Positive Effect of Trade on U.S. Jobs by Ernest H. Preeg America's Labor Pains by Thomas L. Friedman Where No Business Is Good Business by Jack El-Hai Dialogues with James Fallows by Michael Lews and James Fallows Mass of Newly Laid-Off Workers Will Put Social Safety Net to the Test by Jason DeParle Chapter 5. Ethics and Justice in the New Workplace Shock Absorbers in the New Economy by Chris Benner Scrubbing in Maine by Barbara Ehrenreich No Shame in (This) Game by Katherine S. Newman Abusive Chid Labor Practices by Linda Chavez-Thompson New Ethics or No Ethics? Questionable Behavior Is Silicon Valley's Next Big Thing by Jerry Useem Two Companies Battle High Turnover and Win! by Deborah S. Roberts Sidebar. Building Bonds Workplace Upheavals Seems to Be Eroding Employees' Trust by Sue Shellenbarger Chapter 6. Balancing Work and Family The Daily Grind: Catch a Break from a Stressed-Out World by Ellen Galinsky An Accident Waiting to Happen by Ann Crittenden Day Care Is Moving to the Night Shift by Barbara Carton Mommy-Track Backlash by Alden M. Hayashi Is Telework Coming of Age? Evaluating the Potential Benefits of Telework by Carl E. Van Horn and Duke Storen Work at Home? First, Get Real by Susan B. Garland Child Care, the Perk of Tomorrow? by Steven Greenhouse The State of the Workplace for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Americans, 2000 by Human Rights Campaign Sidebar. General Description of Hewlett-Packard's Domestic Partner Benefits Should Washington Implement National Ergonomic Standards? by Edward Potter Home-Office Debate Isn't New by Eileen Boris and Nelson Lichtenstein Right to Refuse Unsafe Work by Communications Workers of America FIshing for a Living Is Dangerous Work by Dino Drudi Logging Is Perilous Work by Eric F. Sygnatur What Is Stress and Why Is It Hazardous? by HR.com Chapter 7. Technology on the Job The Knowledge Web by Michael Moe The Long Boom: Boom Fatigue by Jon Gordon Twelve Learning Interventions That Combat Technophobia by Linda Ristow Puetz E-Business 2.0: The Real Transformation Begins by John Thompson Rig de Rigueur: Eighteen Wheels and a Laptop by Robert Strauss A Vision of E-Learning for America's Workforce by The Commission on Technology and Adult Learning, American Society of Training and Development/National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Chapter 8. The Changing Face of the Workforce Gray Flannel Suit? Moi? by Thomas Stewart Sidebar. Escape from the Cult of Personality Tests New Opportunities for Older Workers by Committee for Economic Development Finished at Forty by Nina Munk Sidebar. Suspect Age Bias? Try Proving It The Working Caste by Leah Platt The H-1B Straitjacket: Why Congress Should Repeal the Cap on Foreign-Born Highly Skilled Workers by Suzette Brooks Masters and Ted Ruthizer Labor Movement: Mexicans Transform a Town in Georgia—and an Entire Industry by Joel Millman and Will Pinkston Bibliography Internet References Index