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Book The Changing Nature of Work

Download or read book The Changing Nature of Work written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-09-07 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there is great debate about how work is changing, there is a clear consensus that changes are fundamental and ongoing. The Changing Nature of Work examines the evidence for change in the world of work. The committee provides a clearly illustrated framework for understanding changes in work and these implications for analyzing the structure of occupations in both the civilian and military sectors. This volume explores the increasing demographic diversity of the workforce, the fluidity of boundaries between lines of work, the interdependent choices for how work is structured-and ultimately, the need for an integrated systematic approach to understanding how work is changing. The book offers a rich array of data and highlighted examples on: Markets, technology, and many other external conditions affecting the nature of work. Research findings on American workers and how they feel about work. Downsizing and the trend toward flatter organizational hierarchies. Autonomy, complexity, and other aspects of work structure. The committee reviews the evolution of occupational analysis and examines the effectiveness of the latest systems in characterizing current and projected changes in civilian and military work. The occupational structure and changing work requirements in the Army are presented as a case study.

Book Occupational Compensation Survey

Download or read book Occupational Compensation Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Occupational Structure

Download or read book American Occupational Structure written by Peter M. Blau and published by . This book was released on 1978-06 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the classic source of empirical information on the patterns of occupational achievement in American society. Based on an unusually comprehensive set of data, it is renowned for its pioneering methods of statistical analysis as well as for its far-reaching conclusions about social stratification and occupational mobility in the United States. The American Occupational Structure received the Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association in recognition of its significant contribution to the social sciences.

Book Technical Change and Industrial Relations

Download or read book Technical Change and Industrial Relations written by W. H. Scott and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 1956-01-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1956 study, undertaken by the Department of Social Science at the University of Liverpool from 1953-1956, studies the relations between technical change, social structure, and attitudes to change at a single large steel plant.

Book Occupational Compensation Survey  pay Only

Download or read book Occupational Compensation Survey pay Only written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reward Management in Context

Download or read book Reward Management in Context written by Angela Wright and published by CIPD Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand how to design and implement reward management in the workplace

Book Building the New World

Download or read book Building the New World written by Erik Olssen and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays are the result of a study of the Dunedin working-class suburb of Caversham. Olssen discusses a number of important theoretical issues the writing of history, the question of class, the role of gender, the nature of work and the growth of the labor movement are all explored.

Book Reward Management

Download or read book Reward Management written by Geoff White and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly revised edition adopts a critical and theoretical perspective on remuneration policy and practices in the UK, from the decline of collective bargaining to the rise of more individualistic systems based on employee performance. It tackles the conceptual issues missing from existing texts in the field of HRM by critically examining the latest academic literature on the topic. Fully updated to cover the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's reward syllabus, and offering a less prescriptive alternative to current texts for HR practitioners and MBA students, this new edition includes: new chapters on executive reward, pensions and benefits clear routes to assist the student reader in the journey through this complex area a strong contextual framework to enable better understanding The second edition of Reward Management is an essential read for all those studying or with an interest in human resource management, performance management and reward.

Book The Hungry Cowboy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karla A. Erickson
  • Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • Release : 2010-07-07
  • ISBN : 1604733462
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book The Hungry Cowboy written by Karla A. Erickson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a Tex-Mex restaurant in a Minneapolis suburb, customers send Christmas and Hanukkah cards to the restaurant, bring in home-baked treats for the staff, and attend the annual employee party. One customer even posts in the entryway a sign commemorating the life of his dog. Diners and servers alike use the Hungry Cowboy as a place to gather, celebrate, relax, and even mourn. Moments such as these fascinate Karla A. Erickson, who worked for the restaurant, and they make up her new book The Hungry Cowboy. Weaving together narratives from servers, customers, and managers, Erickson explores a type of service work that is deeply embedded in personal relationships and community. Feelings, play, and emotions are inseparable from the market transactions within the restaurant. Based on extensive interviews and two years of working as a waitress, Erickson provides insights into the ways that people make contact in our society and how they build on the fleeting connections in the service exchange to form more intimate relationships. Written for readers, scholars, and students interested in American culture, consumerism, and community, The Hungry Cowboy offers a case study in how consumers and producers in the marketplace perform, and how dignity, meaning, and community can all be built at work.

Book Social Prisms

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jodi A. O′Brien
  • Publisher : SAGE Publications
  • Release : 1999-01-27
  • ISBN : 1452267626
  • Pages : 278 pages

Download or read book Social Prisms written by Jodi A. O′Brien and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1999-01-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a superb book. By presenting basic sociological topics in terms of the paradoxes they contain, O′Brien situates the discipline and its subject matter in historical and intellectual context, while using examples that are contemporary, accessible, and of interest and relevance to students. I look forward to using Social Prisms in my sociology courses and to the animated class discussions that I′m sure her book will engender. --Anita Ilta Garey, University of New Hampshire "Pine Forge Press has done it again! Social Prisms bolsters the well-deserved reputation of Pine Forge Press for publishing serious and innovative yet interesting and accessible works for undergraduate sociology courses. Students will enjoy O′Brien′s frequent references to the popular culture (sports, television, movies) which is so central to their existence outside the classroom, and be challenged by her call to embrace rather than resolve the many paradoxes of contemporary social life in America." --David Yamane, University of Notre Dame

Book Social Stratification and Inequality

Download or read book Social Stratification and Inequality written by Harold R. Kerbo and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1991 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perspectives and concepts in the study of social stratification; dimensions of inequality in the United States; social stratification in human societies - the history of inequality; early statements; modern theories of social stratification; social stratification in the United States; the upper class; the corporate class; middle and working classes; the poor; social mobility - class ascription and achievement; the process of legitimation; social stratification in Japan; social stratification in communist societies - the Soviet Union; the world stratification system.

Book Role Transitions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vernon L. Allen
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-12-06
  • ISBN : 1461326974
  • Pages : 365 pages

Download or read book Role Transitions written by Vernon L. Allen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of role transition refers to a wide range of experiences found in life: job change, unemployment, divorce, entering or leaving prison, retirement, immi gration, "Gastarbeiten," becoming a parent, and so on. Such transitions often produce strain and hence a variety of problems for the transiting individual, occu pants of complementary social positions, and other members of one's social group and community. In spite of the diversity of role transitions that occur, however, it is important also to realize that many basic psychological processes can be discerned in ostensibly different instances. Research on role transitions has been dispersed across many different subdisci of the social sciences; the problem can be investigated from several points of plines view and levels of analysis. As modern societies become ever more complex, role transitions can be expected to increase in number and diversity, with a concomitant increase in detrimental consequences for the individual and society. Hence, for rea sons of both theory and practice, improved conceptual models and new empirical data are needed. The chapters in this book are the outcome of a N.A.T.O. symposium convened for the purpose of discussing aspects of role transitions from international and inter disciplinary perspectives. The meeting was designed to be a working conference to facilitate as much intellectual exchange and debate among participants as possible.

Book Wages and Related Benefits  17 Labor Markets

Download or read book Wages and Related Benefits 17 Labor Markets written by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Impact of Occupational Dislocation

Download or read book The Impact of Occupational Dislocation written by Patricia Kasari and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1999 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study broadens our knowledge of the relationship between occupational prestige, family composition, and migratory patterns of American Indians at the close of the twentieth century. Findings suggest that although many urban Indians work in fields that offer little prestige, reservation Indians are even more likely to have undesirable jobs, due primarily to low educational attainment, gender affiliation, and familial responsibilities.

Book Compensation and Working Conditions

Download or read book Compensation and Working Conditions written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: