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Vicki Smith - Crossing the Great Divide - 9780801488122 - V9780801488122
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Crossing the Great Divide

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Description for Crossing the Great Divide paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.

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 participation programs reconfigured occupations, career paths, and labor market opportunities. Vicki Smith analyzes this shift, asking how workers navigated their way across the divide between bad jobs and good jobs, between jobs organized hierarchically and jobs requiring greater worker involvement, and between temporary and stable work. Crossing the Great Divide uses original case study data from four diverse organizational ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780801488122
SKU
V9780801488122
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Vicki Smith
Vicki Smith is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of Managing in the Corporate Interest: Control and Resistance in an American Bank.

Reviews for Crossing the Great Divide
Crossing the Great Divide is an expos' of the downside of the risk in the new economy. Vicki Smith argues that 'temporariness and risk' have become intertwined with workers' expectations of opportunity and advancement, which were understood in the days of the old economy as the rewards for hard work or even dedication.
Gina Neff, Columbia University
Dissent ... Read more

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