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Sorting Letters, Sorting Lives
Linda B. Benbow
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Description for Sorting Letters, Sorting Lives
Hardback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHBL; KNTT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Sorting Letters, Sorting Lives offers an examination of a workplace that for many years has employed an extraordinarily diverse workforce: the United States Postal Service. In the post-civil rights era, the Postal Service took a leading role in managing a diverse workforce, seeking to acknowledge and honor the different groups and cultures represented among its workforce. The USPS has constantly been looking for ways to motivate its employees, to create a sense of fairness and belonging, and to minimize interpersonal and inter-group conflicts. Linda Benbow examines the organizational culture and levels of diversity found in an urban United States Postal ... Read more
Sorting Letters, Sorting Lives offers an examination of a workplace that for many years has employed an extraordinarily diverse workforce: the United States Postal Service. In the post-civil rights era, the Postal Service took a leading role in managing a diverse workforce, seeking to acknowledge and honor the different groups and cultures represented among its workforce. The USPS has constantly been looking for ways to motivate its employees, to create a sense of fairness and belonging, and to minimize interpersonal and inter-group conflicts. Linda Benbow examines the organizational culture and levels of diversity found in an urban United States Postal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739134740
SKU
V9780739134740
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About Linda B. Benbow
Linda B. Benbow is an adjunct lecturer in social sciences for the New School for Social Resources at the College of New Rochelle.
Reviews for Sorting Letters, Sorting Lives
Written in a clear and jargon-free style, this work explores an agency that is important to everyone, but has probably not been thought about beyond one's occasional journey to a post office to retrieve or send material. The interview data add important depth and richness to the work, and it should draw the attention of scholars of race, work and ... Read more