Labor & Management Relations, Trades & Professions, Labor Market, Change Management
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Overview
The second half of the twentieth century witnessed a quite dramatic shift in the nature of white-collar employment, from lifetime tenure, often in a very hierarchical work structure, to a new model defined by flatter organizations, job insecurity, shorter tenures, declining attachment between employer and employee, and contingent work. Managing employment relations has become an issue of huge strategic importance as businesses struggle to respond to the pace of change in management systems and working practices. Employment Relationships: New Models of White-Collar Work traces the latest developments in employment arrangements drawn from a number of business contexts. These include the rising role of outside hiring and lateral moves in shaping and managing careers, increased career uncertainty, and much greater variety in organizational structures - even within industries and professions - as employers struggle to meet the diverging demands of their product markets.Employment Relationships offers an authoritiative resource for students and scholars wanting to understand the role of employment relations in real-world business settings.
Book Details
Published
April 1, 2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
276
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780521684088