Employment relationships : new models of white-collar work

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Title:

Employment relationships : new models of white-collar work

Author:

Cappelli, Peter.

ISBN:

9780521865371

9780521684088

Publication Information:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Physical Description:

xii, 264 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Cambridge companions to management

Series Title:

Cambridge companions to management

Contents:

Corporate restructuring and the employment relationship / The up and out in organizations / In the pursuit of quality and quantity : the competing demands in call centers / Three's a crowd? : understanding triadic employment relationships / The changed world of large law firms and their lawyers : an opportune context for organization researchers / The upside of bureaucracy : unintended benefits for professional careers

Subject Term:

Industrial relations.

White collar workers.

Labor market.

Organizational change.

Added Author:

Cappelli, Peter.

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Summary

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 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.