Turbulence in the American Workplace

Summary: This book deals with critical issues resulting from the impact of corporate restructuring on workers. U.S. industry has undergone a shakeout resulting from increasing competitive pressures and the globalization of production. As a result, some two million workers have been laid-off from their employers. Individual chapters have been drafted by an interdisciplinary group of academics who explore seven key areas: demog...raphic changes of younger and older workers, workforcedisplacement from lay-offs, human resources planning for downsizing and mergers, technological change, changes in the roles of unions, changes in managerial and professional work, and 'contingent' and flexible employment. The drafts of the chapters have been extensively edited and, in some cases, rewrittenso that the book will read more like a series of chapters than a group of papers.The work was commissioned by the National Planning Association who will be a party to the contract. [read more]