Employment Relationships: New Models of White-Collar Work (Cambridge Companions to Management)
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Employment Relationships: New Models of White-Collar Work (Cambridge Companions to Management)
Employment Relationships: New Models of White-Collar Work (Cambridge Companions to Management)
By Peter Cappelli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 276
Publication Date: 2008-04-21
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521865379
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521865371
Binding: Hardcover
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.
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