The New American Workplace

by O'Toole, James; Lawler, Edward E.; Meisinger, Susan R., SPHR

• ISBN13: 9781403969590
• ISBN10: 1403969590
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-27
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Trade

Summary

Thirty years ago, the bestselling letter to the government Work in America was published to national acclaim, including front-page coverage in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Since then, the workplace has undergone massive changes: Womens roles in the workplace have gone from secretarial work to CEO Outsourcing used to be just an idea; today it has rendered jobs obsolete There was a unified workplacetoday there are either Big Losers or Big Winners. In this groundbreaking work based on thirty years of research, these hot-button issues and many others are revealed, redefining the state of the workplace today. A must-have for every manager and jobholder today.

Author Biography

James O'Toole was chairman of the task force that created Work in America. He is a Research Professor in the Center for Effective Organizations at USC. Formerly Executive VP of the Aspen Institute, he has published thirteen books and over seventy articles. He lives in San Francisco and Malibu. Edward E. Lawler is founder and Director of the Center for Effective Organizations and Distinguished Professor in the Marshall School of Business, both at USC. He is author or co-author of over thirty-five books and more than three hundred articles. Business Week proclaimed Lawler one of the top six gurus in the field of management, and Human Resource Executive called him one of HR’s most influential people. He lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
Susan R. Meisinger
Part I Introduction
1. Work in America	3	(22)
Part II Changes in the American Workplace
2. The Nature of Organizations	25	(14)
3. The Work Itself	39	(22)
4. The Employment Relationship	61	(22)
Part III Consequences for the American Worker
5. Careers	83	(10)
6. Work/Life Balance	93	(8)
7. Health and Safety	101	(6)
8. Job and Life Satisfaction	107	(4)
9. Performance Pressure	111	(4)
10. Compensation	115	(6)
11. Employee "Voice"	121	(6)
12. Training and Development	127	(6)
13. Community and Commitment	133	(6)
14. Winners and Losers	139	(12)
Part IV Choices and Future Directions
15. Organizations and Competitiveness	151	(34)
16. Public Policy	185	(30)
17. Individuals	215	(18)
Part V Conclusions
18. Future of the American Workplace	233	(12)
Authors of Papers Commissioned for this Study	245	(2)
Notes	247	(8)
Additional Information	255	(3)
Index	258