The worker and the job : coping with change / [edited by Jerome M. Rosow].

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Language
English
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Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1974]
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x, 208 pages ; 21 cm

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      Monographic compilation of articles on employees attitudes towards working conditions in the USA - examines the causes and economic implications (low productivity, increasing absenteeism and strikes) of decreasing job satisfaction, and discusses the responsibility of governments, trade unions and employers for reconciling profit-making with quality of working life, etc. Statistical tables.
      Notes
      • At head of title: The American Assembly, Columbia University.
      • Background papers for the 43d American Assembly, Arden House, Harriman, N.Y., Nov. 1973.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references.
      Contents
      • Introduction / Jerome M. Rosow
      • Part one. An overview
      • The meaning of work / Daniel Yankelovich
      • The changing American economy and the labor force / Eli Ginzberg
      • Part two. Contemporary issues
      • Workers : attitudes and adjustments
      • Unions : a new role? / Agis Salpukas
      • Economic effects : reviewing the evidence / Peter Henle
      • Part three. New horizons
      • Innovative restructuring of work / Richard E. Walton
      • Policy implications and future agenda / Sam Zagoria.
      ISBN
      • 0139653503 ((pbk.))
      • 9780139653506 ((pbk.))
      • 0139653694
      • 9780139653698
      LCCN
      74000765
      OCLC
      803711
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