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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463802203321

Autore

Kalleberg Arne L.

Titolo

Good jobs, bad jobs : the rise of polarized and precarious employment systems in the United States, 1970s to 2000s / / Arne L. Kalleberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-61044-747-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology

Disciplina

331.10973

Soggetti

Manpower policy - United States

Quality of work life - OECD countries

Labor market - United States

Labor supply - United States

Industrial management - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Job quality in the United States -- Economic transformation and the decline of institutional protections -- New workers, new differences -- Dimensions of polarity -- Precarious employment relations -- Economic rewards: earnings and fringe benefits -- Control over work activities and intrinsic rewards -- Time at work: hours, intensity, and control -- Job satisfaction -- Confronting polarization and precarity -- Implementing the new social contract.