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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465349703321

Autore

Benbow Linda B. <1956->

Titolo

Sorting letters, sorting lives [[electronic resource] ] : delivering diversity in the United States Postal Service / / Linda B. Benbow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-08461-9

9786613084613

0-7391-3476-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

383/.49730683

Soggetti

Diversity in the workplace - United States

Postal service - United States - Employees

Letter mail handling - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Diversity makes the USPS stronger, and weaker -- Work in an urban mail processing facility -- Integrated work areas -- Work in a resegregated postal facility -- Power, symbolic, and invisible tokens -- Sorting lives in the United States Postal Service.

Sommario/riassunto

Sorting Letters, Sorting Lives offers an examination of a workplace that for many years has employed an extraordinarily diverse workforce: the United States Postal Service. In the post-civil rights era, the Postal Service took a leading role in managing a diverse workforce, seeking to acknowledge and honor the different groups and cultures represented among its workforce. The USPS has constantly been looking for ways to motivate its employees, to create a sense of fairness and belonging, and to minimize interpersonal and inter-group conflicts. Linda Benbow examines the organizational culture a