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Titolo |
Turbulence in the American workplace / / Peter B. Doeringer ... [et al.] |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-771068-9 |
1-280-60550-2 |
0-19-536238-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Labor market - United States |
Corporate reorganizations - United States |
Labor supply - Effect of technological innovations on - United States |
Plant shutdowns - United States |
Manpower planning - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1991. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword; Preface; Contents; Authors; 1 Workplace Turbulence and Workforce Preparedness; I: Turbulence and the Labor Force; II: Turbulence and Workplace Adjustment; III: Public and Private Policies; Appendix; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Turbulence--rapid and sometimes tumultuous changes--has characterized the labor markets of the 1970's and 1980's. Turbulent competitive conditions have cut sharply into profits and have forced downsizings and radical readjustments in America's workplaces. Workplace turbulence has resulted in lost jobs, declining incomes, and falling productivity for American labor. From the perspectives of business and labor, turbulence and its consequences is the key human resources issue for the last part of the twentieth century. In Turbulence in the American Workplace, a distinguished group of experts forc |
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