Employment Futures: Reorganization, Dislocation, and Public Policy

by Paul Osterman

American industry, in meeting the challenge of foreign competition, has experienced a paradoxical change in labor relations. On the one hand, firms have stressed worker involvement and commitment; on the other, firms have cut back on employment by laying off workers to save costs and improve profit. This book analyzes these developments and develops a theory of change that is consistent with these phenomena, stressing the government's need to develop...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019505279X
• ISBN13: 9780195052794
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.6"