
Nonstandard Work
The Nature and Challenges of Emerging Employment Arrangements
Cornell University Press
Published on 15. December 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-0-913447-80-2 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years, much attention has focused on the growth of nonstandard and contingent employment (including part-time work) which involves up to 30 percent of the total U.S. labor force. There is little agreement on either the causes or the effects of this trend. Some researchers emphasize the advantages: employees may explore the job market and obtain work that does not necessarily involve rigid schedules, while employers enjoy greater flexibility and lower costs. Others point to the disadvantages for employees, such as lack of job security, fewer benefits and chances for promotion, and often lower wages. Drawbacks for employers include a workforce that has little chance to develop firm-specific knowledge or loyalty.Chapters in Nonstandard Work: The Nature and Challenges of Emerging Employment Arrangements carefully analyze the extent and nature of various nonstandard work arrangements; their advantages and disadvantages for employees and employers; the demographic, industrial, and occupational distribution of such positions; and the question of whether standard employment itself is changing. Some contributors consider how innovative labor market intermediaries and unions might expand opportunities for workers while also helping firms to raise their productivity.
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Sixteen papers examine the observed decline of the standard employment relationship and the emerging new employment arrangements.(Journal of Economic Literature)
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ithaca
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-913447-80-2 (9780913447802)
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Stephen A. Herzenberg and Howard Wial are with the Keystone Research Center in Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania