Work (if you can get it) and Occupations (if there are any)?: What Social Scientists can Learn from Predictions of the End of Work and Radical Workplace Change

Analysis of six books on workplace change indicates (1) workplace data collection and social stratification measures must change; (2) definition of unemployment is becoming amorphous; (3) studies of gender/racial inequality should consider networking and recruitment issues; (4) disillusioned workers...

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Published in:Work and occupations 1998-02, Vol.25 (1), p.36-48
Main Author: LEICHT, KEVIN T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computers
Dislocated Workers
Downsizing
Economic Change
Employees
Employer Attitudes
Employers
Employment
Employment Changes
Employment Statistics
Governance
Handbooks
Labor Force
Labor Market
Labor relations
Middle Management
Nonfiction
Occupations
Organizational Change
Outsourcing
Prediction
Research Needs
Social Change
Social conditions & trends
Social Sciences
Social Stratification
Sociological research
Sociology
Sociology of work
Sociology of work and sociology of organizations
Temporary Employment
Unemployment
Work Environment
Work organization
Work place
Workers
Workforce
Workplaces
World Economy
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Summary:Analysis of six books on workplace change indicates (1) workplace data collection and social stratification measures must change; (2) definition of unemployment is becoming amorphous; (3) studies of gender/racial inequality should consider networking and recruitment issues; (4) disillusioned workers should be studied; and (5) political and social attitudes should be examined. (SK)
ISSN:0730-8884
1552-8464
DOI:10.1177/0730888498025001003