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Employee Relations Ethics And The Changing Nature Of The American Workforce, Chong W. Kim, Dennis Emmett, Andrew Sikula Sr.

Dennis Emmett

Much is being written today about the changing nature of the American workforce. This article summarizes 10 of these changes: (a) global competition; (b) the changing skills of work; (c) the declining impact of unions; (d) the altered human composition of the workforce; (e) the effects of continuous improvement, downsizing, and reengineering; (f) the growing use of part-time employees; (g) the widening income gap; (h) lessened employer and employee loyalty and commitment; (i) early retirement programs; and (j) telecommunications and virtual employees. Rather than just identifying and documenting these trends, this article discusses the ethical implications of such movements. In …

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Employee Relations Ethics And The Changing Nature Of The American Workforce, Chong W. Kim, Dennis Emmett, Andrew Sikula Sr.

Chong W. Kim

Much is being written today about the changing nature of the American workforce. This article summarizes 10 of these changes: (a) global competition; (b) the changing skills of work; (c) the declining impact of unions; (d) the altered human composition of the workforce; (e) the effects of continuous improvement, downsizing, and reengineering; (f) the growing use of part-time employees; (g) the widening income gap; (h) lessened employer and employee loyalty and commitment; (i) early retirement programs; and (j) telecommunications and virtual employees. Rather than just identifying and documenting these trends, this article discusses the ethical implications of such movements. In …

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Employee Relations Ethics And The Changing Nature Of The American Workforce, Chong W. Kim, Dennis Emmett, Andrew Sikula Sr.

Andrew Sikula, Sr.

Much is being written today about the changing nature of the American workforce. This article summarizes 10 of these changes: (a) global competition; (b) the changing skills of work; (c) the declining impact of unions; (d) the altered human composition of the workforce; (e) the effects of continuous improvement, downsizing, and reengineering; (f) the growing use of part-time employees; (g) the widening income gap; (h) lessened employer and employee loyalty and commitment; (i) early retirement programs; and (j) telecommunications and virtual employees. Rather than just identifying and documenting these trends, this article discusses the ethical implications of such movements. In …

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From Market Hegemony To Diverse Economies: Evaluating The Plurality Of Labour Practices In Ukraine, Colin C. Williams, Peter Rodgers

Colin C Williams

Drawing inspiration from a burgeoning corpus of scholars who have begun to question

the narrative of impending market hegemony, this paper seeks to further advance this

emergent ‘diverse economies’ literature by constructing a conceptual framework for

representing the multiple labour practices in economies. Transcending the simplistic

market/non-market dichotomy, this conceptualises multiple kinds of labour existing along

a spectrum from market-oriented to non-market oriented practices, which is cross-cut by

another spectrum ranging from wholly monetised to wholly non-monetised practices. The

resultant portrayal of a plurality of labour practices that seamlessly merge into each other

is then applied to understanding the types …

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Work Beyond Employment: Representations Of Informal Economic Activities, Colin C. Williams, Sara Nadin

Colin C Williams

For much of the previous century, the informal sector was largely represented as a residue of a

previous mode of production confined to marginal populations and gradually disappearing due to

the inevitable and natural shift towards the formal economy across the globe. Over the past quarter

of a century, however, articles published in Work, Employment and Society have been at the forefront

of re-reading the informal sector. This article reveals how this body of literature has shown informal

economic activities to be a persistent and ubiquitous feature of the economic landscape, mapped

the complex and variable dynamics of formal and …

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Employee Relations Ethics And The Changing Nature Of The American Workforce, Chong W. Kim, Dennis Emmett, Andrew Sikula Sr.

Dennis Emmett

Employee Relations Ethics And The Changing Nature Of The American Workforce, Chong W. Kim, Dennis Emmett, Andrew Sikula Sr.

Chong W. Kim

Employee Relations Ethics And The Changing Nature Of The American Workforce, Chong W. Kim, Dennis Emmett, Andrew Sikula Sr.

Andrew Sikula, Sr.

From Market Hegemony To Diverse Economies: Evaluating The Plurality Of Labour Practices In Ukraine, Colin C. Williams, Peter Rodgers

Colin C Williams

Work Beyond Employment: Representations Of Informal Economic Activities, Colin C. Williams, Sara Nadin

Colin C Williams