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Book SynopsisThere is a general consensus that deep-seated changes are reshaping the way production and work are organized, the way employees, employers and their representatives deal with each other, and the way governments seek to shape society. In this work a group of leading scholars take stock of the evidence and implications of the new workplace. Drawing on examples from a variety of national contexts, they seek to characterize the nature of contemporary workplace change, and assess its implications for the organization of work for workers, for employment relations and for public policy.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Assessing the Prospects for the High Performance Workplace, Anthony Giles, Gregor Murray, Jacques Bélanger; Chapter 1 Towards a New Production Model: Potentialities, Tensions and Contradictions, Jacques Bélanger, Anthony Giles, Gregor Murray; Chapter 2 New Forms ff Work Organization in the Workplace: Transformative, Exploitative, or Limited and Controlled?, Paul Edwards, John Geary, Keith Sisson; Chapter 3 The Impact of New Forms of Work Organization on Workers, Eileen Appelbaum; Chapter 4 Workplace Innovation and the Role of Institutions, Paul R. Bélanger, Paul-André Lapointe, Benoît Lévesque; Chapter 5 North American Labour Policy Under a Transformed Economic and Workplace Environment, Richard P. Chaykowski, Morley Gunderson;
