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Book SynopsisThis is the eighth volume in a series sponsored by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. It starts from the premise that the nature of work is undergoing fundamental change and that there is a need to rethink the psychology of work, jobs and the workplace.
Table of ContentsPart One: Connections
1. A Framework for Work Change(Ann Howard)
2. The Political Context of Employment
Political-Economic Institutions, Labor Relations, and Work(Kirsten Wever)
Government Regulation of Human Resources(James Ledvinka)
Part Two: Work
3. Technology and the Organization of Work
New Information Technologies and Changes in Work(Jan Van der Spiegel)
Form, Function, and Strategy in Boundaryless Organizations(Donald D. Davis)
4. New Manufacturing Initiatives and Shop Floor Job Design(Toby D. Wall, Paul R. Jackson)
5. Technological Changes in Office Jobs: What We Know and What We Can Expect(Michael D. Coovert)
Part Three: Workers
6. Human Resources and Their Skills
The Youth Labor Market: Skill Deficiencies and Public Policy(Paul Osterman)
Enhancing Skills in the New Economy(Anthony P. Carnevale)
7. Advancing Personnel Selection and Placement Methods(Frank J. Landy, Laura Shankster-Cawley, Stacey Kohler Moran)
8. Changing Individual-Organizational Attachments: A Two-Way Street(Denise M. Rousseau, Kimberly Wade-Benzoni)
9. Careers as Lifelong Learning(Douglas T. Hall, Philip H. Mirvis)
Part Four: Working
10. When People Get Out of the Box: New Relationships, New Systems(Susan Albers Mohrman, Susan G. Cohen)
11. Leadership in the Twenty-First Century: A Speculative Inquiry(Robert J. House)
12. Changing Conceptions and Practices in Performance Appraisal(Jerry W. Hedge, Walter C. Borman)
Part Five: Reflections
13. Post-Industrial Lives: New Demands, New Prescriptions(Jerald Hage)
14. Rethinking the Psychology of Work(Ann Howard)
