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The New World of Work

The New World of Work Challenges and Opportunities

Author: Professor Cary L. Cooper
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631222781
Published In: December 2001
Format: Hardback , 360 pages
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Containing fourteen chapters by a well-known team of contributors from North America and Europe, this text focuses on the changing conditions of work today and the challenges these pose for workers.

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Focuses on the effects of current changes on workers and work, rather than on organizations as a whole.

Covers topical issues such as work-family concerns, teleworking, outsourcing and flexible work hours.

Complements and supplements Burke and Cooper's "The Organization in Crisis" (Blackwell Publishers, 2000).

Reviews

"All in all this is a useful addition to the literature that offers insights into the how's, why's, and so what's of the changing work world. While this volume is probably best suited as atext for undergraduate or graduate students of the organizational behaviour, both researchers in the field and human resources professionals will find it interesting and replete with practical suggestions. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." Choice, October 2002.

About the Editors.

List of Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction: A New World of Work: Ronald J. Burke (York University, Canada) and Cary L Cooper (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology).

Part I: The Changing Work Environment.

Part II: Changing Career Landscapes.

Part III: Changes to Jobs And Work.

Part IV: Changing Organizational Forms.

Part V: Comany Initiatives to Improve New Working Arrangements.

Index.

Cary L. Cooper is BUPA Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He has written or edited over 80 books, is the co-editor of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, the Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the President of the British Academy of Management and an Academician of the Academy of the Learned Societies for the Social Sciences. In 2001 Professor Cooper was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by the Queen for his contribution to health and safety.

Ronald J. Burke is Professor of Organizational Behavior in the School of Business, York University, Toronto. The author of many books, he was founding editor of the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, and serves on the editorial board of several other journals. He has participated in over 300 management development programs as well as acting as a consultant on organizational effectiveness for private and public sector organizations.