Putting Work in Its Place: A Quiet Revolution (Collection on Technology and Work) - Softcover

Meiksins, Peter; Whalley, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801489520 ISBN 13: 9780801489525

Verlag: Cornell University Press, 2004

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"Putting Work in Its Place is an easy read. Indeed, the work at times resembles pop sociology more than an academic treatise. But the authors cite scholarly works as well, being published authorities on technological employment issues. . . . The authors make some important points. . . . The authors are advocates of part-time work and offer suggestions for those who would like to follow suit." Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, June 2002" "Meiksins and Whalley interview technical professionals. . . who have customized their work arrangements in order to live more enriching lives. Exploring the motivations, strategies, and practices of these professionals, the authors deliberately aim to provide successful examples to others." SciTech Book News, June 2002" "This engaging and provocative contribution to the sociology of work describes how a sample of professional technical workers. . . . attempt to restructure work to accommodate family and other nonwork obligations as well as reduce the pressures of work itself. . . . This volume is a well-conceived analysis and call to action. Recommended for general readers and lower-division undergraduates through professionals." Choice, September 2002" "This is an optimistic book, full of hope that by customizing hours at work without traditionalizing gender roles at home, many can experience a fuller measure of life." E. Jeffrey Hill, Brigham Young University, Journal of Marriage and Family" "The book's best features are the richness of its qualitative data and the insightfulness of its sociologically framed analyses, which are often gently iconoclastic in approach and substance. Meiksins and Whalley take on cultural myths that serve to marginalize those whose careers differ from the norm. Notably, they effectively rebut the unspoken assumptions that anyone who chooses not to follow a normative career is eccentric, non-committed, or wishy-washy." Janet H. Marler, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 56:2, January 2003." "Putting Work in Its Place paints a vivid portrait of the choices and challenges of workers seeking to work less in a world where long hours on the job signal commitment, productivity, and the pathway to career advancement. Peter Meiksins and Peter Whalley reimagine and reframe possible work-hour options and make a convincing case for turning worker's private troubles into a public issue." Phyllis Moen, Professor of Sociology and of Human Development at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell Career Institute, a Sloan Center for the Study of Working Families, at Cornell University" "Meiksins and Whalley contribute valuable data to a growing literature on reduced-time arrangements and flexibility in work conditions in the contemporary workplace. Putting Work in Its Place is an important and useful book." Lotte Bailyn, Sloan School of Management, MIT" "Putting Work in Its Place makes a substantial contribution to understanding those women and men who are pioneering innovations in working time in their organizations, often under very unlikely circumstances. It offers reasoned hope for others who seek greater options and who, as employees or managers, would actively work to transform corporate cultures." Carmen Sirianni, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Brandeis University, author, Civic Innovation in America"

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Most books on the subject of work focus on the increased amount of time Americans spend on the job. Peter Meiksins and Peter Whalley address the counter-trend, examining the difficult path traversed by people who choose to work less than the standard, forty-hour week. Their fascinating investigation of alternative work arrangements speaks directly to the concerns of all workers who must balance career with other commitments.Through interviews with technical professionals from a wide range of employment settings, Putting Work in Its Place refutes the popular myth of the customized work schedule as inevitably a "mommy-track" or a return to traditionalism among women. Most of these workers male and female, young and old remain strongly committed to their jobs, but wish to combine work with other activities they value just as highly. This can mean family for some, but for others encompasses community service or various avocations.By viewing their work arrangements in the longer term, and not as short-term expedients, these professionals are challenging the accepted view of time requirements for careers in organizations. They are also helping to shape a new agenda for the future of the workplace: to transform their individual successes into a normal practice of customized work time."

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• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0801489520
• ISBN 13: 9780801489525
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208