The Work Ethic--a Critical AnalysisCollection of essays on work attitudes as defined in terms of labour force participation and labour productivity in the USA - covers employees attitudes and trade union attitudes to reduced hours of work, early retirement and the subsequent increase in leisure; outlines historical evolution of industrialization, personnel management and work organization resulting in greater labour productivity; discusses the effect of social security benefits and income levels on the Motivation to work. Graphs, references and tables. |
Contents
CHAPTER 1The Survival of Work | 1 |
CHAPTER 2Work Ethic and Productivity | 27 |
CHAPTER 3Job Commitment | 43 |
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absenteeism American Andrisani associated attitudes average behavior benefit-reduction rates career ethic changes Current Population Survey decades decline disincentives earnings economic effects effort employees employment evidence factors female full-time growth GUS TYLER Gyllenhammar hard human increase indifference curves individual industrial informal work activities Institute Japan job satisfaction labor force participation labor market experience labor supply leisure less Levitan male managerial measures Medicaid ment motivation needs net wage nonlabor income occupational OECD Ohio State University organization part-time participation rates pension percent Policy population productiv productivity PSID Quinn reduction relationship reported Research response retirement role Social Security social welfare benefits society Statistics street-corner studies suggest survey tion trend U.S. Department U.S. Government Printing unions University University of Michigan University of Wisconsin-Madison values wage rate Washington wealth weekly hours women workforce workplace worktime workweeks York young youths
References to this book
Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America Tom Lutz Limited preview - 2006 |