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Title The shadow workforce : perspectives on contingent work in the United States, Japan, and Europe / Sandra E. Gleason, editor
Published Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2006

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Description ix, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Operationalizing the shadow workforce : toward an understanding of the participants in nonstandard employment relationships / Courtney von Hippel, Venkat Bendapudi, Judith Tansky, David B. Greenberger, Stephen L. Mangum, and Robert L. Heneman -- Employer perspectives : competing through a flexible workforce / Douglas J. Miller and Jay B. Barney -- Union responses to the challenges of contingent work arrangements / M. Catherine Lundy, Karen Roberts, and Douglas Becker -- No safe harbor : a review of significant laws affecting contingent workers / Thomas A. Coens and Alvin L. Storrs -- Public policy and contingent workers / Jeffrey B. Wenger -- Japan's growing shadow workforce / Cynthia Ozeki and Akira Wakisaka -- Employment policies and labor union activities for part-time workers and dispatched workers in Japan / Kazunari Honda -- Temporary agency work in Europe / François Michon -- Where do we go from here? / Sandra E. Gleason
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Temporary employment -- United States.
Temporary employment -- Japan.
Temporary employment -- Europe.
Part-time employment -- United States.
Part-time employment -- Japan.
Part-time employment -- Europe.
Contracting out -- United States.
Contracting out -- Japan.
Contracting out -- Europe.
Author Gleason, Sandra E.
LC no. 2006026650
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