Demonstrates how workers have paid the price for the widespread restructuring of American firms.

In this illuminating look at the realities of the American workplace, the contributors explain how the widespread restructuring of American firms--usually resulting in a reduction of the workforce to cut costs--has caused a far-reaching transformation in the relationship between employers and employees. The ensuing new relationships shift many of the risks of business from the firm to the employees and make employees responsible for developing their own skills and careers. In this work, Cappelli and company consider how individuals and employers need to adapt to the new arrangements as well as their implications for important policy issues. A timely look at issues facing all managers and workers, Change at Work is must reading for all interested in corporate organization, employer-employee relations, and the present and future state of the American workplace.

...the most significant contribution to the field of IR in the USA in at least a decade...this book is impressively researched, providing a thorough overview of the relevant US literature, and drawing from a broad array of sources. this should prove to be an important book, not just because of its message, but also because of the issues it addresses and the debate it is likely to engender. essential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in what is happening in the USA. - John Godard. British Journal of Indusrial Relations. 1998.