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The Shifting Risk for the American Worker in the Contemporary Employment Contract

In: America at Work

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  • Denise M. Rousseau

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Since Work in America (OToole et al. 1973) was originally published, there has been a radical change in the relationship employers have with their highly skilled employees, workers such as scientists in R&D firms, software designers in IT companies, and consultants in professional service partnerships who contribute to the firm through their distinctive competencies, knowledge, and skills. The change is even evident in the approach taken by the U.S. government to the recent invasion of Iraq. This first American war of the twenty-first century has been fought by an army heavily populated by civilian reservists and part-time National Guard members—the result of massive downsizing in the military during the 1990s (Davey 2004; McGinnis 2005).

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  • Denise M. Rousseau, 2006. "The Shifting Risk for the American Worker in the Contemporary Employment Contract," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Edward E. Lawler & James O’Toole (ed.), America at Work, chapter 9, pages 153-171, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-4039-8359-6_9
    DOI: 10.1057/9781403983596_9
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