The New American Workplace

"Offers a persuasive argument for high-wage, self-managed employment. . . . Employees confronting the changed world of work will be better off for reading it." --BusinessWeek

"This comprehensive and authoritative volume presents the latest information on trends and conditions in the U.S. workplace with clarity and tangible detail." --Library Journal

." . . an optimistic updating . . . also reckons with technological forces and a global economy that are radically and rapidly disrupting business organizations." --Fast Company

"James O'Toole and Edward E. Lawler definitely tackle 'must-address' topics in their examination of the American workplace, including outsourcing, immigration, compensation, public policy, and work/life issues." --IndustryWeek

"This book makes a compelling argument about where the workplace has been, where it is now, and where it is going . . . it raises questions and provides insight about what the US and organizational managers need to do to remain competitive." --Human Resource Planning

"It would be impossible to understand the 21st-century workplace without this book. Certainly the management book of the year; probably of this decade." --Warren Bennis, author of On Becoming a Leader

"A thoroughly researched inquiry into the dramatic transformation of work in America, The New American Workplace challenges everyone--employers, workers and elected officials--to act now to keep our country competitive in the 21st century." --U.S. Representative Tom Allen

"The New American Workplace provides a compelling account of the pressures for change in the workplace and how they are playing out for employers and employees." --Peter Cappelli, Editor of The Academy of Management Executive and Director of the Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School

"In this revealing work, O'Toole and Lawler highlight the growing sophistication required of all interested parties and the increasing interdependencies that each must exhibit if the United States is to survive and thrive in the years ahead. The insights they offer are both intimidating and exhilarating and lay out the challenges that all of us will have to take on in the years to come." --Dave Pace, Executive Vice-President, Partner Resources, Starbucks Coffee Company

"Filled with both information and insight, the book provides a fantastic overview of the contemporary world of work and what that picture says about public policy imperatives." --Jeffrey Pfeffer, author of The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First, Professor, Stanford Business School