Surviving the new economy. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John Amman, Tris Carpenter, Gina Neff.
• Editors: Amman, John, 1954-; Carpenter, Tris, 1968-; Neff, Gina, 1971-
• Contents: 1. Myths and realities about high-tech work in the new economy : a personal view / Derek W. Schultz -- 2. The lure of risk : surviving and welcoming uncertainty in the new economy / Gina Neff -- 3. The new economy as history / Simon Head -- 4. No deal or new deal? Knowledge workers in the information economy / Se©Łn ́O Riain -- 5. The second adolescence of the new economy : China's engineers at work / Andrew Ross -- 6. Globalization and labor resistance to restructuring in information technology / Immanuel Ness -- 7. Boom and bust : lessons from the information technology workforce / Danielle van Jaarsveld -- 8. Economic development and the labor movement in the new economy : lessons from Silicon Valley / Chris Benner -- 9. The new media union : what new media professionals can learn from old media unions / John Amman -- 10. What works : organizing freelance professionals in the new economy / Tris Carpenter.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 331.10973; High technology industries -- United States -- Employees; Professional employees -- United States; Work environment -- United States; Industrial relations -- United States; Labor movement -- United States; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations; High technology industries -- Employees; Industrial relations; Labor movement; Professional employees; Work environment; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317251095; 1317251091
• Related ISBNs: 9781594512490; 9781594512506
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 7, 2016)
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.