Paul Osterman is Professor of Human Resources and Management at the Sloan School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Getting Started: The Youth Labor Market and Employment Futures: Reorganization Dislocation, and Public Policy. He has been a senior administrator of job training programs for Massachusetts and served as a consultant for government agencies, foundations, community groups, and public interest organizations.

"Drawing on new surveys of nearly 1000 corporations, Osterman reaches some interesting conclusions... [His] policy recommendations are thoughtful."--Jim Holt, Management Review

• List of Figures and Tables ix Foreword by Richard C. Leone xi Preface xv ONE Introduction 3 TWO The Changing Structure of the American Labor Market 20 THREE Experiencing the New Economy 71 FoUR Restructuring within Firms: The Shifting Employment Contract 90 FIVE Preliminaries to Policy 116 SIX Policies for a Mobile Workforce 124 SEVEN Redressing the Balance of Power 146 EIGHT Conclusion 179 Notes 191 Index 213

Paul Osterman is Professor of Human Resources and Management at the Sloan School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Getting Started: The Youth Labor Market and Employment Futures: Reorganization Dislocation, and Public Policy. He has been a senior administrator of job training programs for Massachusetts and served as a consultant for government agencies, foundations, community groups, and public interest organizations.

"Drawing on new surveys of nearly 1000 corporations, Osterman reaches some interesting conclusions... [His] policy recommendations are thoughtful."--Jim Holt, Management Review

• List of Figures and Tables ix Foreword by Richard C. Leone xi Preface xv ONE Introduction 3 TWO The Changing Structure of the American Labor Market 20 THREE Experiencing the New Economy 71 FoUR Restructuring within Firms: The Shifting Employment Contract 90 FIVE Preliminaries to Policy 116 SIX Policies for a Mobile Workforce 124 SEVEN Redressing the Balance of Power 146 EIGHT Conclusion 179 Notes 191 Index 213

Paul Osterman is Professor of Human Resources and Management at the Sloan School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Getting Started: The Youth Labor Market and Employment Futures: Reorganization Dislocation, and Public Policy. He has been a senior administrator of job training programs for Massachusetts and served as a consultant for government agencies, foundations, community groups, and public interest organizations.

"Drawing on new surveys of nearly 1000 corporations, Osterman reaches some interesting conclusions... [His] policy recommendations are thoughtful."--Jim Holt, Management Review

• List of Figures and Tables ix Foreword by Richard C. Leone xi Preface xv ONE Introduction 3 TWO The Changing Structure of the American Labor Market 20 THREE Experiencing the New Economy 71 FoUR Restructuring within Firms: The Shifting Employment Contract 90 FIVE Preliminaries to Policy 116 SIX Policies for a Mobile Workforce 124 SEVEN Redressing the Balance of Power 146 EIGHT Conclusion 179 Notes 191 Index 213