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The Reference Shelf: Rethinking Work

Table of Contents

Preface




1 Automation and Technology in the Workplace




Technology and the Workplace




The Robots Are Coming for Wall Street




What UPS Drivers Can Tell Us About the Automated Future of Work




Tech Slowdown Threatens the American Dream




Class Struggle in Robot Utopia




The Proposed “Right To Disconnect” After Work Hours Is Welcome, But Not Enough




Managing the High-Intensity Workplace




China Is Building a Robot Army of Model Workers




2 Work/Life Balance and the Meaning of Work




The Working Life




Failure of the Phrase “Work-Life Balance”




What Makes Us Feel Good About Our Work?




Rethinking Work




Tapping Into Multigenerational Talent




What It Really Takes to Find Meaningful Work




Working From Home Isn’t for Everyone




How On-Call And Irregular Scheduling Harm The American Workforce




3 The Gender Pay Gap, Wage Stagnation, and Income Inequality




Equal Work and Equal Pay




Get Paid What You’re Worth




8 Big Problems for Women in the Workplace




The Causes of Income Inequality




From Belief to Outrage: The Decline of the Middle Class Reaches the Next American Town




$15 an Hour Won’t Help These Workers




Could Knowing How Much Your Coworker Earns Help Close The Gender Pay Gap?




Middle Class Work Deserves Middle Class Wages




New Overtime Rules a Boon for Middle-Class Workers




4 Collaboration, New Models of Productivity, and the Human Future of Work




The Working World of Today and Tomorrow




Quit Your Job




Less Work, More Time




The Seeds of a New Labor Movement




You Really Don’t Need to Work so Much




A World Without Work




What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team




Human Work in the Robotic Future: Policy for the Age of Automation




Bibliography




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