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Rethinking the Future of Work: Directions and Visions.

Publication: Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations
Publication Date: 22-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Rethinking the Future of Work: Directions and Visions.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Rethinking the Future of Work: Directions and Visions, by Colin C. WILLIAMS, New York: Palgrave, 2007, 343 pp., ISBN 978-1-4039-9371-7.

Colin Williams' book Rethinking the Future of Work is not for the fainthearted. He sets himself a daunting task covering a formidable array of work practices, social issues and work theories.

Williams' book lays out visions and philosophies on the work environment globally as it unfolds into the 21st century. In the process, he addresses the views held by an array of commentators: those who see doom and gloom ahead and others who are not so pessimistic. Williams contends that many contemporary publications on future work practice do not appropriately acknowledge and address previous literature on this subject. Indeed, he says that some authors, particularly those in the "guru" category, tend...

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