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1	The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't more books like this by Robert I Sutton add to wishlist Sutton uses in-depth research and analysis to show how managers can eliminate mean-spirited and unproductive behavior--while positively channeling some of the virtues of problem employees--to generate a newly productive workplace. see all copies from $9.39! new only from $12.12! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America more books like this by David Whyte add to wishlist HEART AROUSED finds unlikely bedfellows in poetry and big business. Whyte, a poet, looks to the work of T.S. Eliot, Pablo Neruda, and others to reveal truths about overcoming the difficulties inherent in corporate life, from negotiations to simply making it through the day. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Company more books like this by Max Barry add to wishlist The author of JENNIFER GOVERNMENT captures, in frighteningly funny fashion and dead-on detail, the zeitgeist of the corporate cube farm. Stephen Jones, a freshly minted business graduate, takes his first job as a rep in Training Sales at Zephyr Holdings. Jones has some difficulty in adjusting to the constant low-grade paranoia; the fierce ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	301 Ways to Have Fun at Work more books like this by Dave Hemsath, David Hemsath, Daniel McCullen (Illustrator) add to wishlist This text offers a complete resource anyone can use to create a dynamic workplace that encourages and inspires fun-and-games camaraderie among employees. It provides practical hands-on tools and features hundreds of ideas real companies have used to lighten up the workplace. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.89! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game more books like this by Paul Midler add to wishlist "Poorly Made in China" chronicles the experiences of an American working for a U.S. outsourcing firm in Chinese manufacturing and highlights the disturbing and dangerous practice known as 'quality fade' - the deliberate and secretive habit of widening profit margins through a reduction in the quality of materials over time. The author argues that ... see all copies from $14.49! new only from $14.49! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Genders in Production: Making Workers in Mexico's Global Factories more books like this by Leslie Salzinger (Editor) add to wishlist Leslie Salzinger worked in four "maquiladoras" in northern Mexico, and in this book she takes us inside the gendered world of these global factories. Her ethnographic work, personal voice, and sophisticated analysis capture the feel of life inside the maquiladoras, grounding contemporary feminist theory in an examination of daily practices and ... see all copies from $8.50! new only from $24.33! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Gender in the Workplace: A Case Study Approach more books like this by Dr. Jacqueline Delaat add to wishlist The real life cases presented in Gender in the Workplace demonstrate the interaction of various gender issues, and how the issues vary from organization to organization, and from work environment to work environment. The case studies require the reader to analyze a real situation, and make decisions on the basis of their analysis. Issues covered ... see all copies from $2.88! new only from $41.47! \| SVS
8	Fast Food, Fast Talk more books like this by Robin Leinder, Robin Leidner add to wishlist Attending Hamburger University, Robin Leidner observes how McDonald's trains the managers of its fast-food restaurants to standardize every aspect of service and product. Learning how to sell life insurance at a large midwestern firm, she is coached on exactly what to say, how to stand, when to make eye contact, and how to build up Positive Mental ... see all copies from $5.43! new only from $32.34! \| first editions \| SVS
9	C.A.R.E. Packages for the Workplace: Dozens of Little Things You Can Do to Regenerate Spirit at Work more books like this by Barbara A Glanz, Glanz Barbara add to wishlist "Several checkout lines were open and empty, but one had a long line. The customers patiently waited to have their groceries bagged by one special smiling clerk. Why? Because Johnny always placed a note with his 'thought of the day' in each shopper's bag." Humanizing the workplace need not be complex. Small gestures like Johnny's can make a world ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Heart Aroused more books like this by David Whyte add to wishlist HEART AROUSED finds unlikely bedfellows in poetry and big business. Whyte, a poet, looks to the work of T.S. Eliot, Pablo Neruda, and others to reveal truths about overcoming the difficulties inherent in corporate life, from negotiations to simply making it through the day. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Working in Restructured Workplaces: Challenges and New Directions for the Sociology of Work more books like this by Dr. Daniel B Cornfield (Editor), Dr. Karen E Campbell (Editor), Dr. Holly J McCammon (Editor) add to wishlist What are the contemporary trends in workplace restructuring and the sociological impact on workers' lives? Around what concepts will work be organized and groups and individuals motivated in their work into the new century? To give you definition and answers to these contemporary questions, the editors of the sociological quarterly, Work and ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $47.61!
12 view cover	The Economics of Gender more books like this by Joyce P Jacobsen add to wishlist Economic agents can be male or female; they interact in families and households as well as in firms and markets. Yet it is only recently that economists have begun to take the implications of these facts into account in their theory, research, and policy analysis. Informed debate in economics, in other academic fields in which gender is of concern ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $29.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Working places more books like this by Jeffrey Weiss add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.97! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	White Collar Sweatshop: The Deterioration of Work and Its Rewards in Corporate America more books like this by Jill Andresky Fraser add to wishlist Recent media attention has focused on dot com disasters, the horrors of massive layoffs or on explosions of corporate violence. What is not highlighted is how life at the office for the average middle manager has become a nightmare with seven-day-a-week workloads, reduced salaries or benefits, enslavement to technology and a pervasive fear about ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions
15 view cover	You Don't Have to Take It!: A Woman's Guide to Confronting Emotional Abuse at Work more books like this by Ginny NiCarthy, M.S.W., Sandra Coffman, Naomi Gottlieb add to wishlist Addressed to working women in all kinds of jobs, this groundbreaking book tells how to recognize and deal with emotionally abusive employers and coworkers. Personal accounts woven throughout the text describe many different abusive workplace situations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.96! \| first editions
16 view cover	Workplace by Design: Mapping the High-Performance Workscape more books like this by Franklin Becker, Fritz Steele add to wishlist Create workspace that supports business strategies Space is an organization's second most valuable asset. Yet little attention is paid to how it supports the new ways in which today's organizations operate-teamwork, flattened hierarchies, telecommuting, collaborating across functions. Workplace by Design shows CEOs and managers alike how to put ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.59! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Women and Men in Management more books like this by Dr. Gary N Powell add to wishlist 'This book is in its third edition, with good reason. It provides a comprehensive, objective and dispassionate coverage of gender issues in human resource management' - International Employment Relations Review 'If you were to choose a dozen books as a foundation library about women in the workplace, this book should be amongst them' - Women in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $56.40! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	White-Collar Sweatshop more books like this by Jill Andresky Fraser, Jill Andresky Fraser add to wishlist Covering a range of issues, this study of the white collar workforce addresses what many see as the increasing imbalance between demands by employers and benefits to employees. Topics include the changing definition of workers, unreasonable demands on time, downsizing, stress, and changes resulting from new technologies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.80! \| SVS
19 view cover	Dilbert's Guide to the Rest of Your Life: Dispatches from Cubicleland more books like this by Scott Adams add to wishlist This hilarious new book from cartoonist Scott Adams--the acknowledged master at skewering corporate culture--is as perfect for the office neophyte as the hardened survivor. Laugh as Dilbert, a thirty-something electrical engineer and poster boy for the "corporately disenfranchised", battles his blockhead boss, pinhead coworkers, and his cynical, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
20 view cover	Thank God It's Monday! more books like this by Kenneth Cloke, Joan Goldsmith, Warren G Bennis (Foreword by) add to wishlist Can you imagine how rewarding it would be, each day, to truly enjoy going to work? Most people spend the better part of their waking hours in jobs they do not enjoy. The happiest, most productive employees are those who have either found a job they truly enjoy, or found ways to make their current jobs more enjoyable. If we can get more pleasure ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.99! \| SVS
21 view cover	Work Organisations: A Critical Introduction more books like this by Paul Thompson add to wishlist In this new revised and updated edition of a highly successful text Paul Thompson and David McHugh evaluate the most up-to-date theory and research, bringing together and contrasting conventional and critical approaches from organisational studies, management studies, labour process theory and social psychology. Major changes in the world of work ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $37.83!
22 view cover	The Manager's Guide to Preventing a Hostile Work Environment: How to Avoid Legal Threats by Protecting Your Workplace from Harassment Based on Sex, Race, Age... more books like this by Wanda Dobrich, Ph.D., Steven Dranoff, Ph.D., Jr Maatman add to wishlist Lawsuits and settlements arising from discrimination and sexual harassment complaints are a huge financial drain on both business and government organizations. Below is a modest list of a few of the judgments and settlements in excess of 1 million dollars paid out for discrimination and hostile environment claims in recent years. Hostile Work ... see all copies from $19.93! new only from $47.98!
23 view cover	Nature of Work: An Introduction to Debates on the Labour Process more books like this by Paul Thompson add to wishlist '...a refreshing and stimulating book...I recommend it as essential reading for all industrial sociology and industrial relations students and as a good introduction for sociologists from other specialisms.' - Stephen Wood, Sociology '...I can think of no other book which sets itself such important objectives, or which achieves them so ... see all copies from $2.06! new only from $35.00! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power, and Relational Practice at Work more books like this by Joyce K Fletcher add to wishlist With its move from hierarchical to team-based structures and its dismantling of functional barriers, the organization of the future is touted as a radical departure from traditional models. The worker of the future, we are told, must be a collaborative team player, able to give and receive help, empower others, and operate in a world of ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $16.66! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Work Is Hell more books like this by Matt Groening, Wendy Wolf (Editor) add to wishlist The popular underground comic creator of Life in Hell and author of the recent Love is Hell now takes on the one subject everyone needs to laugh about; the nine-to-five, modern office war-zone of work. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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