Ending a career in the auto industry : 30 and out /
During the 1980s the news media were filled with reports of soaring unemployment as 'downsizing' and `restructuring' became the new buzzwords. Firms managed their workforce reduction by increasing the attractiveness of their pension plans-especially their early-retirement plans. In th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Plenum Press,
[1996]
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| Series: | Plenum studies in work and industry.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | During the 1980s the news media were filled with reports of soaring unemployment as 'downsizing' and `restructuring' became the new buzzwords. Firms managed their workforce reduction by increasing the attractiveness of their pension plans-especially their early-retirement plans. In this volume, the authors examine the U.S. auto industry and present a full-scale analysis of the work and retirement decisions of its workers. They address organizational context and the logic of financial incentives in employer-provided early retirement plans. The impact of pension provisions, layoffs, plant closures, attitudes about `generational equity', and other factors influencing the workers' evaluation of the optimum time to end their careers in the auto industry are explored. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 272 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585343497 (electronic bk.) 9780585343495 (electronic bk.) |