The Growth of the White-Collar Work Force

1954 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Benjamin Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Work Force ◽  
White Collar

Pre-1900 Industrial White Collar Employees at the Krupp Steel Casting Works: A New Occupational Category in Germany

1984 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni Pierenkemper
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Steel Casting ◽  
Work Force ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Occupational Category ◽  
White Collar Employee ◽  
Late Nineteenth

In this article, Dr. Pierenkemper investigates a new occupational category—the industrial white collar employee—in the late-nineteenth century Krupp Steel Casting Works in Essen, Germany. In contrast to previous historians, Pierenkemper demonstrates that white collar employees were far from homogeneous: differing among themselves, they were also largely isolated from the labor market as a whole. He concludes that widespread intrafirm occupational mobility underlay this distinctive work environment, and suggests that management may have consciously encouraged such moving about to segment its work force.

Der Differences in Attitudes toward Unions

ILR Review ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Schur ◽  
Douglas L. Kruse
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Work Force ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
The U.S

In the U.S. private sector, women are less likely than men to be union members. This study analyzes a unique national survey (conducted in 1984) to determine if women are less interested than men in unionizing or if, instead, they are equally interested but face higher barriers to unionization. The results support the latter interpretation. In particular, nonunion women in private sector white-collar jobs (representing over half of the female nonunion work force) expressed more interest than comparable men in joining unions. This finding appears to reflect more optimism among the women in this group than among the men about what unions can accomplish; it is not explained by gender differences in attitudes toward jobs or employers. The authors discount theories that family responsibilities, or concerns of female workers that set them apart from men, present special barriers to unionization.

White-Collar Crime and Criminal Careers

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Weisburd ◽  
Elin Waring ◽  
Ellen F. Chayet
Keyword(s):  
White Collar Crime ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Criminal Careers

Review of Technology and the Transformation of White-Collar Work.

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-274
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
White Collar

Effects of job design stressors on perceived strain in white-collar supervisor and non-supervisor VDT users.

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben-Tzion Karsh ◽  
Francisco B. P. Moro ◽  
Frank T. Conway ◽  
Michael J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
White Collar ◽  
Job Design ◽  
Perceived Strain
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