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The Shadow Workforce
Perspectives on Contingent Work in the United States, Japan, and Europe
Sandra E. Gleason, Editor
Pennsylvania State University
(Read the first chapter of this book.)

This volume provides an thorough examination of the growth of nonstandard employment and of the similarities and differences of its impacts on employees, businesses, unions, and public policy in the United States, Japan, and Europe. It serves as a one-stop resource for information on the growing contingent labor forces in those nations.

Key recurring concepts in the book, such as how the nonstandard workforce is measured and the meaning of labor force flexibility, are explained in the introduction. Ensuing discussions summarize and synthesize the current body of scholarly literature on the facts and challenges of nonstandard employment, and an array of tables and graphs presents a complete picture of the demographic, occupational, and industry characteristics of the nonstandard labor force.

This makes the book a one-stop, easy-to-use resource for anyone interested in learning about the characteristics of the contingent labor forces in the United States, Japan, and Europe, and the legal frameworks that guide the use of nonstandard workers in those labor markets. It also offers the reader insights into how employees, employers, unions, and policymakers perceive nonstandard employment.

The book includes the following parts:

Introduction, Sandra E. Gleason

PART 1: THE SHADOW WORKFORCE IN THE UNITED STATES
Operationalizing the Shadow Workforce: Toward an Understanding of the Participants in Nonstandard
Employment Relationships, Courtney von Hippel, Venkat Bendapudi, Judith Tansky, David B. Greenberger,
Stephen L. Mangum, and Robert L. Heneman

PART 2: WORKPLACE POLICY ISSUES FOR EMPLOYERS AND UNIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Employer Perspectives: Competing through a Flexible Workforce, Douglas J. Miller and Jay B. Barney
Union Responses to the Challenges of Contingent Work Arrangements, M. Catherine Lundy, Karen
Roberts, and Douglas Becker

PART 3: U.S. PUBLIC POLICY TOWARD THE SHADOW WORKFORCE
No Safe Harbor: A Review of Significant Laws Affecting Contingent Workers, Thomas A. Coens and Alvin
L. Storrs
Public Policy and Contingent Workers, Jeffrey B. Wenger

PART 4: PERSPECTIVES ON THE SHADOW WORKFORCE FROM JAPAN AND EUROPE
Japan’s Growing Shadow Workforce, Cynthia Ozeki and Akira Wakisaka
Employment Policies and Labor Union Activities for Part-Time Workers and Dispatched Workers in Japan,
Kazunari Honda
Temporary Agency Work in Europe, François Michon

PART 5: CHALLENGES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Where Do We Go from Here? Sandra E. Gleason


The Shadow Workforce: Perspectives on Contingent Work in the United States, Japan, and Europe,
Sandra E. Gleason, Editor, is published by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. November
2006. 350 pp. $54 cloth ISBN 0-88099-289-1 ISBN-13 978-0-88099-289-3 / $22 paper ISBN 0-88099-288-3
ISBN-13 978-0-88099-288-6. Opinions expressed are solely those of the authors.