This book provides a clear roadmap for the roles that workers and leaders in business, labor, education and government must play in building a new social contract for all to prosper. Written by two leading and trusted experts in the field of employment and work from MIT and Cornell University, it is a practical-action oriented guide.
Thomas A. Kochan is the cödirector of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research and is the George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Lee Dyer is Emeritus Professor of Human Resource Studies and a research fellow with the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies at the ILR School, Cornell University.
1. America's Challenge and Opportunity: Building a New Social Contract at Work 2. What Was the Postwar Social Contract, Where Did It Come From, and What Made It Work for Three Decades? 3. The Demise of the Old Social Contract and the Challenges and Opportunities that Lie Ahead 4. How Business Leaders Can Contribute to a New Social Contract 5. Married for Life: Workers and Educators 6. How Labor Can Contribute to a New Social Contract 7. How Government Leaders Can Contribute to a New Social Contract 8. A Call to Action 9. COVID-19 Postscript