Case Study : Have they worked for one or two organizations throughout their lives or have they changed jobs frequently? What kind of loyalty do they feel to their organizations and occupations?

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Case Study

Charting the Changing Nature of Work

Read each case study and the corresponding questions in MindTap and submit your responses.

  1. Have they worked for one or two organizations throughout their lives or have they changed jobs frequently? What kind of loyalty do they feel to their organizations and occupations?
  2. Has technology transformed the nature of their work? Do they feel these shifts are for the better or worse?
  3. Do they feel the impact of globalization in their work? How do other nations and cultures influence their work lives and the flow of business in their organizations?
  4. How have economic shifts affected them? Have they ever been laid off or downsized? Have they chosen alternative work arrangements like contract work or temporary work? Have they started their own businesses as a result of economics (or other factors)? And how have all these alternative work arrangements influenced the quality of their work and family lives?
  5. Are the people you talk to happy with their work lives? Do they enjoy their work? Do they like the amount of time they spend working? If they could go back in time and make different choices about work, what would those choices be?