abstract: 'The fissuring of business structures fundamentally changes the nature of

  employment and work in industries and the economy as a whole. This

  article describes the core elements comprising fissuring, distinguishes

  them from the narrower concepts of contingent work and alternative work

  arrangements, and provides an estimate of its size. Work restructuring

  arising from fissuring alters wage determination inside and outside

  firms affected by it and provides an alternative explanation for a

  growing empirical literature on earnings inequality. The fissured

  workplace perspective requires different policies for the workplace and

  labor market than traditional approaches including those regarding

  worker rights and protections, employment responses to the business

  cycle, workforce education and training and job and career mobility.'
affiliation: 'Weil, D (Corresponding Author), Brandeis Univ, Heller Sch Social Policy
  \& Management, 415 South St,MS 035, Waltham, MA 02453 USA.

  Weil, David, Brandeis Univ, Heller Sch Social Policy \& Management, 415 South St,MS
  035, Waltham, MA 02453 USA.

  Weil, David, US Dept Lab Obama Adm, Washington, DC USA.'
author: Weil, David
author-email: davweil@brandeis.edu
author_list:
- family: Weil
  given: David
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.5.08
eissn: 2377-8261
files: []
issn: 2377-8253
journal: RSF-THE RUSSELL SAGE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
keywords: 'fissured workplace; alternative work arrangement; earnings inequality;

  wage determination; future of work'
keywords-plus: WAGES; RISE
language: English
month: DEC
number: '5'
number-of-cited-references: '71'
pages: 147-165
papis_id: 84a325897c48ac3e15d1fa13b5108228
ref: Weil2019understandingpresent
times-cited: '29'
title: Understanding the Present and Future of Work in the Fissured Workplace Context
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000498804300009
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '10'
volume: '5'
web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2019'