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  • "Improving Job Quality In Long Term Care."
    Osterman, Paul. In Creating Good Jobs: An Industry-Based Strategy, edited by Paul Osterman, 115-144. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2020.
  • "Externalization of Work by Corporate Law Firms: Implications for Careers and the Profession."
    Riordan, Christine, and Paul Osterman. In The Structuring of Work in Organizations (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 47, 333 - 361. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016.
  • "The Labor Market Context For Employment and Training Policy."
    Osterman, Paul. In Connecting People To Work: Workforce Intermediaries and Sector Strategies, edited by Maureen Conway and Robert Giloth, 21-38. New York, NY: Columbia University, 2014.
  • "Skills and Skill Gaps in Manufacturing."
    Osterman, Paul and Andrew Weaver. In Production in the Innovation Economy, edited by R. Locke and R. Wellhausen, 17-50. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2014.
  • "The New Skill Production System: Policy Challenges and Solutions in Manufacturing Labor Markets."
    Osterman, Paul and Andrew Weaver. In Production in the Innovation Economy, edited by R. Locke and R. Wellhausen, 51-80. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2014.
  • "The Role of Skill Development and Firm Level Policies In Improving Outcomes For Low Wage Workers."
    Osterman, Paul. In Old Assumptions, New Realities, edited by Jennifer Romich, Marcia K. Meyers, and Robert Plotnick, 103-124. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2013.
  • "Job Quality In America: The Myths That Block Action."
    Osterman, Paul. In Are Bad Jobs Inevitable? Edited by Chris Tilly, Chris Warhurst, Francois Carre, and Patricia Findlay, 45-60. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2012.
  • "Community Colleges: Promise, Performance, and Policy."
    Osterman, Paul. In Reinventing Higher Education The Promise of Innovation, edited by Andrew P. Kelly, Ben Wildavsky, and Kevin Carey, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2011.
  • "Demand Side Policies To Improve Job Quality."
    Osterman, Paul. In A Future of Good Jobs, edited by Susan Houseman and Timothy Bartik, Kalamazoo, MI: The Upjohn Institute For Employment Policy, 2008.
  • "The Changing Employment Circumstances of Managers."
    Osterman, Paul. In America at Work: Choices and Challenges, edited by Edward Lawler and James O’Toole, 193-210. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
  • "Employment and Training Policies: New Directions for Less Skilled Adults."
    Osterman, Paul. In Workforce Policies for a Changing Economy, edited by Demetra Nightingale and Harry Holzer, Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2006.
  • "Ports and Ladders: The Nature and Relevance of Internal Labor Markets in a Changing World."
    Osterman, Paul and M. Diane Burton. In Oxford Handbook on Work and Organization, edited by Pamela Tolbert and Rosemary Batt, 425-448. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • "Making Bad Jobs Good: Strategies for the Service Section Job Quality and Employer Behavior."
    Osterman, Paul. In Job Quality and Employer Behavior, edited by Claudio Lucifora, Stephen Bazen, and Wimer Salverda, London, England : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
  • "The Economic Context for Workforce Intermediaries."
    Osterman, Paul. In Workforce Intermediaries in the Twenty-first Century, edited by Robert Giloth, 155-169. Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2003.
  • "Organizing the U.S. Labor Market: National Problems, Community Strategies."
    Osterman, Paul. In Governing Work and Welfare in the New Economy, edited by David Trubek and Jonathan Zeitlin, 240-265. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  • "Employers in the Low Wage/Low Skill Labor Market."
    Osterman, Paul. In Low Wage Workers In The New Economy, edited by Marc Miller and Richard Kazis, Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2001.
  • "Changing the Constraints: A Successful Employment and Training Strategy."
    Lautsch, Brenda and Paul Osterman. In Jobs and Economic Development, edited by Robert Giloth, 214-233. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998.
  • "Internal Labor Markets."
    Osterman, Paul. In A Dictionary of Human Resource Management, edited by Larry Peters , London, England : Basil Blackwell, 1997.
  • "Apprenticeship Programs for the American Youth Labor Market."
    Osterman, Paul. In Contract With America's Youth: Towards a National Youth Development Agenda, Washington, DC: American Youth Policy Forum, 1995.
  • "Involving Employers in School-to-Work Programs."
    Osterman, Paul. In Learning to Work, edited by Thomas Bailey, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1995.
  • "Is There a Problem With the Youth Labor Market and If So How Should We Fix It? Lessons for the U.S. From American and European Experiences."
    Osterman, Paul. In Poverty, Inequality, and the Crisis of Social Policy: Western States in the New World Order, edited by Katherine McFate, Roger Lawson, and William J. Wilson, New York, NY: Russell Sage, 1995.
  • "Problems and Policies for the Youth Labor Market."
    Osterman, Paul. In The Changing Nature of Work, edited by Ann Howard, New York, NY: Jossey Bass, 1995.
  • "The Transformation of Work in the United States: What The Evidence Shows."
    Osterman, Paul. In Managing Human Resources in the 1990s and Beyond, edited by Bryan Downie and Mary Lou Coates, Kingston, Canada: IRC Press, 1995.
  • "Work Organization and Training in American Enterprises."
    Osterman, Paul. In Institutions and Labor Market Performance: Comparative Views on the U.S. and German Economies, edited by David Soskice, Friedrich Buttler, Ronald Schettkat, and Wolfgang Franz, 20-44. London, England : Routledge, 1995.
  • "Internal Labor Markets: Theory and Change."
    Osterman, Paul. In Labor Economics and Industrial Relations: Markets and Institutions, edited by Clark Kerr and Paul Staudohar, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994.
  • "La Organizacion del trabajo en Estados Unidos: Inferences para la politica industrial (Work Organization in the United States: Implications for Industrial Policy)."
    Osterman, Paul. In Politica Industrial, Teoria y Practica, edited by Carmela Martin, Madrid, Spain: Economistas Libros, Colegio De Economistas de Madrid, 1992.
  • "Latinos in the Midst of Plenty Latinos in Boston."
    Osterman, Paul. In Latinos in Boston Confronting Poverty, Building Community, Boston, MA: The Boston Foundation, 1992.
  • "Internal Labor Markets in a Changing Environment: Models and Evidence."
    Osterman, Paul. In Research Frontiers in Industrial Relations and Human Resources, edited by David Lewin, Olivia Mitchell, and Peter Sherer, 273-308. Madison, WI: Industrial Relations Research Association, 1992.
  • "Pressures and Prospects for Employment Security in the United States."
    Osterman, Paul. In Employment Security and Labor Market Behavior: Interdisciplinary Approaches and International Evidence, edited by Christoph Buechtemann, Ithica, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992.
  • "Gains From Growth? The Impact of Full Employment in Boston on Poverty."
    Osterman, Paul. In The Urban Underclass, edited by Christopher Jencks and Paul Peterson, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1991.
  • "Poverty and the Underclass: The Impact of Full Employment."
    Osterman, Paul. In Work and Welfare, edited by Ann Enander, Karlstad, Sweden: University of Karlstad, 1991.
  • "New Technology and Work Organization."
    Osterman, Paul. In Technology and Investment, edited by Enrico Deiaco, Erik Hornell, and Graham Vickery, London, England: Pinter, 1991.
  • "The Impact of Information Technology Upon Employment."
    Osterman, Paul. In The Corporation of the 1990's: Information Technology and Organizational Transformation, edited by Michael Scott Morton, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1991.
  • "The Future of Employment Policy: A U.S. Perspective."
    Osterman, Paul. In Flexibility in Labor Markets in the United States and Canada, edited by Gilles Ferland, Gilles Laflamme, Gregor Murray, and Jacques Belanger, Geneva, Switzerland : International Institute for Labor Studies, 1990.
  • "Innovations in Training and Human Resource Development: Integrating Public and Private Policy."
    Osterman, Paul. In New Developments in Worker Training: A Legacy for the 1990's, edited by Ernest Savoie, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Louis Ferman, and Michele Hoyman, Madison, Wisconsin: Industrial Relations Research Association, 1990.
  • "The Job Market for Adolescents."
    Osterman, Paul. In Adolescence and Work: Influences of Social Structure, Labor Markets, and Culture, edited by David Stern and Dorothy Eichorn, 235-256. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1989.

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