Description
In this troubling analysis, Vanderbilt professor Bruce Barry shows how an erosion of freedom ofexpression available to American workers on the job (and after work) undermines both our productivity asworkers and our individual and collective ability to cultivate and participate in a democratic society. Professor of Management and Sociology at Vanderbilt University. His research on negotiation, influence, power, and justice has appeared in numerous scholarly journals and volumes. Professor Barry is a past-president of the International Association for Conflict Management (20022003), and a past chair of the Academy of Management Conflict Management Division. Introduction: Speechless at Work in America PART I: FOUNDATIONS. Chapter 1: Work and Speech Intersect Chapter 2: State Action Chapter 3: Employment-at-Will PART II: THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE Chapter 4: Public Employee Speech Chapter 5: Speech in Private-Sector Employment Chapter 6: A Good Idea in Theory PART III: THE STATE OF THE WORKPLACE Chapter 7: Workplace Speech is Civil, Right? Chapter 8: Technology Rules Chapter 9: Managing Expression Inside the Workplace Conclusion: The Case For Free(r) Expression
