Research in the Sociology of Work,

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction:  Randy Hodson, "The Expansion of Marginal Employment"

I.  MARGINAL JOBS and MARGINAL WORKERS

Margaret H. Vickers, "The 'Invisibly' Chronically Ill as Unexamined Organizational Fringe-Dwellers:  Voices of Ambiguity, Confusion and Uncertainty"

Linda Lobao and Katherine Meyer, "Institutional Sources of Marginality:  Midwestern Family Farming in a Period of Economic Decline"

Deborah L. Puntenney, "Working at the Margins:  Poor Mothers and Survival in the Inner City"

Max J. Pfeffer, "Class, Ethnicity and Marginal Employment:  African-American and Cambodian Day-Haul Farm Workers in Philadelphia"

David N. Pellow, "African American Labor at the Margins:  Exploring the Emergence of Environmental Health Hazards in the Workplace"

Stephanie W. Hartwell, "Not All Work is Created Equal:  Homeless Substance Abusers and Marginal Employment"

II.  PART-TIME WORK

Alexius A. Pereira, "McAunties and McUncles:  Older Crew Members in Singapore's Fast Food Industry"

Catherine Connolly "Part-Time Work and Federal Employment Policy"

Raymond Russell and Robert Hanneman, "The Use of Part-Time Employees and Independent Contractors among Small Enterprises in Russia"

Eunice Rodriguez, "Understanding the Predictors of Part-Time versus Full-Time Employment:  Social Benefits and the Life-Cycle"

III.  CONTINGENT EMPLOYMENT

Mary Ellen Wacker and David Bills, "Barriers and Adaptations:  Hiring Managers and Contingent Workers"

Charles W. Mueller and Elaine M. McDuff, "Winners and Losers in the Temporary Clergy Labor Market"

Dennis W. Organ and Julie McFall-Paine, "Contingent and Marginal Employment, Commitment, and Discretionary Contributions"

Kathleen L. Pereles, "Are Traditional and Adjunct Faculty Members Really Different?  Comparing Organizational and Professional Commitment"

Courtney Von Hippel, David B. Greenberger, Robert L. Heneman, Stephen L. Mangum and Jeffrey D. Skoglind,  "Voluntary and Involuntary Temporary Employees:  Predicting Satisfaction, Commitment, and Personal Control