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polarized workforce  

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  • Job polarization describes a linked set of changes to employment structures in advanced capitalist economies associated with the transition from a manufacturing to a service base. Economic restructuring has polarized the workforce along several dimensions, including in levels of job growth, compensation, job security, and job quality. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Polarized Workforce]

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