Federal Blue-Collar Employees: A Workforce in Transistion.

Abstract

One out of every six Federal civilian employees works in a blue-collar job. Even though the nearly 350,000 blue-collar employees are an important part of the Government's workforce, they are being displaced at a rate far greater that their white-collar coworkers. In FY 1991 alone, blue-collar employees accounted for 71 percent of the 5,753 employees who were separated from their Civil Service jobs and future cutbacks are expected to continue to disproportionately affect this workforce. Although there are many similarities, Federal blue-collar employees differ substantially from their white-collar coworkers in many ways. These differences must be considered by policymakers and managers when setting personnel policies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA258344

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Participative Management
  • Performance Appraisals
  • Personnel Management
  • Production
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Standards
  • Training

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