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Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health /

Our jobs are often a big part of our identities, and when we are fired, we can feel confused, hurt, and powerless-at sea in terms of who we are. Drawing on extensive, real-life interviews, Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health shines a light on the experiences of unemployed, middle-class professiona...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Norris, Dawn R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Why Identity?
  • 3. "That's Not the Way We Do It at Gentay": Feedback Mismatches
  • 4. "I Wasn't the Same Person": Time Mismatches
  • 5. "Me Caveman . . . I Club Deer": Status Mismatches
  • 6. "On the Mommy Track": Shifting
  • 7. "It Was Like I Was Still Working": Sustaining
  • 8. "Like You're Dead and Nobody Told You": Identity Void
  • 9. Conclusion
  • APPENDIX A: METHODOLOGY
  • APPENDIX B: ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR