Forced out : older workers confront job loss /

What happens to long-term employees when their jobs are unexpectedly eliminated? In this richly detailed study of a major layoff and its aftermath, Kenneth Root and Rosemarie Park address head-on the ramifications of job loss for older workers. The authors follow the experiences of 173 factory worke...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Root, Kenneth
Otros Autores: Park, Rosemarie J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : FirstForumPress, 2009.
Temas:
United Defense (Firm) > Case studies.
United Defense (Firm)
Layoff systems > United States > Case studies.
Unemployed > United States > Case studies.
Displaced workers > United States > Case studies.
Older people > Employment > United States > Case studies.
Chômeurs > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Travailleurs licenciés > États-Unis > Études de cas.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Displaced workers
Layoff systems
Older people > Employment
Unemployed
United States
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What it means to lose a job
  • Downsizing at United Defense
  • Meet the men from United Defense
  • Forced out : first thoughts
  • The financial costs of termination
  • The unemployed
  • Older workers in the job hunt
  • Is self-employment viable?
  • Retiring from the work world
  • On the positive side of job loss
  • Years later : reflections on job loss
  • Workforce policy and programs : a better way to ease job transitions.

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