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The temp economy : from Kelly girls to permatemps in postwar America /
Everyone knows that work in America is not what it used to be. Layoffs, outsourcing, contingent work, disappearing career ladders ;these are the new workplace realities for an increasing number of people. But why? In The Temp Economy, Erin Hatton takes one of the best-known icons of the new economy,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Temple University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Everyone knows that work in America is not what it used to be. Layoffs, outsourcing, contingent work, disappearing career ladders ;these are the new workplace realities for an increasing number of people. But why? In The Temp Economy, Erin Hatton takes one of the best-known icons of the new economy, the temp industry, and finds that it is more than just a symbol of this degradation of work. The temp industry itself played an active role in this decline, and not just for temps. Industry leaders started by inventing the "Kelly Girl," exploiting 1950s gender stereoty |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439900826 1439900825 |