A company of one : insecurity, independence, and the new world of white-collar unemployment /

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Based on a study in Dallas, Texas, this work looks at white-collar unemployment in the modern boom-and-bust cycle America. Carrie Lane shows how changes in corporate culture, the job search process and dual-income marriage have contributed to an outlook that all jobs are temporary and all workers ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lane, Carrie M., 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Displaced workers > United States.
Unemployed > United States.
White collar workers > United States.
Travailleurs licenciés > États-Unis.
Chômeurs > États-Unis.
Cols blancs > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Displaced workers
Unemployed
White collar workers
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Based on a study in Dallas, Texas, this work looks at white-collar unemployment in the modern boom-and-bust cycle America. Carrie Lane shows how changes in corporate culture, the job search process and dual-income marriage have contributed to an outlook that all jobs are temporary and all workers are independent 'companies of one.'
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 194 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780801460791
0801460794
0801461278
9780801461279

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