Career Mystique

Cracks in the American Dream

AvPhyllis Moen,Patricia Roehling

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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The Career Mystique shows that most Americans-men and women-continue to embrace the myth that hard work, long hours, and continuous employment pay off, even though it is out of date and out of place in twenty-first-century America. Phyllis Moen and Patricia Roehling argue that the lock step arrangements around education, work, family, and retirement no longer fit the realities and risks of contemporary living, yet the roles, rules, and regulations spawned by the career mystique remain in place. This books shows that ambiguities and uncertainties about the future abound in boardrooms, in offices, and on factory floors, as Americans face the realities of corporate restructuring, chronic job insecurity, and double demands at work and at home. Moen and Roehling show the career mystique for what it is: a false myth standing in the way of creating new, alternative workplaces and career flexibilities. Based on research funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the National Institute on Aging.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-12-01
Mått:163 x 236 x 22 mm
Vikt:494 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742528611

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Phyllis Moen holds the McKnight Presidential Chair of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Working Parents and Women's Two Roles and editor of It's About Time: Couples and Careers. She recently served as president of the Eastern Sociological Society. Patricia Roehling is professor and chair of the psychology department at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

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In this compelling, clearly written, and well-researched book, Moen and Roehling make the best case I've seen for sustainable careers. If it's good for the environment, why shouldn't we do it for human beings? A powerful idea whose time has come.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 The Career MystiqueChapter 2 Learning the Career Mystique: Where Do Values and Expectations Come From?Chapter 3 Do Young Adults Still Believe in the Career Mystique?Chapter 4 If Real Work is Paid Work, Can New Parents Follow The Career Mystique?Chapter 5 Living the Career Mystique: Making It, Giving Up, or Slipping Behind?Chapter 6 Life Midcourse: Are Retirement or Second Acts Inevitable, Desirable, or Even Possible?Chapter 7 Policies and Practices: Maintaining the Status Quo or Challenging the Career Mystique?Chapter 8 Beyond the Career Mystique: Recasting the Lockstep Life Course

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