Beyond the cubicle : job insecurity, intimacy and the fllexible self / edited by Allison J. Pugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pugh, Allison J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unemployment--Psychological aspects.

Unemployment.

Precarious employment--Psychological aspects.

Precarious employment.

Unemployed.

Industrial sociology.

Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

xi, 321 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Summary:

While the Economic Implications of Job Insecurity are obvious, few are aware of the far-reaching consequences of precarious work. Beyond the Cubicle explores the hidden ramifications of job insecurity, from strained interpersonal relationships to crises of identity and self-worth. An interdisciplinary group of contributors attend to workers who vary by age, class, race, and gender. The cumulative finding is of powerful impacts of the new ways of organizing work, particularly upon emotions, individualism, and inequality outside the workplace. Beyond mere-numbers and figures, Allison Pugh and her collaborators give voice to the individuals who have struggled with job insecurity beyond the walls of the workplace. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Culture, Emotions, and the Flexible Self

1 The Making of a "Happy Worker": Positive Psychology in Neoliberal Organizations / Edgar Cabanas Cabanas, Edgar, Eva Illouz Illouz, Eva 25

2 Boomer and Gen X Managers and Employees at Risk: Evidence from the Work, Family and Health Network Study / Jack Lam Lam, Jack, Phyllis Moen Moen, Phyllis, Shi-Rong Lee Lee, Shi-Rong, Orfeu M. Buxton Buxton, Orfeu M. 51

3 Unemployed Tech Workers' Ambivalent Embrace of the Flexible Ideal / Carrie M. Lane Lane, Carrie M. 75

4 Laboring Heroes, Security, and the Political Economy of Intimacy in Postwar Japan / Allison Alexy Alexy, Allison 101

5 "Relying on Myself Alone": Single Mothers Forging Socially Necessary Selves in Neoliberal Russia / Jennifer Utrata Utrata, Jennifer 129

Part II Insecurity and Inequalities

6 Different Ways of Not Having It All: Work, Care, and Shifting Gender Arrangements in the New Economy / Kathleen Gerson Gerson, Kathleen 155

7 Racialized Family Ideals: Breadwinning, Domesticity and the Negotiation of Insecurity / Enobong Hannah Branch Branch, Enobong Hannah 179

8 Moving On to Stay Put: Employee Relocation in the Face of Employment Insecurity / Elizabeth Ann Whitaker Whitaker, Elizabeth Ann 203

9 Between Gender Contracts, Economic Crises, and Work-Family Reconciliation: How the Bursting Bubble Reshaped Israeli High-Tech Workers' Experience of Balance / Michal Frenkel Frenkel, Michal 229

10 Security-Autonomy-Mobility Roadmaps: Passports to Security / Jeremy Schulz Schulz, Jeremy, Laura Robinson Robinson, Laura 253

11 Intimate Inequalities: Love and Work in the Twenty-First Century / Sarah M. Corse Corse, Sarah M., Jennifer M. Silva Silva, Jennifer M. 283.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199957767

0199957762

9780199957781

0199957789

OCLC:

967865318