Men still at work : professionals over sixty and on the job / / Elizabeth F. Fideler
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| Autore: |
Fideler Elizabeth F.
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| Titolo: |
Men still at work : professionals over sixty and on the job / / Elizabeth F. Fideler
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.3/980973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Older men - Employment - United States |
| Professional employees - United States | |
| Retirement age - United States | |
| Age and employment - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Perspectives on Aging and Work; Chapter 3. A Man's World; Chapter 4. The Employment Situation for Adult Workers in the United States; Chapter 5. Over Sixty and on the Job; Chapter 6. Where Older Men Work; Chapter 7. Why Older Men Work; Chapter 8. Personal Challenges and Concerns; Chapter 9. Doing unto Others; Chapter 10. Men Still at Work; Notes; Bibliography; Discussion Questions; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Men Still at Work explores the reasons many men are continuing to work well beyond the traditional retirement age. In today's challenging economy, they are the second-fastest growing group of workers (just behind older women). Filled with profiles of older working men, as well as dynamic interview quotes, Men Still at Work explores thorny issues such as masculinity and the "need to provide," as well as economic realities, job satisfaction, and more. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Men still at work |
| ISBN: | 1-4422-2276-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463736303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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