The Temp Economy
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 star…
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- Full title :The Temp Economy / Erin Hatton ; foreword by Nelson Lichtenstein.
Summary
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 1950's gender stereotypes to justify.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Temple University Press
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781439900826, 1439900825
- oclc:on1125920442
- LC Classification:HD5854.2.U6
- Dewey Decimal:331.25/7290973
Table of Contents
The making of the Kelly girl -- The invention of the semi-permanent employee -- The transformation of work -- Boxing in the temp industry -- Conclusion: a model of work for the 21st century.
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