Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 243 p)
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ill
ISBN:
9781849803441
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Content:
The case studies and analyses developed in this timely book provide insight into the structural features of small and medium-sized firms in the information technology sector, and the implications of these features for the careers of people who are employed by them
Content:
1. Introduction : aging and working in the new economy / Julie Ann McMullin and Victor W. Marshall -- 2. Making a life in IT : jobs and careers in small and medium-sized information technology companies / Victor W. Marshall, Jennifer Craft Morgan and Sara B. Haviland -- 3. New careers in the new economy : redefining career development in a post-internal labor market industry / Sara B. Haviland, Jennifer Craft Morgan and Victor W. Marshall -- 4. Shifting down or gearing up? : a comparative study of career transitions among men in information technology employment / Gillian Ranson -- 5. Employment relations and the wage : how gender and age influence the negotiating power of IT workers / Elizabeth Brooke -- 6. Knowledge workers in the new economy : skill, flexibility and credentials / Tracey L. Adams and Erin I. Demaiter -- 7. Formal training, older workers, and the IT industry / Neil Charness and Mark C. Fox -- 8. The structure of IT work and its effect on worker health : job stress and burnout across the life course / Kim M. Shuey and Heather Spiegel -- 9. Flexibility/security policies and the labor market trajectories of IT workers / Martin Cooke and Kerry Platman -- 10. Work and the life course in a new economy field / Victor W. Marshall and Julie Ann McMullin
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848441774 (hardback)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1848441770 (hbk.)
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Aging and working in the new economy Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2010 ISBN 1848441770
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848441774
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4337/9781849803441
URL:
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