My Job, My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern IndividualIn My Job My Self, Gini plumbs a wide range of statistics, interviews with workers, surveys from employers and employees, and his own experiences and memories, to explore why we work, how our work affects us, and what we will become as a nation of workers. My Job, My Self speaks to every employed person who has yet to understand the costs and challenges of a lifetime of labor. |
Contents
You Are What You Do | 1 |
Work What Is It? | 13 |
Collar Color Doesnt Count | 31 |
Good WorkBad Work | 43 |
Lack of Vision | 59 |
All Work But Very Little Ethics | 75 |
Women in the Workplace | 89 |
Squeezing Time | 109 |
The Work Spend and Debt Syndrome | 139 |
Moral Leadership and Business Ethics | 151 |
The End of Work Is Rifkin Right? | 171 |
The Failure of Work | 193 |
The Future of Work | 209 |
Epilogue | 223 |
Notes | 225 |
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