Forced Out : : Older Workers Confront Job Loss / / Kenneth A. Root, Rosemarie J. Park.
What happens to long-term employees when their jobs are unexpectedly eliminated? In this richly detailed study of a major layoff and its aftermath, Kenneth Root and Rosemarie Park address head-on the ramifications of job loss for older workers. The authors follow the experiences of 173 factory worke...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Timeline of Major Events in the History of United Defense
- 1 What It Means to Lose a Job
- 2 Downsizing at United Defense
- 3 Meet the Men from United Defense
- 4 Forced Out: First Thoughts
- 5 The Financial Costs of Termination
- 6 The Unemployed
- 7 Older Workers in the Job Hunt
- 8 Is Self-Employment Viable?
- 9 Retiring from the Work World
- 10 On the Positive Side of Job Loss
- 11 Years Later: Reflections on Job Loss
- 12 Workforce Policy and Programs: A Better Way to Ease Job Transitions
- Appendix 1: Methodology
- Appendix 2: Questionnaires
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book