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The career mystique : cracks in the American dream /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moen, Phyllis
Other Authors: Roehling, Patricia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2005]
Subjects:
Work and family > United States.
Dual-career families > United States.
Women > Employment > United States.
Sex discrimination in employment > United States.
Age discrimination in employment > United States.
Career development > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The career mystique
  • Learning the career mystique : where do values and expectations come from?
  • Do young adults still believe in the career mystique?
  • If "real" work is paid work, can new parents follow the career mystique?
  • Living the career mystique : making it, giving up, or slipping behind?
  • Life midcourse : are retirement or second acts inevitable, desirable, or even possible?
  • Policies and practices : maintaining the status quo or challenging the career mystique?
  • Beyond the career mystique : recasting the lock-step life course.