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The stigma trap : college-educated, experienced, and long-term unemployed /

"After receiving a PhD in mathematics from MIT, Larry spent three decades working in the tech industry, most recently in the area of speech recognition. And today, in his late-fifties and after a prolonged bout of unemployment, Larry is a cashier at a department store, earning just above the mi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharone, Ofer (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
College graduates > Employment > United States.
Unemployed > United States.
Unemployment > United States > Psychological aspects.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Downward mobility (Social sciences)
Chômeurs > États-Unis.
Stigmatisation (Psychologie sociale)
Mobilité descendante (Sciences sociales)
Job Hunting.
Careers.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Labor.
Sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
College graduates > Employment
Unemployed
Unemployment > Psychological aspects
United States
Society & culture: general.
Society.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Stigma and the Myth of Meritocracy
  • The Trap: Advanced Degree from Harvard, Experienced, and Long-Term Unemployed?
  • Networking and Feeling like Beggars and Used Car Salesmen
  • The Stigma Inside
  • Our Closest Relations: Marriages and Friendships
  • Sociological Coaching and Countering Internalized Stigma
  • Moving Beyond Stigma and Myth of Meritocracy.