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Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health
Dawn R. Norris
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Description for Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health
Hardback. .
Our jobs are often a big part of our identities, and when we are fired, we can feel confused, hurt, and powerless—at sea in terms of who we are. Drawing on extensive, real-life interviews, Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health shines a light on the experiences of unemployed, middle-class professional men and women, showing how job loss can affect both identity and mental health. Sociologist Dawn R. Norris uses in-depth interviews to offer insight into the experience of losing a job—what it means for daily life, how the unemployed feel about it, and the process they go through as they try ... Read more
Our jobs are often a big part of our identities, and when we are fired, we can feel confused, hurt, and powerless—at sea in terms of who we are. Drawing on extensive, real-life interviews, Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health shines a light on the experiences of unemployed, middle-class professional men and women, showing how job loss can affect both identity and mental health. Sociologist Dawn R. Norris uses in-depth interviews to offer insight into the experience of losing a job—what it means for daily life, how the unemployed feel about it, and the process they go through as they try ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813573809
SKU
V9780813573809
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Dawn R. Norris
DAWN R. NORRIS is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.
Reviews for Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health
"Norris’s work is an accessible and engaging exploration of the effects that involuntary job loss has on people’s identities and their psychological health. Both informative and comprehensive, Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health is a well written and very worthwhile book."
Tim Strangleman
professor of sociology, University of Kent, UK
"This book offers a poignant assessment of ... Read more
Tim Strangleman
professor of sociology, University of Kent, UK
"This book offers a poignant assessment of ... Read more