Work Experience And Psychological Development Through The Life Span

by Jeylan T Mortimer

Overview

Throughout the modern era, scholars have shown a continuing concern with the extent to which position in the occupational structure affects psychological development. This book examines whether work experiences and age (often considered as a proxy for stage in the work career) interact such that the effects of occupational conditions on the person

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367213985
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/05/2019
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jeylan T. Mortimer is Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Introduction — Work and Psychological Development in Youth — Working in Teenage America — The Process of Becoming a Worker1 — The Influence of Work on the Psychological Development of Men and Women in Adulthood — Continuity of Learning Generalization: The Effect of Job on Men's Intellective Process in the United States and Poland — Work Experience and Job Satisfaction: Variation by Age and Gender1 — Implications of the Dual Roles of Adult Women for Their Health1 — Midcareer and Older Workers — Vitality of Midcareer and Older Professionals: Problems and Prospects — Social Psychological Dimensions of Job-Related Disability — Policy Endnote