My Job, My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual

Gini, Al

ISBN 10: 041592636X / ISBN 13: 9780415926362

Published by Routledge, 2001

About this Item

This book explores why we work, how our work affects us, and what we will become as a nation of workers. It is a lively and humorous meditation on the nature of work and identity, the costs and challenges of a lifetime of labour. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422. . 2001. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Job, My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041592636X
• ISBN 13: 9780415926362
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In My Job My Self, Gini plumbs a wide range of statistics, interviews with workers, surveys from employers and employees, and his own experiences and memories, to explore why we work, how our work affects us, and what we will become as a nation of workers. My Job, My Self speaks to every employed person who has yet to understand the costs and challenges of a lifetime of labor.

About the Author

Al Gini is a member of the Department of Philosophy and the Institute of Human Resources and Industrial Relations at Loyola University Chicago. He is co-founder and Associate Editor of the journal Business EthicsQuarterly, Senior Consultant for the Ethical Leadership Group, and a regular commentator on Chicago's NPR affiliate, WBEZ.